They want $1200 for a stocker turbo, plus the labor. I told them don't touch it, I'll fix it. They want $500 for a stock hood. I said let's go fiberglass for that much money. Kirban sells them. They wanted $600 for a stock intercooler. I said leave it alone, I'll get another later. I then asked about having them do a full set of bushings from summit, and suspension parts that they left out of the estimate that looked tweaked to me, like the front sway bar and rim. Because I crossed some things off of their estimate, they said that maybe I don't want to do this after all. Here is their exact response:
"In response to your comments we can not be sure about the suspension and the wheel. It is difficult to locate and price the wheel accurately.
I have since gone over the vehicle with the owner and he is not comfortable doing the repair. The vehicle has alot of damage and could have hidden damages that are not yet noticed. I feel it would be in our best interest to pass on performing any repairs on your vehicle.
Please let us know if you will be moving the vehicle or letting Geico obtain the salvage.
John Wilson"
By owner they mean me. This was addressed to my dad, who has a general power of attorney to deal w/ the situation while I'm deployed. I guess they were mad at how the insurance company took a few months to settle this, and then it took me a while to handle things since I'm over in the desert. At this point, what would you guys do? Geico offered $7k to salvage the thing, or $5k if it's repaired and I keep it. The shop estimate totalled $8606 with things missing like the rim and suspension bits. How is a rim difficult to price? Anyway I felt like they were delving into things they didn't need to, with the turbo and intercooler replacement. The big pain is that it isn't drivable right now. The fender is too bent to put a spare on it, allegedly the turbo is cracked but i saw no damage. How hard do you think it would be looking at pics in sig to remove fender and throw spare on their to drive it some place to fix it? It's in Houston right now, do you guys know a good body shop in houston to take one to that isn't going to try to drop in a new engine or something ridiculous like that? Thanks
"In response to your comments we can not be sure about the suspension and the wheel. It is difficult to locate and price the wheel accurately.
I have since gone over the vehicle with the owner and he is not comfortable doing the repair. The vehicle has alot of damage and could have hidden damages that are not yet noticed. I feel it would be in our best interest to pass on performing any repairs on your vehicle.
Please let us know if you will be moving the vehicle or letting Geico obtain the salvage.
John Wilson"
By owner they mean me. This was addressed to my dad, who has a general power of attorney to deal w/ the situation while I'm deployed. I guess they were mad at how the insurance company took a few months to settle this, and then it took me a while to handle things since I'm over in the desert. At this point, what would you guys do? Geico offered $7k to salvage the thing, or $5k if it's repaired and I keep it. The shop estimate totalled $8606 with things missing like the rim and suspension bits. How is a rim difficult to price? Anyway I felt like they were delving into things they didn't need to, with the turbo and intercooler replacement. The big pain is that it isn't drivable right now. The fender is too bent to put a spare on it, allegedly the turbo is cracked but i saw no damage. How hard do you think it would be looking at pics in sig to remove fender and throw spare on their to drive it some place to fix it? It's in Houston right now, do you guys know a good body shop in houston to take one to that isn't going to try to drop in a new engine or something ridiculous like that? Thanks