Cheap Smash Repairer Needed: Brisbane

[SLVR32GTR]

Hey Guys,

On christmas eve i was pulling out of the ridiculously dangerous driveway at my complex (which you cant see over the crest of the hill and has cars hammering down the street) and as i edged out, had somebody come flying over the hill and crash into the front of my car. Apart from being completely pissed off at the inevitable situation happened and having my number plate crushed, reo damaged, and front bar dented, i now have to fix the other vehicle.

The car is a hyundai accent 2000 model i think and she hit me with the front left corner of her car. The damage sustained was a smashed front left headlight and damaged front left corner of the front bar.

I am basically asking around if anybody knows of a smash repairer around brisbane (preferrably West side) that does cheap work to a reasonable standard to get this hyundai fixed. I say reasonable standard, as the car was already sporting different coloured paint from previous accidents and even had some scrape marks on the corner that she hit me with.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as there has already been a quote from Toowong Smash, and it came to a wallet hurting $1,600!!! I am going to talk to the chicks dad regarding sourcing parts such as the headlight privately to potentially reduce the fixing cost, as he was very reasonable and sympothetic to the fact my excess would be $2,100 if it goes through insurance.

Thanks in advance guys.

Edited January 7, 2008 by SLVR32GTR

[R334door]

can you try and buy the parts from the wrecker and if the damage is minimal ie just replacement parts as you said bumper ,reo, headlight, do it your self and just get someone to paint it?

[Revhead]

Ring the towing companies and see if they'll recommend anyone, towies and smash repairers are usually pretty closely linked for obvious reasons

[Benno-]

the spray shop in salisbury near the tafe..

i was rear ended and got a quote to sand down repair and respray the rear bar.. only cost $450 to the other persons insurance.

sorry i dont have a number tho. sorry

[SLVR32GTR]

Thanks for the replies so far guys, but just to elaborate on the above: I am going to take care of the repairing of my vehicle, it is a cheap smash repairer that I need for the other car, the Hyundai Accent 2000 model.

As people have suggested, I am going to price up buying the parts needed to fix the car, but I don’t know if the other party will let me fix it, hence the cheap smash repairer. I don’t believe the front bar of the Hyundai will need repainting, and even if it did, I am not paying for it, as there were scratches and paint from other cars all over it before she hit me. The actual paint transfer from the accident is minimal anyway.

So yeah, if anybody knows of a cheap smash repairer to get the Hyundai fixed at, that would be great.

[R33S2]

Give 7oyrb a PM or I have his email if you want.