N3 repair.

[tut]

The Insurance Assessor came around today and approved the estimate of £6.5K from Dicksons of Forres for the repair work.

tut

[j2 lot]

You don't do things by half Tut

[mwmackenzie]

Awesome... I'm debating claiming for my reveresed into front clam too...... Not sure though might be less hassle to just have it fixed and painted myself??

[tut]

Seems a lot for a door and a sill. Check www.deroure.com for prices. It has not been a hassle Mark, looked at the DIY route initiallybut decided to get it done properly. The only thing against it is you have a claim afainst you, but when you are paying £1,600 anyway, WTF.

tut

[pshanks76]

The cost is probably down to the amount of work required to remove and replace the sill - apparently it's a major job to do. That's probably what pushed mine to Cat D and why I had to buy a sill and just use a section to repair rather than have the damaged sill removed and replaced.

[mwmackenzie]

Seems a lot for a door and a sill. Check http://www.deroure.com for prices. It has not been a hassle Mark, looked at the DIY route initiallybut decided to get it done properly. The only thing against it is you have a claim afainst you, but when you are paying £1,600 anyway, WTF.

tut

Is £1600 your insurance premium or a repair quote you received ?

Just a little worried what next years insurance will be if I put a claim in this year

[tut]

£1,600 was for Insurance renewal, same figure as last year due to the disqualification. £6,600 is the repair cost.

tut

[renmure]

Is £1600 your insurance premium or a repair quote you received ?

Just a little worried what next years insurance will be if I put a claim in this year

I know I mentioned this somewhere else, but I had a fault claim last year with a value over £30k (ouch) and it put my premium up by less than a tank of petrol, so it isn't always as bad as you might guess.

[tut]

I found the same after N3 yellow Jim. This time I had just paid my new premium when I put the claim in, so it should not take effect until next year.

However I have really backed myself into a corner, 76, disqualification, six points, one write off and a claim inside two years, can not drive my Motability car, only option will be an Invalid Scooter soon.

tut

[mwmackenzie]

Holy Cow Tut, £1600 a year insurance...... Should you not just stick to your mobility 850cc hybrid That's a mental premium mate but to be fair you have a mental car and are.. well, erm I'd best not say lol

New Rover S2 front clam is £2.4K eeeks.. my excess is £400 on my new Lotus policy if i claim off that or £150 if I claim off my other policy that hit me lol.... so non fault claim £400 wife fault claim £150..... but will renewal be much more for fault claim either way one of my insurance policies is paying....

Will there be any discernible between the two?

Should I accept a repair to the clam or go all out for a replacement? All damage is below the seam.. I could also just pay and repair it myself....... Nae idea what to do if I'm honest, all advise welcome, sorry Tut for slight drift here

[tut]

Dickens body shop just rang to say that if I wanted them to, instead of just spraying the damaged side of N3 they could do the whole car for £350. No brainer.

Fortunately the damage caused by the cone at Alford and the garage wall at Dijon? were on the near side so that was covered by the Insurance. I had just asked for a quote for that from the local garage so that is a bonus.

tut

[Andy G]

If you get it all tesprayed get it protection filmed mate

[tut]

Thought about that Andy. Fitting a new front splitter from junks and they get badly stone chipped, plus I have to think about the condition when she is sold on.

That is a real bummer as I never gave a flying fcuk before as I have never sold an Elise, but will try the S1 Car-Bra when I get her back to see if it can be made to fit an S2.

tut

ps:- does Craig have a contact that does the film protection?

[neil]

ps:- does Craig have a contact that does the film protection?

Craig has a contact that does everything. He got my film replaced for me not that long ago after my neighbour ripped it with his 4x4

[Corranga]

Thought about that Andy. Fitting a new front splitter from junks and they get badly stone chipped, plus I have to think about the condition when she is sold on.

That is a real bummer as I never gave a flying fcuk before as I have never sold an Elise, but will try the S1 Car-Bra when I get her back to see if it can be made to fit an S2.

tut

ps:- does Craig have a contact that does the film protection?

The bra is pretty rare, I'd imagine selling it would go a long way towards funding paint protection film.

Film wise, does Defendall / RPM Morgan / Revolutions / whatever they are called now still do it in Perth?
Mine has held up pretty well with only a couple of drags on the sill, and some scraping underneath where the nose has bottomed, and it's been 6 or 7 years now I think.