Hi,
My car, Honda Accord 2002 SE, was involved a car accident recently,
and now the reparing of body is just finished. (at a bodyshop assigned
by my insurance company, cost about 7000$)
The problem is that the gap between the light and the body is larger
than I expect. please see the attached pictures.
I dont know whether this quality of body work is acceptable for my case,
and whether this gap will lead to some internal damage of light
or electrical stuffs inside it when in raining. (the later is the one I concern mostly)

by the way, is there background light of the digit clock at night? I cant
see the clock when driving at night cuz it's so dark. I remember it
seems has background light before. (I check the manual, but it has no information
about it)

(I'm new here, and dont know whether it is the right place to for my post, so
I'm sorry if it it not.)

Ken

 

It's due to the structure the light housing were connected too, which by the looks from the picture, was pushed in. IMO, for a $7000 job, that damage should have been repaired to the point that you couldn't even tell. It could also be that the housing wasn't put on right and maybe just needs to be adjusted. As far as the clock light, yes it should be lit and they're known to go out on this particular gen accord. You can replace the bulb with an LED, that should last you a while.

 

yea... either the lamp isnt mounted correctly, or the body shop fucked up.

and the clock light is just a few bucks at the dealer

 

I bet the insurance company would be interested to know that the shop did a sloppy job. If you're not happy, don't sign off the paperwork...

 

I found more problems.
Inside my car, I found one extra screw, which is same as the one
to fix the cd/radio, but there already have screws in the two slots.
There is moist/water inside the rear light, I can see it clearly.
So, I believe this body work is not a decent work, it's a mess.

According to my experience, I'll never trust the words, "I'll repair
it and it will look like brand new!".

Thanks, all.

 

Is it a creditable shop? Ask around there are some shops that show their work and the stuff they have done and can do. Those people I would trust over some Joe Shmo who says "I'll repair
it and it will look like brand new!".

A REAL repair shop will say "We'll try our absolute best to make it LOOK like it was originally before the accident and hopefully it'll be like new again."

 

That's why I have a lifetime guarantee from Progressive on my body work. For shit like this.

 

I've contact my insurance company and the body shop.
Already make appointment, I'll drop my car in the morning and
they'll try to fix it in the end of the day. I dont believe they can
fix them all in just one day, (it took them 3 weeks for the body work),
but it's better than nothing.
I think that's it, my car cant be better until it dies.

Ken

 

beter than nothing!!!.duh..Man...

Looks like this body shop is doing fucked up work.Dont sign anythink until
they fix all the problem.Get the warranty in written.
Tell the insurance,not to pay untill fix all the problem.