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Argh... this morning there was some metal shrapnel in the road on the 55 and the cars in front of me came to a complete stop... Normally this wouldn't have been a problem, but at the time they stopped, i was trying to move into the right lane and had my head turned to check my blind spot. When I looked back, i couldn't stop in time...

AAA is taking care of me, but I wonder if the price of an OEM hood is about the same as a CF one, do you guys think a body shop that AAA referred me to would be willing to make the switch? haha, actually I should really be worried about the extent of damage done to my car and the other drivers, cuz it looks like it's going to be on me

 
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you can pick your own shop, cant you?

 
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yeah, but i guess cuz i don't really know of any shops out here and I figure I should use one that AAA refers due to: (1) AAA recommends them and (2) they'll be able to process the paper work quicker.

Of course, I could be completely wrong, but i didn't want to have to have my car sit at my parking garage and wait to schedule an appraiser to come out, then get a check and try and find a local shop to do the work... I figure this way, once they assess the damages, they can start the work right away (after informing me, of course). I dunno, never really been in a serious enough accident that my car couldn't be driven. Thankfully I got rental insurance :-)

 
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man that sucks sorry to hear that

hope it all works out.

 
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ouch that sux i know some shops in LA...but in the mean time lets just hope it didnt twist ur frame or anything like that

 
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eh ... a CF hood (especially used) would cost way less than an oem hood.

I'm sure since the shop is gonna paint your front end anyway, just get a used CF hood and ask them to paint it ... that's what I did

 
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Yeah, haha, good idea; can't hurt to try

I'm definitelyworried about damage to the clutch/transmission because there was some rubbing sound that would go away depending on whether or not i was accelerating or whether I had the clutch down... I don't think the frame is twisted because it didn't look like the coolant reservoir or anything was pushed back, but then again, what do i know.

Damn, I hope everything is repairable, I don't wanna give up this car.

 
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hey man i got a good guy doing some work for me, its an autobody shop in fullerton, hes replacing my bumper and painting it for me for 240 he hooked me up so give him a call 714 926 2197 ask for roger lopez, and be sure to tell him that josh sent u, he should hook u up

 
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poor bluey...