my bad luck continues..... someone's hit the front bumper of my magna while it was parked on the street. Called RACV. its gonna cost me 450$ of excess so i m really pised off. hope i can get my hands around the guy's neck.

just need to know how much will a white bumper cost me for a 98 tf?? less than 450$ I ll get it fixed. if more i'll pay the excess.

you can grab new bumpers for $130ish. Painting may be around 200-300.

If you made a claim with your insurance you'd likley have to pay the excess, plus the chances of an increase in premium, and have to declare that you made a claim on future policies.

imo repair it outside of insurance.

edit* ozeparts.com.au for the bumper is the best i can find.

If you can find one the same colour 2nd hand it'll be alot cheaper, maybe cost you about $100. White's a pretty common colour so it shouldn't be TOO hard.

its white in colour..so i guess i ll try and find one. but it just sucks....why kind of people run away after a crash. SOBs

100$-150$......is it easy to fix myself.

when my front end got dammaged it costed me all up 800 in excess (or else it woulda been 2.5k) from this quote here a new front bar = $380 and paint = $300 but thats through a smash repair place on the gold coast (they did do a really good job)

edit: i also have a 98 TF (silver colour though)

a tree jumped out in front of my car a few years ago resulting in a dented front bumper. New bumper from ozeparts was $140, got it painted white for $150 IIRC. Fitted myself, not too hard, just lots of bolts and screws!

mate i got hit by an uninsured guy in the back next thing he did was do a U turn and try to run away, but i chased him down got his rego, he eventually fixed the rear bumper, costed him less than 150 as he got a mate in panel shop.

but why my damn car. just the one day I park my car on the road and this happens. its always inside other times. cant believe it. just got the car 10 days ago. I need some BLOOD to feel better. y y y?

Tell me about it. I have had my car for 5 and a half years now, and not done any damage to it personally, but...

When I was in America in 2002 my mum borrowed it and mangeled the front left guard. I have been rear-ended twice, I had a truck roll over behind me and the bobcat it was carrying land on my boot (that was a scary day), the paint is faded to poop because I can't get undercover parking at work and I have had 3 car covers stolen, and with these "water Restrictions" in place in brissy at the moment it hasn't been washed for about a year. Then the last straw, my partner reversed out of the driveway and hit the side fence putting a deep gouge and dent in the rear left pillar.

I have given up trying to keep it straight and looking good now, I just don't care anymore.:cry:

Count yourself lucky that it wasn't too bad. My wife's Astra was parked out the front of my parents place overnight (about 2 years ago) and was the victim of a hit-n-run. $5000 damage, and the loss of her 60% No Claim Bonus.

Some people are just inconsiderate.

.wook

I bought a genuine KJ front bar from Mitsubishi at mates rates for about $120-140 for memory.

Then you have to get it painted and fitted which may be another 200-300 so yeah, if it is just cosmetic damage then you can probably do it cheaper on your own but if it has a decent crunch then depending on the damage behind the bumper it might be worth going insurance.

Somebody reversed into my TH nose too, less than a week after I got it in May.
Didn't look as if she was gunna leave a note either... but unfortunately for the biatch
I was feeding the parking meter standing right next to my car. :rant:

Got a couple of quotes... mine's just bumper cover damage, underneath ok.

Patch (heatgun?) & paint = $340 & 350 +gst from 2 places.

Another place quoted me a new cover $150 + $250 paint +gst.

been watching some sad news on the TV lately... hit and runs involving a kid and then a man. two different incidents. both were fatal. Apparently the guy who was hit could have been saved if the ambos were called.

I guess if people can hit a human bieng and leave them for dead ...... whats a bumper to them? Still pissed about forking out 450$ for my excess but when you hear stories like above...... it is insignificant.

anyways the bumpers been broken properly...theres a tear about 24 inches long in it so not something thats going to pop out. I called around but couldnt find a white bumper which would save me alot of money on paint.I got three quotes for the bumper ranging from 440$ to 850$ so I guess I rather go insurance. I was offered rating 1 for life...hopefully no raised premiums.