In need of value Estimates

[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]

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.

Very good points Mav.

[vx2darescue]

You are absolutely right.
Thank you for all your help guys.