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Old 03-17-2009, 06:39 PM   #1
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Did your brother go airborne in your car or go down an embankment? It takes some serious abuse to break those control arms.......there's alot of damage.....did he offer to make good on the repairs? Did he gave any explanation?
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Old 03-17-2009, 07:36 PM   #2
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You may want to rethink your decision (or what I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, to be your decision) to not let insurance handle this. I put that at a total loss - parts, body work, paint work, and who knows what all else is wrong. That Boxster took a mighty beating - could have torn motor mounts and any number of other things that aren't intended to be subjected to that kind of impact.

Airbags pop?
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Old 03-18-2009, 06:04 PM   #3
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Ouch!!!

I had the same thing but the driver was my youngest son and luckily it wasn't his fault. Our damage was front and rear like yours and State Farm did the estimates and it was over $12,000. We took their money and now have a lot better car after all the aftermarket parts and complete paint job new wheels. I can send you some before and afters. The exhaust was bent and those factory cats and muffler cost way more than my new stainless 100 cell race cats, stainless headers and Dansk muffler. We changed the 1999 front and rear to 2003 S to update the look. Best of luck but they may total your car if you allow it. We wanted ours fixed. We did most the work ourselves and my oldest son is a Porsche tech in Lexington, KY so we got most of the parts at cost plus 10%.
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