Craaaaaasshhhhhh 04 BSP xa

eeknom · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 50

Hey I was currently in an accident with my 04 bsp xa. The front is wrecked and I they said there was frame damage too. Went to the body shop and they quoted me 8k to fix it. Im a student with little funds so I was wondering if you guys knew anywhere that sold parts for really really cheap, or if any of u guys were upgrading your parts I would be willing to buy.

Looking for a front bumper/hood

XARS790 · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 10 Location: San Francisco

your insurance should cover all but your deductible. even with a $1000 deductible by the time you buy used parts and get them shipped to you, it's just easier to have the body shop deal with it.

Make sure to get 3 or 4 different quotes. In one day for a minor quarter panel repair, I got 4 very different estimates, as low as $600 (local well liked shop) and as high as $3000 (a dealership) The other two estimates were around $1000.

eeknom · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 50

The thing is that I only have liability insurance so im covering for the other guys car. And oh yea the accident was my fault :(.

Metro273 · Posted: 6/15/08 5:43PM Post subject:

^^^... :doh:

eeknom · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 50

Also I was told the airbags would cost me 2k to fix, is this true?

XARS790 · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 10 Location: San Francisco

always always always carry collision on any car worth more than the deductible...

ggguy77 · Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Warner Robins, GA

XARS790 wrote: always always always carry collision on any car worth more than the deductible...

x2

Good Luck....best bet on parts will be finding other wrecked cars. I recommend just selling it for what you can get and starting over at 8K to repair...thats most of what it is worth, right? I hope you didn't owe a lot on it.

eeknom · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 50

its paid off body shop wants 8k for it. Thinking about just getting another car for the price but dam I loved this guy.

iceboxx5 · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 198

I have the bumper in black. And i can get you a hood to.

mb2008 · Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 200

Usually when there's frame damage, you walk away. That could mess so much stuff up that you don't know about. Have a friend that got into an accident, told them whatever the cost fix it, (wasn't a Scion), then the guy called back and said there's bad news, the frame is bent, so my friend said it's totaled, don't want it.

irocz0r · Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

Ouch!

I wouldn't junk it though. You've already bought the car, why eat the price difference? After it's fixed, it'll run like normal. You won't be able to sell it for as much in a few years, but you'll lose MORE if you want to walk away from this now and get something else.

JSosa · Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 1043

have you fixed it yet?

americanscion · Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 11

I have the front 2006 grill, and the driver and passenger airbag.

jdm_ist · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 266

i have the 06 front bumper and 04 front grille if still interested

greybox · Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 677 Location: lake oswego

If there is frame damage you could end up with a car that always wanders, won't adjust on an alignment rack right and wears tires badly not to mention chances of other things wearing out quickly or breaking due to mis-alignment.

If it's very VERY slightly off you might get away with driving it but otherwise you have problems.

at $8000 you are kind of on the line between investing and getting a new one-it's really up to what you want but throwing parts and money at the damaged one of it's comprimised at that level you might end in a worse spot where you have spent the money and end up having to add more and more...