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Old May 25, 2014 | 09:02 AM
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Well, I crashed my 05 350 roadster last Monday I'm wondering if you guys think she'll get wrote off? Here are a couple pics of the damage.
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Old May 25, 2014 | 09:19 AM
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Being written off is one thing, mainly to the insurance company. Whether or not you want to keep your car on the road is another. The big question is how much of that damage is under the sheet metal and behind that wheel.

What did you hit? How fast? Does it otherwise run? Ugly can be fixed. Salvage parts can put you back on the road, needing only paint. Suspension parts can be replaced as well. However, damage to the chassis or to the places where suspension parts mount to will complicate things. Damage to the motor, mounts, transmission, etc. further pile up the costs.

More details, please.
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Old May 25, 2014 | 10:20 AM
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Giving it a cursory glance, I'd say no
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Old May 25, 2014 | 02:27 PM
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"Here are a couple pics of the damage."

That's just one picture. Is there damage to any other part of the car?
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Old May 25, 2014 | 02:37 PM
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The single picture you posted does not present adequate information to make any decision about your car’s future viability.

Post the damage report and we can help you. --Spike
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Old May 25, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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In the end it will come down to what the insurance company says
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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:40 AM
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For a bum fender?!?! Did a deer run into you?

oem fenders are only like ~$300.. buy one, get it painted, swap fenders and ride.

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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:41 AM
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seriously though, looks like you just have to replace that fender and side skirt.

cake.

hood didn't get rippled, door or headlight...
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Having difficulty adding pictures this is the damage underneath. My main concern mounting point for the sign scraped and wrecked the underside
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Good and door and headlight are all good. Roof is ripped
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Old May 26, 2014 | 05:49 AM
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This was two days prior.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 06:40 AM
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Besides the pics, it would really help if you described what happened in this crash. The pic to the underside of your ZR shows damage to some suspension components and a dent in a structural member. Not a writeoff by itself, but together with the damage to the RF and a new roof, it'll be pricy.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 06:47 AM
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In a round about lost the back end in the gravel sideways into the sign. Hoped the curb damaged front rim. Sign went over the car scratching the hood tearing the roof and scratching the truck lid. Both passenger side tires no longer hold air.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 07:17 AM
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That's a salvage dealer's dream right there!

Say goodbye to it and watch for it to be up for sale again as a salvage car.
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If that's the case.. I'd buy it back take all the mods off then sell it. Hks exhaust is under a year old..
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Old May 26, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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Your rear tires or at least tire in the pic shown looks pretty bald...which could be the cause of your accident.
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Originally Posted by kiwi4784
In a round about lost the back end in the gravel sideways into the sign. Hoped the curb damaged front rim. Sign went over the car scratching the hood tearing the roof and scratching the truck lid. Both passenger side tires no longer hold air.
OK- those three sentences made all the difference in assessing the damage. It would be one thing if you skidded off a road and flattened a road sign, but hitting a curb like that will result in significant suspension damage, and combined with the frame, fender, roof and other damage, I'd say there's a high chance your ZR will be totaled by the insurance company.
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Car drives straight and true. Just bent a section of the rim more of a 22 degree angle
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