Sorry this is off topic, but I have posted at several other boards with no response, and I use to belong to this board and just remembered, so here I am.

I rear-ended a guy the other day and he went and got two estimates, from two of his friends I am pretty sure. The thing is, on both claims, the total cost of the parts is no more than $410, but they are claiming like $2000 worth of labor on it. What the hell!!!! It says the body needs 19.7 hours of work, 14.2 hours of refinishing, and 7 hours of frame work. Is this typical, because to me it seems like a bunch of BULL@#$%!!! Sorry guys, I just had to vent. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

why don't u get the guy to go to one of your shops for an estimate

 

if theres fram damage, $2000 is definitely reasonable. I know at the body shop that i work at if a car comes in with frame damage it nearly doubles the cost of the work thats involved in fixing the damage.

 

when this girl hit me, she didnt want to go through insurance, so i said fine. i went and got a estimate from a local well know shop. and when i told her the price she said i HAD to go and get an estimate from her shop. anyway after all these calls by here brother, boyfriend, etc... i went to her shop. come to find out that her shop would charge more and that shut her mouth up real quick. so i got the money for my estimate and everything is fine.

if ur going throug insurance see what ur insurance is going to do maybe they can get the guy to go to one of your insurance shops and get the car fixed.

Labor is what gets you, parts are cheap and the labor is what kills, as you see in the claim prices. 7 hours off frame work wow, how hard did u hit him?

ACCIDENTS SUCK!!

 

Frame damage? A lady backed into my friends Intrepid. The rear fender was scratched and the rear tail light was broken. Sanding and repainting the fender and replacing the tail light came out to just over $2,000. I guess that's the going rate now a days.

dave

 

lol, ever look at the price for one of thoes tail lights?

 

well i rear ended him going about 10mph, and I have absolutely no damage to my car. Whats the likelyhood of doing frame damage to one car and none to your own? Also, they were trying to charge me for alignment and on one of the estimates, 28.7 hours of body work. I dont see how this is necessary to replace a bumper, and maybe a trunk piece. In 40 hours you should be able to rebuild the fricken thing!

 

probably going through insurance, ill keep you guys updated if you are interested. Thanks for all your help!

Yes, accidents do suck!

 

it is possible for u to get no damage and the person u hit get damage i was rear ended and it bent my frame (my car was a write off) and her car looked like nothing really happend to it.

 

If you know its off topic, don't post it. Read the rules and check out the other forums. Don't just post everything in this forum because it has a lot of traffic.

Moving to Body.

 

JSawg,

I feel for you, but alas, not third-gen related..........

Any questions?????????????