Just got it back (lot of pictures) - Honda Prelude Forum

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 05:48 PM

In January a girl ran a red and nailed my car. Her fault, but she had no license and no insurance. Anyway that's being dealt with.

Way Before:

After the wreck:

Also the side sill was cracked, but I don't have a good photo of it.

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 05:51 PM

continued
During:

I had them fix the hood, it had a few dents and a Honda emblem on it.

Bumper had the license plate holes filled

Picked it up yesterday.

Very pleased with the work done at Auto Beauty in Webster Groves.

-Bill

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 05:53 PM

i tried the gas station shot, too. It didn't come out so well.

Ike · 02-27-2004, 05:57 PM

Man, that is one good body work. Looking great man. Sorry you had to go through all that crap with accident. How long did you have it in the shop for? I remember that when i got rear ended, the trunk bent and they had to replace the bumper etc etc...they took about 2 weeks. I was going crazy!

Other than that, any future suspension mods etc etc?

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 06:01 PM

yeah i'm waiting for money right now. On top of the deductible I had to shell out 800 for the hood and bumper, they needed to be fixed. So right now GC/KYB AGX's are going to have to wait.

The car went in on 2/16 and came back 2/26. Pretty quick service especially for the good job.

As for other mods, I've got all the bolt ons, and a few other pieces so all I need now are a set of tires and suspension. I'm ready for more auto-xing already though.

FiLLuP · 02-27-2004, 06:26 PM

should have shaved the sidemarkers too

but that would probably be illegal.

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 06:28 PM

I thought about it after the fact, but after this accident, i'd rather have them so stupid drivers see me before they run into me. Actually I think i'm going to tint them to make them more black.

thepreludedude · 02-27-2004, 06:28 PM

did you get the whole car repainted or just the door/fender/hood/bumper? looks really good. wish i could find a good shop like that around here.

Hobie1113 · 02-27-2004, 06:31 PM

just the rear quarter, door, side sill, front bumper, hood, front lip.

The only new part on the car is the door skin.
Before they gave it back they did a detail on the exterior. This place is a detailing shop as well as an auto body.

thepreludedude · 02-27-2004, 06:37 PM

^^wow. very very nice.

h22 bb6 · 02-27-2004, 10:56 PM

10 days is excellent turn-around time. Looks like they did a good job too!

bingker · 02-28-2004, 12:48 AM

very nice. wowwy

Common Sense · 02-28-2004, 01:56 AM

looks very nice.. since the girl didn't have insurance, did your insurance pay for all the body work? i'm thinking about shaving the license holes too..

Hobie1113 · 02-28-2004, 08:11 AM

my insurance company paid for the door, side sill, rear 1/4. The hood was previous damage and rock chips so that was my money. The bumper was in bad shape but they paid for the painting, the rest was my money. My bumper had a few gashes in the side and the front lip had a gash in it as well as tons of rock chips and a crappy paint job.

My insurance co. is now going after the girl personally so I will get my deductible back. That girl is fvcked.

rufridn · 02-28-2004, 11:17 AM

damn, that paint looks so nice. they did an excellent job on repairing it. looks like new.