Rear quarter quote!

[P-Dub247]

back in november a single decker bus hit my rear quarter panel and now theyve admited it was the drivers fault i need a quote for a new panel.

one garage told me 1600 = right off

how much do you think it should cost?
would it be cheaper if i got the panel myself?
- fi so - has anyone got a rear quarter panel (passenger)?

[Adam]

The panel is cheap to buy.

Labour/Spraying isn't

I think about ?250/?300 per side is the norm.

[mowgli]

as it was their fault, the price/value is immaterial. get a quote from the main dealer, and from a leading independant bodyshop (one that somebody recommended to you)

[draper]

^^ agreed, and see if you can swing it to a full respray

[P-Dub247]

i thought that if the repair would cost more then what the car was worth then they'd write it off.

i paid ?500 for it but i doubt the insurance company will value it the same.

[Adam]

Insurance companies take a book value figure, unless its an agreed valuation policy.

[draper]

but bus companies dont have insurance companies, they have public liability insurance and if an accident occours they argue it themselves, if there wrong they pay up - or at least that is/was the case round here

[Riggy]

^ yup

[womble sri]

yes they'll prob write it off mine was written off after a minor front ende. Ii bought for 1050 8 days before. the guy came round and saw that it WAS mint and they gave me 1050 for it minus my 50 excess and i bought it back of them for 50 so i got 950 and the car never left the drive!

[P-Dub247]

found a 'patern rear quarter panel' on ebay for ?20 inc delivery..

will the insurance company let me use it?
how much should i expect for fitting & spraying?