Was in an accident

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drew855

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Yesterday I rear-ended the car in front of me going less than 10 miles per hour. Nobody was hurt. From what I can see, my FX received damage to the hood, bumper, grill, passenger headlight, and passenger fender. I can't see if there is any damage to the radiator or anything else in the engine compartment because my hood was slammed in and won't open. The adjuster hasn't come to look at it yet, but I am going to bring it to a few shops today to get some estimates. One thing I did notice is the rear-passenger wheel gap looks to be a bit more than normal. I did some measuring and it is just about 2 inches of gap, where on the drivers side it is about 1.2-1.4 inches. I hope this doesn't mean I sustained any frame damage - any thoughts anyone?

When I bring it in to the shop, if possible I would like to get my bumper and grill replaced with the 06+ style instead of the 03-05. I currently have the 06+ grill on my car and prefer it over the 05, but the grill is now cracked. My fog lights are both fine however. Does anyone think I will have a hard time getting the shop/insurance to replace it with the 06+? Are the bumpers the same price?

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Hated to hear your nice looking FX got into accident. The bumper doesn't look like it needs to be replaced (at least from the pictures). If you're going to change to +06 bumper, you'll need the +06 fog lights as well. Also, you'll have to change the re-enforcement metal piece behind the bumper cover as the -06 re-enforcement piece won't fit into an +06 bumper (at lease that was the case back when Andew (AeroBFA) converted his 03 FX35 to +06 bumper).
 
Thanks. Yea it is hard to see the damage to the bumper from the iPhone pics but it definitely needs to be replaced - at least I think it does. The only reason I really want the 06+ bumper is because I want the grill without having to modify it to fit. I guess I could have them order the 06+ grill and put on my old grill until I modify the 06. Thanks for the info.

Do you know if that reinforcement piece expensive to replace?
 
Ouch, sorry to hear Drew. Glad you are ok though and hope all goes well in getting her fixed up!
 
Yikes, hope nothing is wrong with the frame, they may total it if it is... what is it $5 or $6k to pull a frame, then $3 or $4k to fix front grill, bumper, underbelly wind guard, headlights, fogs, radiatior, fan, and paint. Im not sure what % they total at so I could be wrong...
 
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adanieljohnson1 said:
Yikes, hope nothing is wrong with the frame, they may total it if it is... what is it $5 or $6k to pull a frame, then $3 or $4k to fix front grill, bumper, underbelly wind guard, headlights, fogs, radiatior, fan, and paint.
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Yea I am hoping there is no frame damage. I really want to keep the car. Fingers crossed.

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pmanliu said:
Ouch, sorry to hear Drew. Glad you are ok though and hope all goes well in getting her fixed up!
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Thanks Pat
 
Not my line of business (but I have had my fair share of run ins with body shops) judging from your pics the amount of damage would not indicate frame damage. When I had my lower rear brace taken on and off (3-4) one of the times it was re-installed on a lift and not under load. The FX sat higher and I had to loosen it the tighten it on the ground, then the ride settled. Not sure if thats your issue but I'd have it checked out for sure. Make sure they know what work you had done and that they understand aftermarket somewhat.
 
Man, sux to hear about the accident. Pictures doesn't look too bad at all. Repairs should be simple. GL.
 
Glad there were no serious injuries or damage. But yes, you can can convert it. Just like Andrew said, fogs, grille, bumper, and you will need to modify the belly pan too. Just some minor trimming to make it fit.
 
Thanks everyone. Yea the pictures don't look bad but there is a lot of damage. Just got back from the shop...they gave me an estimate of $8,200 which was about 30% away from being totaled. He doesn't think there is any frame damage. A lot of parts that will need to be replaced. Bumper cover, grill, headlight/fog light, radiator support, condenser, hood, a bunch of hinges, fender, both horns, paint, labor, etc.
 
wow, that's so close to being a very bad day for you! Glad you have no frame damage because that would have put your fx above that 30% mark easy...

drew855 said:
Thanks everyone. Yea the pictures don't look bad but there is a lot of damage. Just got back from the shop...they gave me an estimate of $8,200 which was about 30% away from being totaled. He doesn't think there is any frame damage. A lot of parts that will need to be replaced. Bumper cover, grill, headlight/fog light, radiator support, condenser, hood, a bunch of hinges, fender, both horns, paint, labor, etc.
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I know someone who got into a accident went to a friends shop and instead of getting the stock bumper they ordered a new jdm bumper and the guy just paid a little more for the difference.
 
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