Gutted Gutted Gutted

[PilgrimIS]

So yesterday I ordered a new grille for my lovely shiny IS... Today some guy decided that I was too happy with my vehicle and smashed in me... With a flatbed truck! Full off side damage... From bumper to bumper..... Devastated... But at least I'm OK....

[normski2]

Oh my gosh that's rotten luck. My sympathies...and hope it all gets sorted to your satisfaction.

Weirdly enough I was very nearly skewered by a reversing garbage truck this morning. Driver did not even look before reversing out from a siding in my road. I had to floor it to get out of the way.....and only by a whisker!! When you floor it that 250 really does move rather rapidly.

[Exdee]

:(

So sorry for your loss.

Unfortunately, it looks like your car will be written off.

[PilgrimIS]

Cheers guys.

Yup, I'm expecting it to be written off... Never find another like it... Took me a long time to find the right model... :-(

[petayV8]

I thought it was just panel damage from the pics? i friend just had a estate car reverse into him. I also once had to knock mine into R very quickly due to a car reversing straight for me! he just drove off not having a clue what just happened. ppl are stupid

Keep us posted on progressions

[steve2006]

If the A post has been damaged I would be thinking Cat C. If it is still straight you could insist on a repair to bring the vehicle back to the same condition it was in before the accident.

New wing is around £200.00 plus door frame and skin at around £700.00 plus paint and labour.

[PilgrimIS]

Well... An update I have... It's being repaired! Whoop whoop!

The full repair cost is £5500! Ageas, my insurer valued it pretty high and have agreed in full repair... To be honest they have been brilliant! Not just obviously the repair but from the beginning giving loads of advice, sorting a rental vehicle within hours and giving me updates every few days.

Now the wait on repair... Should be three weeks or so!

[Gaz31]

Excellent news! Fingers crossed that the repair doesn't drag on for you! Out of interest what grille did you order?

[petayV8]

So glad you got to keep your pride and joy and wasnt a write off :D

[Silver Arrow]

So sorry about this mate, but just watch the quality of the repair (can't tell if the black is metallic or not). When my GS was keyed last year it went in to Lexus, and even though they did a pretty good job, the newly painted side is way shinier than the factory finish, and the Metallic bits are totally different to the factory finish - it grates on me and hopefully yours will be OK. If someone looks carefully it's obvious, and cannot be fixed unless I have a full respray.

Just watch that one.

Also, £5500? Wow! Thats a lot!

[PilgrimIS]

Cheers all.

I'll certainly be checking the work as it goes along... Already informed the garage I'll be popping up!

The grille is full chrome...

[Ray s]

Where did you get the grill?

[PilgrimIS]

US eBay. Sadly nothing in the UK.

There's a good few on there... Just gotta be careful of the cheap ones

[is200 Newbie]

Glad you have your car sorted (ish)

just out of curiosity did any of the airbags go off?

[PilgrimIS]

No airbags deployed.

To be honest I am still VERY surprised the side airbags didn't! It was a pretty big battering from the side from a flatbed truck! I have asked the garage to complete a full test of the airbags and they said they would do that as part of the repair so hopefully all will be well!!

[collins 22]

If it does get wrote off buy it back for next to nothing from the insurance and sell all the parts on, you will make a massive profit

Sent from my Iphone using Lexus OC

[UpSideDown]

So sorry about this mate, but just watch the quality of the repair (can't tell if the black is metallic or not). When my GS was keyed last year it went in to Lexus, and even though they did a pretty good job, the newly painted side is way shinier than the factory finish, and the Metallic bits are totally different to the factory finish - it grates on me and hopefully yours will be OK. If someone looks carefully it's obvious, and cannot be fixed unless I have a full respray.

Just watch that one.

Also, £5500? Wow! Thats a lot!

So you accepted the result?? My dealer reprinted my rear bumper 4 times (they had to order a new bumper after the 3rd time) to get the color spot on, without blend in to other panels ( I have 3 stage white pearl paint). You should let them repaint until you are satisfied with the result. OP's car is black, it should be pretty easy for them to get a good result.