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tell him u want all GENUINE nissan parts BRAND NEW... they cost a bundle if u dont know where to go... the guys at palm get in all new parts and order them from japan... should bump the price up a bit.

i agree tho i wouldnt want it to go anywhere that they want u to depending on what insurance company ur with

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I'm with just cars at the moment. But the place that they are sending me to just sounds like your average local body shop. So i will have to us the genuine new parts deal.

Palm told me that the both back quarters and the roof would need respraying. I hope that others think the same.

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if they want to do it properly then they will have to... depending on how badly damaged the back is if they have to make any repairs to the rear qtr panel then they will need to blend the paint thru the back and roof... if it goes further back then they will have to blend it thru the doors.

i used to be a panel beater/painter so i know a few tricks of how to do it properly and dodgily :P

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It is hard to say how damaged it is. It looks like it has popped out the sides a little, but really not a huge amount. The bumper is totally stuffed, the lights are now away from the panel, and the back panel has been pushed in a bit.

I guess that you could do the dodgy and just repair the bumper and the rear panel without fixing the rest. I guess that I'll just have to assume that they will do a good job, and if not, i'll worry about it then. Not the best way to go, but with the lack of knowledge that i have, what more can i do.

I'm sure that they won't try and screw me over.

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im still waiting to take mine down... have to try and get my ****ing seats in before i can drive it down... its almost primed and ready for paint... its just these bloody seats that im waiting for!

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I dropped down last night to see what was going on and was amazed at what he showed me.

Not only is the rear panel destroyed, the actual floor of the boot is all warped. I didn't think that the damage was that bad. When i say warped, i really mean it. Con told me that you guys had been down and seen the car.

Also told me that Just Cars are being rather difficult for him, so I'm going to have to give them a call today and sort them out. I'm really missing my car.

The exhaust is also pretty messed up, so I'm going to get that replaced with a bigger system. I was going to do it anyway, and now it will cost me less.

Whistla, what sort of spoiler are you going to be putting on your car?

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typical insurance arseholes... always making it harder than it needs to be. i was very tempted at one stage to just go and get a VT SS cause the insurance was 1500 cheaper even tho it had more power than my car.

its prejedice i tells ya!! (yeah i cant spell, i know it already)

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no panel shop can afford to cut corners today

Why not?? for insurance jobs though I guess..

Anyway, seeing as body shops, painting and things are a common occurance for us skyline owners it would be nice if we could tee up some form of sponsorship so we get cheaper rates, in return for some advertising or something. Other clubs have a similar arrangement.

So far I've been quoted $300 for my bar resprayed - reckon Palm will be able to match or better that? Not so keen about my car being away for 2 weeks, as I don't have a "spare" car sitting around unfortunately.

When i get my bond back from my old place, I will finally get my bumper and grilled resprayed - only been 3 months or something!

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i gave the insurance company a call today and got them all sorted. It is so hard to be mean to some people when they are being so nice.

They originally told me that i had to get 2 quotes for them, then when i call them today, that said that i only needed the one, and one from Palm would have been enough. If they had of told me this 2 weeks ago, it would have all been fixed now.

I'm sure that if we spoke to the guys at Palm, they might do something for us. There is enough of our cars there already.

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Ok. so getting sick of waiting for my car. It has almost been 4 weeks for a 2 week job. I know that the insurance company slowed them down a little when they had to get something else assessed, but this is not funny anymore.

I've sort of gone easy on them as they are replacing the exhaust with a bigger one for me, and touching up a few areas, but maybe it is time to get on their backs a little.

I've been told that I'll get my car back this Friday. I guess that i'll have to wait and see. I'm not holding my breath though.

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Ok. so getting sick of waiting for my car. It has almost been 4 weeks for a 2 week job. I know that the insurance company slowed them down a little when they had to get something else assessed, but this is not funny anymore.

I've sort of gone easy on them as they are replacing the exhaust with a bigger one for me, and touching up a few areas, but maybe it is time to get on their backs a little.

I've been told that I'll get my car back this Friday. I guess that i'll have to wait and see. I'm not holding my breath though.

trust me mate the wait will be worth it.... i seen ur car when i went down there and i seen the job they done... they did it properly.... cut off the rear and welded a new wall in rather than pulling out the wrecked one and patching it up.

the jobs ive seen them do ddown there are quality.

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hehehe i know how u feel about wanting ur car back... i want mine back on the rd SO BAD!! :)

but yeah man from what ive seen they are doing a good job which is why im going to end up getting m ine finished there instead of where i was going to get it done cheaper.

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