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Driving on the highway, up to the Mini in Loveland ground breaking, on Mini's birthday no doubt. Four of the five cars ahead of me miss the 18 wheeler re-tread laying in the road...who doesn't miss it? The frickin lady in front of me. She coils it up and tosses it 10 feet in the air. The arc of the flying re-tread lands it right on the passenger front headlamp.
The hood is farked up bad, so bad it does not line up with the fender by the side scuttle, that back hood corner points out to the side almost, possibly new hood(stripes, clear bra, headlight chrome, etc)
The bumper is scratched up, fixable, black trim needs to be replaced
The Arch needs to be replaced
Side marker in arch broken
Passenger door took a shot and will have to be fix about midway down under mirror.
Cracked my windshield, more
$1000 deductible lessen learned. I got a $4,000(hood) and $2500(no hood) estimate so far.
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"Everyday it feels like you're 8 years old, and for the first time you're tall enough to ride the GoCarts." - me motoringshirts - mods & specs - gallery - blog - work
Sorry to hear about your mishap I know how you feel, sometimes you just want to let loose on someone.. If your going to fix it take the new hood,your going to pay your grand either way, might as well have new parts.
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*retired* 2005 MINI Cooper S - Pepper White
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I wish on the JCW front. We'll see. An Aero kit would be so sweet, and since they have to mix up the paint anyway....
skip the new windshield(retail prices anyway)
cheap fix the hood
fix the door
new arch with lens
JCW front w/paint
JCW rockers w/paint
hmmm that should be more than 3k
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"Everyday it feels like you're 8 years old, and for the first time you're tall enough to ride the GoCarts." - me motoringshirts - mods & specs - gallery - blog - work
From someone in the business, my advice is: since your total out-of-pocket expense is capped at your deductible regardless of how much the repair bill comes out to, insist with your insurer to select the very best body shop with a great quality reputation to do the repairs. The insurer may hem and haw, but they will give in.
A good body shop will have a good relationship with insurers, and can convince them of the level of charges.
"Everyday it feels like you're 8 years old, and for the first time you're tall enough to ride the GoCarts." - me motoringshirts - mods & specs - gallery - blog - work
i hate retreads. they should be illegal. in my 98 Impreza, we had one come right through the front windshield.
__________________ 2009 MINI Cooper S
Midnight black, white roof, white stripes
sport | comfort | convenience | 6spd | Richbrook Antenna | Forge BOV | DoS noisemaker delete | JCW shift/ebrake knobs | Redline Goods boots
Thanks...and my marker-less arches showed up today...I know what I'm doing this weekend!
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"Everyday it feels like you're 8 years old, and for the first time you're tall enough to ride the GoCarts." - me motoringshirts - mods & specs - gallery - blog - work
If your going to fix it take the new hood,your going to pay your grand either way, might as well have new parts.
SHOW-ME MINIS 
Those retreads are treacherous. Ugh.
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