Look like total ?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2020
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From: San Jose, CA
2023 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
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Pretty close. How many miles on the car? I had a fender bender in my GS last year that was much less damage than yours and it was $18k to fix it. My car has very low miles, only 11k and I have Hagerty, so they paid to fix it.
Your damage is similar to mine, but more severe and on the driver’s side. Mine was the passenger side.
Based on what my car needed and what I see in your pics, you need a bumper, fender, inner fender (wheelhouse), probably the apron and a headlight. Plus whatever hidden damage there is.
Where are you located?
Your damage is similar to mine, but more severe and on the driver’s side. Mine was the passenger side.
Based on what my car needed and what I see in your pics, you need a bumper, fender, inner fender (wheelhouse), probably the apron and a headlight. Plus whatever hidden damage there is.
Where are you located?
Race Director
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All depends, and if just cosmetic that in not expesive to fix, may be fine,
but if bent A arm/connecting points to frame or any frame damage/it bent, will be totaled.
Bottom line, let insurance do there thing, then once shop can get into it deeper to determine structial damage or not that is going to jack the repair costs way up, will not now for sure if insurance is just going to total the car in the end.
Hence kind of like back end of the car, that the flimsy bumper cover covers up the actual bump/structural in the back of the car, and until you get the skins/panel covers off to really see the extent of the damage, will not know for sure.
but if bent A arm/connecting points to frame or any frame damage/it bent, will be totaled.
Bottom line, let insurance do there thing, then once shop can get into it deeper to determine structial damage or not that is going to jack the repair costs way up, will not now for sure if insurance is just going to total the car in the end.
Hence kind of like back end of the car, that the flimsy bumper cover covers up the actual bump/structural in the back of the car, and until you get the skins/panel covers off to really see the extent of the damage, will not know for sure.
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From: Rio Rancho NM
Unless there is structure damage that looks cosmetic only. Should be a straight forward fix. You can get parts off ebay or aftermarket. Even update those headlights too. Me personally I'd take the check and source my own parts and do the install and you will have plenty of cash left over to pocket. Fenders and headlights and stuff are cheap and you can find them easily.
Racer
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 406
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From: Seattle WA
Pretty close. How many miles on the car? I had a fender bender in my GS last year that was much less damage than yours and it was $18k to fix it. My car has very low miles, only 11k and I have Hagerty, so they paid to fix it.
Your damage is similar to mine, but more severe and on the driver’s side. Mine was the passenger side.
Based on what my car needed and what I see in your pics, you need a bumper, fender, inner fender (wheelhouse), probably the apron and a headlight. Plus whatever hidden damage there is.
Where are you located?
Your damage is similar to mine, but more severe and on the driver’s side. Mine was the passenger side.
Based on what my car needed and what I see in your pics, you need a bumper, fender, inner fender (wheelhouse), probably the apron and a headlight. Plus whatever hidden damage there is.
Where are you located?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 1,061
Likes: 455
From: San Jose, CA
2023 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2022 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
I got really lucky. The body shop I took it to said they had one in stock, however, when I showed pics of the work in progress to my friend who has worked in the body shop business for 35+ years said it looked like they fixed mine. I don't know for sure, but the car looks great, so I don't really care. But to answer your question, yes, they are very hard to find. I also needed a passenger side fender and there was ONE in stock in the country, but the GM dealer in Michigan that had it, wouldn't ship it to me. Again, the body shop I took it to said they had one. Whether they fixed mine or actually replaced it, I don't know. Good luck in your search.
