Bumper cover experts, Help!

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

Now I clearly see the other side of the thought to having a garage queen.....if it isn't out on the road things like this can't happen. I'm just not sure what would suck more; having a ZR-1 caged up, or driving it and taking the risk? It would appear that grasshopper has chosen unwisely, but the alternative would suck worse to me! I couldn't have this car and not drive her.

Thanks guys for all the support!

Tom

Tom,

I just replaced my delaminated windshield with a brand new repro windshield. I am seriously thinking about driving around with bubble wrap taped on the windshield.

[Z51JEFF]

Sorry to hear,see this Tom.Ive been rear ended 4 times in my Corvettes over the years,never a pleasant situation.As far as the insurance goes,be a hardass and get every single part for that car new,at least new prices.Last NOS bumper I saw was $2500.Id get MY estimate for damage and have the check made in my name and Id fix it myself.It would be interesting to play stupid and just see what kind of estimate the responsible parties adjuster would come up with.I absolutely love tangling with insurance companies,love it.I have a copy of the State of California Motorists Bill Of Rights,hope I dont have to use it.........EVER.Tom,glad to see the damage didnt get into the quarter panels.At the very least I see nice used bumpers so they are out there.Id hate to pay the shipping fee to get one,but you aint paying so thats a plus.

[tomtom72]

I gotta laugh & share this with all of my Brothers here.

5/21 @ 3:30 PM I call GEICO and file a statement to their claims office. Okay sir we will contact our client, and then contact you with our determination. Okay.

5/22 I call GEICO claims again. No our client has not responded to our contact efforts yet. We will contact you when they contact us. Okay

5/23 9 AM EST I call again, still can't get this dead beat so & so.

5/23 10:30 AM My ins co calls me to tell me GEICO can't seem to get in touch wit me! I tell my ins co the event line to this point. My ins co hooks me up with an adjuster & he is coming Tuesday at 10AM.

5/23 4:30 PM I call GEICO again to let them "find me". I tell them that they called my ins co complaining that they couldn't find me to tell me that their client is at fault! GEICO says that they didn't call my Ins Co and that they can't reach their client! Okay....I'm calling my Ins Co back and will have them call you.

5/23 4:50 PM I call my Ins Co and tell them that GEICO said they never called my Ins Co! My claims agent says she has the name of the GEICO person and that she will call them and get to the bottom of this. I say okay & that I do not want to file this claim with my Ins Co under any circumstances. She understands and says that I can change my mind if I want to, but that as a service to a customer they will see what is going on at GEICO and let me know what she learns. I say Okay.

I just have to laugh! I'm also thinking that the guy that hit me called my Ins Co and filed a claim? Or a counter claim? I will have to call my Ins Co to run that thought down. Sorry for the long post. I just can't quite wrap my mind around this sequence. I must be as dumb as a box of rocks!

Tom

btw Yun, I really don't think that bubble wrap idea is a good choice. Jeff, it sure looks like some one is sticking it to me! Brett, I figure that as long as I put the two LH'ed ones in I can send you both if I can't figure out how to fix the tabs....right old buddy? Please!

[VetteMed]

Ugh, as if dealing with insurance wasn't unpleasant enough to begin with... I've heard some bad things about Geico and Progressive in this type of situation, but hopefully your insurance company will go to bat for you.

[Z51JEFF]

Its too bad the early BU lights wont work,I have an NOS set collecting dust.

[Demps]

http://forums.*************.com/c4-p...rs-4-sale.html

Change the d@mn *** to CF.

Ted

[secondchance]

I am going through a similar situation w/ my other car - rear ended by a DC cabbie.

[Blue Flame Restorations]

There is a bumper for sale on CF.

[LGAFF]

Originally Posted by VetteMed

Ugh, as if dealing with insurance wasn't unpleasant enough to begin with... I've heard some bad things about Geico and Progressive in this type of situation, but hopefully your insurance company will go to bat for you.

Hey now!

If anyone needs claims advice, just ask me....very heavily regulated....etc. If you are unhappy with an adjuster, ask for a supervisor or manager to escalate things.

[tomtom72]

Okay now for the good news!

Turns out that the guy that hit me reported the event at almost the same time as I did to GEICO, but because he drove off without exchanging driver's license & car registration info among ourselves GEICO didn't have anything to go on for contacting me. There were two claims for the same event open at the same time being handled by two different claims reps.

This morning I called GEICO and told my story including what my claims dept said and the GEICO rep said "let me check something, hold on a moment". She came back with the other claim number and consolidated the two cases into one case and set me free to contact one of their local adjustor locations. Oh, and they acknowledged that their insured is 100% at fault. So I met with my company's claims adjustor and we went over the car and he would e-mail me a copy of his estimate.

I'm going to get on to GEICO's claim location nearest me to do a drive up look see so they can put a dollar figure on the damage to my car. I just didn't have enough time today to do more than let the adjustor from my company look at the damage. I suppose now is the point where GEICO will try to low ball the damage, I guess? If nothing else I found the list price on the reverse lights and the bumper cover so I guess I can use that as facts to back up at least the parts costs. The labor I don't have a clue on but I may call my chevy dealer and see if they would look up the labor on a bumper cover r&r on a C4 in their flat rate manual otherwise I don't know what to do about figuring out the labor part of this equation. I've already made a fairly good list of the separate operations that I see that are needed just to get to all the cover bolts. It's a fairly long list. The only thing I can't quite decide is if the rear wheel house panels have to be removed to get to all the cover fasteners?

Anyway at least everyone is on the same page now so I feel a bit better about this whole affair.

The only thing that really bothers me more than I thought it would is the thought of having to paint the entire bumper cover when the damage is confined to just the license plate/rev lights indented area. I'd like to paint just that area and call it a day.

Yun, I hope you're okay? Darn we should rename this thread to the "doggy style" thread!


Tom