Rear ended. Need Replacement parts. Help?
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Rear ended. Need Replacement parts. Help?
Hey guys, Unfortunately My Merc was rear ended by a POS Unlicensed, uninsured, illegal immigrant. Gotta love California.....
He swiped the driver side rear bumper, cracked my rear diffuser and hit my exhaust bending the pipe.
So I may be able to get a new exhaust from insurance company as well as replacing the bumper and diffuser.
What suggestions would you have for a new aftermarket Exhaust?
Does anyone have the OEM 2005 CLK55 AMG dual Exhaust?
Also need a dual Exhaust Rear bumper if anyone has one or knows someone who does.
Damage could have been worse but it still sucks to see her like this.
Insurance current estimate is over 4K. Link to album.
http://imgur.com/a/kEXDg#xITrhU9
He swiped the driver side rear bumper, cracked my rear diffuser and hit my exhaust bending the pipe.
So I may be able to get a new exhaust from insurance company as well as replacing the bumper and diffuser.
What suggestions would you have for a new aftermarket Exhaust?
Does anyone have the OEM 2005 CLK55 AMG dual Exhaust?
Also need a dual Exhaust Rear bumper if anyone has one or knows someone who does.
Damage could have been worse but it still sucks to see her like this.
Insurance current estimate is over 4K. Link to album.
http://imgur.com/a/kEXDg#xITrhU9
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over 4k??? wow.. .thats a lot for that kind of damage.
as you said, couldve been worse. good thing you're ok
also thank goodness the vorsteiner is untouched lol.
when I got rear ended, the first thing I looked at was the spoiler
as you said, couldve been worse. good thing you're ok
also thank goodness the vorsteiner is untouched lol.
when I got rear ended, the first thing I looked at was the spoiler
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That's a ridiculous quote for a bumper and a muffler.
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It's a lot of money, but if the shop is using MB parts, the bumper cover, diffuser, mufflers & y-pipe (a lot of the rear exhaust is one piece, right?) are all extremely low production items. This drives the price through the roof. In addition, the bumper (metal part) and bumper shocks are no doubt damaged, as is the rear panel. A lot of money could be saved by straightening the exhaust, installing a new bumper cover and diffuser over the damaged rear panel and ignoring the bumper and bumper shocks. But insurance companies (who lose no sleep over it because their rates are based on damages like this) are expected to make the policy holder "whole".
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lol, Thats the first thing I looked at when it happened. My favorite visual add on to the car. Vorsteiner!!
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Noooooooooo!
The back of your car looks like mine; my heart skipped a beat when I saw the pic. I was so worried about rear end collisions, I had my V wing and exhaust included in my insurance policy.
Good luck with the repair, let us know how it turns out.
The back of your car looks like mine; my heart skipped a beat when I saw the pic. I was so worried about rear end collisions, I had my V wing and exhaust included in my insurance policy.
Good luck with the repair, let us know how it turns out.
