Accident Estimate

[Larry C Leung]

Not sure if a used  hood will save much scratch vs. the repair time.
Check out both options before going through the bother of trying to ship
(or fetch) a used hood. The fender from Pete, thats worth a few $$$ and
you'll know its Audi full galvanized. All else sounds lile labor. Sorry
you have to go through this.

LL  - NY

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:40:50 -0500 "Alexander van Gerbig"
<Audi_80 at email.msn.com> writes:
>    Well I went down to Washburns and had them take a look at the car.
> The
>fellow poked around for 15 minutes or so, popped the hood, and then
>went
>inside to do an estimate.  He said I need a new fender, $325 through
>the
>shop, hood can be repaired, looks like the front bumper support has
>been
>pushed slightly inwards which bent the flat face of the front wing a
>bit,
>that needs to be bent back to line up the support, the driver's upper
>support is listed as needing replacing, and then refinishing and
>painting
>everything damaged.  Total comes out to just under $1500.
>
>    So I think I might go looking for a used fender and hood to save
>some
>scratch.  Maybe if I am lucky, doubt that, some yard out there will
>have a
>Tornado Red TYP89 that got smacked in the rear.  Then again I do have
>my 80
>at Double Z, maybe Pete wouldn't mind me taking that fender, but the
>hood is
>toast on the 80 too though.  I will get the European front bumper
>painted up
>and that fitted instead of trying to repair this one.
>
>    Also looks like it may take a few weeks to even get the car into
>the
>shop.  So I removed most of the driver's front end and did some home
>repair.
>Popped in a regular US light without corner signal because it won't
>fit.  I
>bent back the under light trim to hold it in place.  The bumper won't
>properly clip up on the driver's side anymore.  Car looks really
>goofy, but
>that's life and shit happens!
>
>Thanks too all!
>
>Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)
>
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