Crashed Tam, advice needed on how to go about repair.

Crashed Tam, advice needed on how to go about repair.

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crazyidea

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109 posts

143 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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Crashed into armco spinning, pretty smashed up bodywork but no obvious chassis damage. Broken off front near side (broken upto and including front light), damaged fibreglass all along side and broken rear nearside corner and smashed splitter, 2 broken spiders. Engine started first time and drove from recovery vehicle onto my drive.

First question, as I am still waiting for insurance assessment, is this amount of damage likely to result in car being written off?
If damage is only bodywork, how easy is it to get replaced? Any suggestions of where I should direct insurance company for repairs as while I was sitting by the side of the road after the accident they were asking me where I think they should look to get repairs done (no approved repairer requirements). Cambridgeshire area.
What else should I be looking out for?

Many thanks for any help.

crazyidea

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109 posts

143 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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Thanks for the advice and tips, insurance evaluation tomorrow at 8am, I will gage the initial mood and take it from there. QBee I will phone Mat tomorrow, confess my sins and see what his suggestions are.

crazyidea

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109 posts

143 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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Only 2 photos of damage, some to side as well.

crazyidea

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143 months

Thursday 3rd December 2015
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Thank you all again for your advice, Chris Brown is giving first estimate and Mat Smith looking at mechanicals locally. Insurance assessor has used both on his own Tvrs before which to me is a good thing. Next step is to see what they say and what they find when they look at it closer next week. Thanks again for the help.


crazyidea

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Thursday 3rd December 2015
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unclemark123 said:
Or you could sell it to me!
Not looking to sell just yet but if it ends up going that way I will pm you.

crazyidea

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Saturday 5th December 2015
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ads said:
Sorry to see this and hope it is repaired.
Out of interest who is your insurance company?
Mannings