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 Post subject: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:10 pm 
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We were nearly stopped yesterday and an oncoming volvo station wagon plowed "into" us (also relatively low speed, and more of a side-swipe). He scraped a bit of paint onto the front driver side bumper corner and then made serious contact with our wheel (which was completely turned to the right trying to avoid, but we were up against a hedge). Tore the fender clean off (actually, just popped it off - the clips are still intact!). [My husband's thumb was broken by the steering wheel.]

His axle broke. My a-frame broke (i think that's what it's called - it attaches the wheel to the rest of the vehicle). It seems pretty certain that the insurance company will call it a total loss and write it off. It's a CRD, so I've spent a lot of money in the last year fixing it up for a long life (timing belt, water pump, heavy duty fan clutch, ARP studs, rockers, Weeks 1&2). And it seems very fixable from what we can see (not by me, but by someone who knows how to fix these things).

Any suggestions? Either in general, or even a specific place in the SF Bay Area (preferably Peninsula) that would be super solid for providing me an estimate and doing the work?
Thanks!
j

Broken parts:
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Broken bolt? attachment point:
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Clean attachment point:
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Another clean attachment point:
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Intact at the center:
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And the other end:
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Suspension point:
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Scene of the crime:
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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:30 pm 
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Its definitely fixable.
Get a new lower control arm.
New cam bolts.
And new clevis.
A new wheel if necessary.
Then get an alighnment.

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:45 pm 
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X2!

Looks completely fixable to me and being a CRD should help as they seem to hold their value quite well.

Sorry but can't help with any suggestions for garages. Not my area.

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:38 am 
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tbh, firestone can handle that repair about as well as a dealership

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:58 am 
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flash7210 wrote:
Its definitely fixable.
Get a new lower control arm.
New cam bolts.
And new clevis.
A new wheel if necessary.
Then get an alignment.

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Everything Flash listed!
It is certainly easily fixable with the replacement of a few parts! :D
Then buy a new fender and install it and have it painted and you are back in business... :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:27 pm 
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Thanks everyone for the confirmation it appears readily fixable! Now I'm just waiting for my insurance company to let me know what they think. Initial feedback from them is that they'll fix it, but I don't think the "physical damage appraiser" has actually seen it yet.

The insurance company wants to tow it to the repair shop tomorrow (right now it's at the storage yard). I haven't had any professional work done on it yet, so I don't have a mechanic familiar with the vehicle. My inclination is to take it to a AAA shop, since I have AAA insurance and they'll guarantee the repair.

There are separate lists of "auto body" repair shops and "mechanical" repair shops. I honestly don't know which one I need for this work ("auto body" makes me think of dinged up panels and new paint, which may not even be needed; but "mechanical" makes me think of engine work, which also shouldn't be needed).

Advice again would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
julie

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:23 pm 
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Any good body shop can handle those type of repairs! :wink:
Be sure to have an alignment done with the repairs...

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 Post subject: Re: is it really totaled?
PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:03 pm 
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Thanks!!!
j

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