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					Originally Posted by Cloudsurfer  First off, if you can avoid it, do not get your own company involved, as then it shows as a claim on your loss record (regardless of who winds up actually paying for what).  
 Second, you should always make a claim for diminished value.  How hard you have to fight for that will vary, of course.  The last one I had, which involved a hotel valet, I had to sue the hotel for damages because their bottom of the barrel insurance company wanted to repair the car with used and/or "reconditioned" parts and offered me $100 for diminished value.  Of course, it certainly helped when they didn't even show up for court so I won in 5 minutes LOL
 
 As to your car, I doubt you have any suspension damage, though it's going to be a bit of a messy repair to pull that quarter out, and it will leave the car with a lessened value (since it wasn't just a bumper, for instance).
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Still insist on an alignment at a minimum. They will certainly not deny that. Maybe even have that rim checked for straightness?
		 
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