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So this happened on my way home from work on 6/19/17. Two lane left turn lane, i'm in the right lane. Guy in older Dodge Caravan in left lane decides to go straight and doesn't see me during his decision to go straight. The bump was light, and the guy didn't even pull over, but he did stop at the next red light. Being that it was 2am, I just got his license plate and called the police.
I opted to get the whole car repainted, as I've always wanted a JDM rear bumper ("smooth" with no molding lines, wider license plate area, spats fitted correctly, etc) and the side moldings shaved (overseas imprezas dont get them)
Here's the timeline:
6/19/17 01:52am
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Quarter Damage and rear bumper damage nothing major.
06/24/17 08:16am
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The wheel didnt get hit and the suspension is fine. the wheel is loose because
I was getting my spare wheels put on.
06/28/17 08:46am
Morning right before I dropped off the car at the body shop. I went with a local body shop because I've seen plenty of Subaru activity coming and going out of the shop as it is near my local freeway on-ramp. The reviews didn't look terrible online either. In the past, my go-to body shop is AutoExplosion in Gardena, but I just didn't want to drive that far.
I wanted to help them out and protect some of my hard-to-find parts, so I partially disassembled the car and gutted the interior and trunk - as I opted to have the side molding holes shaved as well.
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07/26/17 01:36pm
Every time I drove by the shop, I could see the car had barely moved or had any work done to it. ONE MONTH!!!:curse:
Finally I see it being worked on. Looks like they took care of accident damage and started doing some of the cosmetic work and disassembly.
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08/02/17 09:57am
More work, possibly start doing the molding removal?
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I was thinking at this point "yeah they're making slow steady progress, hopefully it'll be done in a couple weeks"
08/07/17 01:38pm
WRONG! I drove by the shop with the car in this same spot and condition for almost 3 weeks. I've been in the car game for a while and know how these things work. You can't rush the work, or it'll show in the final product. You can't give them free reign, or you'll never get a final product. It's a hard game to play.
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