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Sorry man! I had same damage. Took 3 months. (M) (archive)
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Posted by MNM3/4 on August 20, 2001 at 14:12:45:

In Reply to: WRECK MY ///M!..Looking for an excellent bodyshop? posted by imwchnu on August 19, 2001 at 19:22:39:

I live in Minnesota and I had similar damage to my Cosmos Black '97 M3/4. I spun out and hit cement baricade.

Minutes after my accident, I called my dealer and asked who they could recommend. They set me up with a shop that was working on 5 or 6 other BMW's at the time. For the most part, they did excellent work. They missed some little things but happily fixed them. The bad news was that it took 3 months to get it back. Most of the wait is waiting for parts.

I learned a couple of things from this mess. Because my rental car cost me $2070 out of pocket, I would have been better off buying a car and selling it after 3 months. The other is that you have to let the shop know this is your baby. Don't be too much of an asshole or they'll do a half-ass job just to get rid of you. Also, make sure they're using M3 parts, not 325/328 parts.

The good news is my car is now literally better than when I bought at 20k miles (27k now).

Good luck to you,
MNN3/4

After accident


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Actually before accident but car looks even better now



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