Brake Fluid Dripped All Over Paint
08-04-2013, 02:14 PM
#62
Burning Brakes
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 841
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
+1 idk if it's NJ air, but I was thinking the same thing.
Yes it all sucks and sorry it happend, I've been through this myself with my other car, when somebody side swiped it in "residents only" garage and didn't bother leaving a note.
Unless you have 993 Turbo S that's worth over 200k, in the end it's a 15-18 year old car with less than perfect paint all around. You better off just respraying that one part and forgetting about it. Document it, make sure respray is done right and there is no diminished value. Ask the shop to throw in 2-3 free oil changes or full detail of the car or pay for a bumper respray. Nobody in their right mind will do/pay you for full repaint (unless the brake fluid is all over the car), and you would be silly to ask one. Just put yourself in shoes of the shop or the insurance company.
What do you think happen to brand new cars when dealers scratch them my accident? The panel goes to local, hopefully good, body shop to be resprayed. And the buyer would never know.
So have a beer and relax and be thankful this didn't happen
Yes it all sucks and sorry it happend, I've been through this myself with my other car, when somebody side swiped it in "residents only" garage and didn't bother leaving a note.
Unless you have 993 Turbo S that's worth over 200k, in the end it's a 15-18 year old car with less than perfect paint all around. You better off just respraying that one part and forgetting about it. Document it, make sure respray is done right and there is no diminished value. Ask the shop to throw in 2-3 free oil changes or full detail of the car or pay for a bumper respray. Nobody in their right mind will do/pay you for full repaint (unless the brake fluid is all over the car), and you would be silly to ask one. Just put yourself in shoes of the shop or the insurance company.
What do you think happen to brand new cars when dealers scratch them my accident? The panel goes to local, hopefully good, body shop to be resprayed. And the buyer would never know.
So have a beer and relax and be thankful this didn't happen
