In need of value Estimates

[vx2darescue]

My V has been rear ended
Good news is that it is not totalled
The insurance company is replacing the cladding on the back door and the rear bumper which were damaged in the crash. Again great news that they could even find the pieces and new at that. However now my 2 tone Puter V is 3 tone. To any obvious person this devalues the vehicle. I need to prove that is the case and exactly how much it is devalued by only replacing the two pannels and not matching them to the rest of the vehicle.
So with 112,473 miles with Dick Siepec pollished rims, a $5,000 custom installed Audiobaun sound system. In the clean condition that the car was in how much would you pay and how much would one pay with the mismached pannels.

Thank you all for your help in restoring my V and bringing her home as soon as possible

[Grif]

Am I missing something or is the difference as simple as the cost of a paint job and/or matching any fading in the cladding?

[vx2darescue]

I want the insurance company to replace the cladding all the way around and they refuse. stating it is bettering my vehicle and they are not responsible for this. I feel that the way things are it is devaluing the car.

[vt_maverick]

What is Puter?

[vx2darescue]

What is Puter?

The over all paint color. The dark silver that they replaced the '99 silver with

[Grif]

I think he means "pewter" color which would prolly mean an Astral or Kaiser.

[rowhard]

I think your SOL as far as getting them to pay. Best you can do is try and get the rest of the panels to match.

How messed up is the lower fairing? I could use one as a mock up for rear skid plates. Of course I wouldn't pay any more them shipping

[vx2darescue]

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[vx2darescue]

I think your SOL as far as getting them to pay. Best you can do is try and get the rest of the panels to match.

How messed up is the lower fairing? I could use one as a mock up for rear skid plates. Of course I wouldn't pay any more them shipping

Bad enough that it has to be replaced. Believe it or not I was able to get an estimate from the body shop for cladding all the way around it is 1670. I would bet that is about how much of a hit I would take on the car if I tried to sell it the way things are now. Would you agree?

[vt_maverick]

Have you tried treating the faded panels with Back to Black, Trim Shine, or anything else yet? I have to agree with rowhard, getting internet opinions is not likely to sway the insurance overlords. But maybe you can make it match on your own? I mean eventually you're going to be using those products anyway, so it might be worth a shot.

[vx2darescue]

Have you tried treating the faded panels with Back to Black, Trim Shine, or anything else yet? I have to agree with rowhard, getting internet opinions is not likely to sway the insurance overlords. But maybe you can make it match on your own? I mean eventually you're going to be using those products anyway, so it might be worth a shot.

That is a good point. But the back to black is only a temporary fix till it rains or snows and then the mismatch is like a target.
I do have some dealerships in town working on estimates but they suggested that I get some estimates from the "cult" following of the vehicle. Thus my current situation

[Grif]

Have you tried treating the faded panels with Back to Black, Trim Shine, or anything else yet? I have to agree with rowhard, getting internet opinions is not likely to sway the insurance overlords. But maybe you can make it match on your own? I mean eventually you're going to be using those products anyway, so it might be worth a shot.

Agreed

[vt_maverick]

Bad enough that it has to be replaced. Believe it or not I was able to get an estimate from the body shop for cladding all the way around it is 1670. I would bet that is about how much of a hit I would take on the car if I tried to sell it the way things are now. Would you agree?

I wouldn't agree. We see VX's sold every day with varying degrees of cladding streaking / fading, and the driving factor in their sales price is generally all the same: age (obviously 01's are worth more than 99's), mileage, and accident history. I think it's fair to say that you lost far more value from the accident being put on your CarFax / AutoCheck vehicle history than you'll ever gain back by getting matching cladding. In fact, if there weren't any injuries or property damage, you might have done better just to not report it at all and buy the parts from a junkyard - then no one would know the difference when you went to sell it, and the cladding would be pre-faded.

[Grif]

From the pic you posted, I'd say treating the rest of the cladding with Refinish Restorer, or "R/R" as its commonly called here would match things up quite well.

Of course we all have our fave restore products for cladding, a search for posts about cladding restoration would benefit you better than trying to beat up the insurance man.

[vt_maverick]

Mild thread jack here, but do you have pics of your custom Audiobaun system? I have to believe $5K would go a LONG way to building a pretty kick-*** system.