eMpower3d
01-09-2014, 03:19 PM
So I drive a 1999 540i/6 sport with 160k on it. I've been fixing things on the car for a good two years and it is consistently acclaimed by shops as a very solid and clean car, paint sucks and some other simple things but it's pretty strong and pretty tight.
So to the point here - I got a flat bed tow when my aux pump gave out on 12/31/2013. Was without my car for a week due to our snow storm, holidays, and bmw sent over a faulty pump the first time. So I finally pick it up on 1/6/2014 after work and notice considerable damage to the rear of my passenger side skirt, right in front of the rear wheel. Get down and look underneath and my jack point is totally gone, ripped it off with the hook and left what looks like a shark bite.
The tow truck driver pried off my jack pads, hooked the chains to the jack pad mounting points and tightened the living crap out of it.
The general consensus by the two body shops who looked at it is "holy f€%^!! That's a lot of damage. That is not going to be easy to fix.
From what I can tell it needs a rocker panel sectioned from at least the rear edge of front passenger door all the way back to and including part of the rear wheel well. Never mind all the reinforcement to make it a reliable jack point again and then side skirt and paint.
One shop quoted me 1400 but I think he's severely underestimating the time it will take and the magnitude of the structural damage. Could I also have frame damage?
I'll try to post picture with the next day or so, I mostly only log in through my phone and I'm not sure how to post pics from here.
So I'm writing this thread because the guy wants to keep it off insurance. He's trying to tell me I won't get more than 3000 for my car and that he's trying to help me out. I'm partially inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt but with body work of this magnitude being done I think I'd rather the guarantee and accountability that comes with going through insurance.
Thoughts?
Thanks and sorry for the lengthy post.
So to the point here - I got a flat bed tow when my aux pump gave out on 12/31/2013. Was without my car for a week due to our snow storm, holidays, and bmw sent over a faulty pump the first time. So I finally pick it up on 1/6/2014 after work and notice considerable damage to the rear of my passenger side skirt, right in front of the rear wheel. Get down and look underneath and my jack point is totally gone, ripped it off with the hook and left what looks like a shark bite.
The tow truck driver pried off my jack pads, hooked the chains to the jack pad mounting points and tightened the living crap out of it.
The general consensus by the two body shops who looked at it is "holy f€%^!! That's a lot of damage. That is not going to be easy to fix.
From what I can tell it needs a rocker panel sectioned from at least the rear edge of front passenger door all the way back to and including part of the rear wheel well. Never mind all the reinforcement to make it a reliable jack point again and then side skirt and paint.
One shop quoted me 1400 but I think he's severely underestimating the time it will take and the magnitude of the structural damage. Could I also have frame damage?
I'll try to post picture with the next day or so, I mostly only log in through my phone and I'm not sure how to post pics from here.
So I'm writing this thread because the guy wants to keep it off insurance. He's trying to tell me I won't get more than 3000 for my car and that he's trying to help me out. I'm partially inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt but with body work of this magnitude being done I think I'd rather the guarantee and accountability that comes with going through insurance.
Thoughts?
Thanks and sorry for the lengthy post.