stangmatt66

I was driving to work this morning SB on Beach Blvd. in Buena Park and got sandwiched between a GMC Yukon and a Dodge Ram 1500. I'm uninjured but my car is cosmetically tore up...I stopped and the Ram behind me didn't. He hit me and pushed me into the Yukon in front of me. Luckily I hit the Yukon's tow-hitch and it went though my grill, not setting off the air bags...cracked the radiator though...

Here's some pics...





Anyone know of a good body shop in the Orange County area? I'd prefer a Mazda dealership if possible...Price doesn't matter, the Ram driver's insurance will be picking up the tab...

WHealy

That stinks. Glad you are OK.

PUR NRG

I can't recommend any body shops but I can recommend that you consider purchasing MazdaSpeed (or any other aftermarket) body parts. Insurance will reimburse you to replace with an identical part. At that point it costs relatively little (and sometimes less) to install something different.
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stangmatt66

PUR NRG, sounds like a good idea if I had the extra cash at the moment...I wonder if I could make that request to the body shop? To replace the stock pieces with MazdaSpeed pieces...hmmm..It woudl probably save money since they wouldn't have to buy the stock bumper AND the stock body kit...

mikeb

I used a body shop called Aerotech in buena park to paint my civic. They can probably help you and get ms parts and they are top notch. Ask for Jack , remind him that you know mikeb and he painted my civic daytona blue. he will remember me. Sorry I dont have the number on me for the shop.

sjt

Arrgh....

Man that sucks...


Hope things work out ok.

Jsuzuki

I used Apex Auto Body in Huntington Beach. Nice competent guys. Tell them Jack with his Green RX-8 says hello.

My crash.

Now that they have experience with my car, your experience should go smoother.

Apex Auto Body
17411 Apex Circle
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
714.842.7970

brothervoodoo

Sorry man, that's a nasty one. Get a new exhaust too the OEM looks toasted. Good luck with the repairs.

-BV

Mastro

EDIT: Nevermind :p lol wrong Orange County, your not in Florida.

Outlaws eXtreme

Leave the car debaged as well.. Brothervoodoo style!

Navybeardbb

lol man there couldn't have been 2 worse cars to be infront/behind you. 2 huge trucks, i'm sorry man.

z00m-z00m

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ena+park%2C+ca

That is the number to the place mikeb said, search google for company name +city, state

stauburn

oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............

Glad you are alright....

mikeb

aerotech in buena park does good work and lots of show cars
They painted my civic daytona blue like the nissan 350z

synthtk

ouch

a coworker hit my front bumper just scratching the paint and i was livid, i cant imagine how you feel

Sorry to hear this happened
-Chris

stangmatt66

Hey thanks guys! I appreciate it... I was angry when it first happen, I work hard for my baby and treat her so well... I'm more depressed now than anything... She went to the body shop this morning and I miss her already... :'(

synthtk, i had a co-worker do the same thing to me, but on my rear bumper not even a month after i bought my car...at least that will get repainted now...the only good thing to come out of this accident...lol...

mikeb

what bodyshop did you take it too?

stangmatt66

MikeB, Since the RX-8 is so new (only been out for around 9 months, as we all know) I really wanted to take it to a Mazda dealer for repair. I didn't want to be the first RX-8 any body shop had worked on, so I decided on Tustin Ranch Collision Center which is a part of the "new" Heritage Mazda, Tustin. A lot of people on this board know my beef with Tustin Mazda as it was called, but I'm hoping I get better treatment out of their collision center than I did from their sales, finance and service staff. ::fingers crossed::

mikeb

well good luck and keep us posted I hope it works out

flipped cracker

sorry to hear about the car. hope it turns out well.

i used to live in cypress.

poolsidenaz

Oh Matt my heart breaks for you I sure hope you're alright and nothing creeps up on ya in the next couple days. Look at her all banged up. You must be devastated.

I'm sending *perfect repair* vibes your way

AeroWerksOnline

Sorry to hear about the incident. I'm sure it hurts us all to see an 8 like that. Hope the shop works out for you too.

Rotarian_SC

lol, one of my coworkers has a hummer h2, and they were driving when they came upon a crash, and they didn't stop in time. The neon went under the front and had the trunk driven into the rear seat. The accord behind her couldn't stop either and ran into and then under her car, with the driver winding up right beside the rear tires. My coworkers air bags didn't even go off and it only has minor cosmetic damages, she will get it back in a week! H2's are a menace, just be glad you didn't hit one of them. That does suck for you though, I would say that's totalled because the structural integrity may may it unsafe to drive in the future.

rx8spiritR

do a health claim, go a doctor's note or have a lawyer to help you can get at least over 4000 not including the damage to the car. for the car part, since it is new you MUST request NEW STOCK parts, NO AFTERMARKET or any cheap ****, my advice to you is use the money to get some nice FACTORY kit, not copy replica. paint it WHITE! that's what i will do if i were you.