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Chassis Rail Repair


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Hi All,

My vehicle is at the repairer, and they are waiting for Subaru to get back to them r.e a chassis rail, be it repair or replace.

What has happened is that the front left (passengers) chassis rail has twisted 6" from the front. (from crashing into a tree square on, so airbags didn\'t go off)

Pretty much if Subaru says it can be repaired, then I get my car back.

If Subaru says no, it needs to be replaced with a new one, then my vehicle will be written off. (because the cost of removing engine and replacing chassis rail + alloy bonnet and entire front will cost more than the insured value)

The vehicle is a 2001 Subaru Legacy B4 Revision D (so the alloy front)

Has anyone had this situation before, and know what Subaru will say? As I am impatient.

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Subaru don\'t have a repair schedule for this vehicle, so it is up to repairer, who want to replace, so once cost of a front cut comes in it will be pretty much written off.

Subaru Don\'t have a repair schedule for the Revision D

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Stoffa has a point there too.

Althou a mate of mine bought a genuine 95 evo 3 rs (not a gsr rebuild!) for 26 k back round 00-01. He was at the lights in chch when a dude in a Primera didnt apply brakes to stop and ass eneded him. The car was off the road for months while the panel beater sourced a new rear end. They forked out bit more than 13 k for repairs.

Funniest part of the lot (not 100% funny for him) 2 weeks after gettin it back on the road a dude run a red light and T boned him, and shoved him up onto the traffic island in middle of the road, & yup, again the driver was in a Primera! It was funny for us cos we owned a Primera at the time so I\'d send him a txt warning to hide it when we arrived after that! Insurance paid for it to be redone again ....

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It was written off.

It was going to cost $9450 to repair.

I will see if I can get the damage assessment but pretty much:

$2450 ish for a front cut

$550 ish for the rail

$3500 ish Labour (involves engine being pulled to access rail)

$1500 ish paint

+10% margin

VERY rough estimates off the top of my head. So it was entirely possible to repair, however the labour was the killer.

Got a new one anyway, get it on Monday. But my insurance went from $17.50 a fortnight to $65 :/

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 evowrx said:

Change insurer that ridiculous shouldnt go up that much just by losing a no claims bonus.

I did change insurer, I had to go with NAC as could no longer be with AMI. Which is fair enough seeing i\'m under 25 with a turbo vehicle.

It will be 50% off that in due course though.

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