Somebody hit my model Y and damaged my rear bumper paint while parking. They said their insurance will cover it. No structural damage that I can see.
From what I read on this forum the repair should be simple as Tesla can just pop in a pre-painted bumper and call it a day for around $1,000. Only problem is when I tried to scheduled service it got cancelled on me (Tesla Service said I had to go to a 3rd party body shop or Tesla collision center).
The 3rd party body shops here in Boston all say they want to keep my car for 3-4 weeks and expect it to cost $3k to $4k and they all say that they can't get a factory painted bumper but will paint one themselves for me. I am very skeptical of them doing a proper paint job to match the red multi-coat and the cost seems outrageous. I won't be paying it but it seems like they wanna claim all kinds of unnecessary things to make more money off the insurance policy. They kept talking about structural damage even though I told them it’s a paint issue.
There is a Tesla Collision Center run by Tesla here in Boston but the wait time to go to the collision center is 2 months. Not sure if they do the same job as the 3rd party body shops (3-4 week long process including painting everything in-house) or if they just do the simple pre-painted bumper install.
Any advice on what I should do? Take it to a 3rd party shop and let them try to talk insurance into doing potentially more work than necessary and keeping my car for weeks, or waiting a few months and going to Tesla Collision.
Does anyone have experience with Tesla Collision for paint repair? Even if Tesla Collision is a longer wait for an appointment, is there a chance it's a faster/smoother process in the shop to get the work done? I really don't want to leave my car in the shop for 3 weeks for something so small...
From what I read on this forum the repair should be simple as Tesla can just pop in a pre-painted bumper and call it a day for around $1,000. Only problem is when I tried to scheduled service it got cancelled on me (Tesla Service said I had to go to a 3rd party body shop or Tesla collision center).
The 3rd party body shops here in Boston all say they want to keep my car for 3-4 weeks and expect it to cost $3k to $4k and they all say that they can't get a factory painted bumper but will paint one themselves for me. I am very skeptical of them doing a proper paint job to match the red multi-coat and the cost seems outrageous. I won't be paying it but it seems like they wanna claim all kinds of unnecessary things to make more money off the insurance policy. They kept talking about structural damage even though I told them it’s a paint issue.
There is a Tesla Collision Center run by Tesla here in Boston but the wait time to go to the collision center is 2 months. Not sure if they do the same job as the 3rd party body shops (3-4 week long process including painting everything in-house) or if they just do the simple pre-painted bumper install.
Any advice on what I should do? Take it to a 3rd party shop and let them try to talk insurance into doing potentially more work than necessary and keeping my car for weeks, or waiting a few months and going to Tesla Collision.
Does anyone have experience with Tesla Collision for paint repair? Even if Tesla Collision is a longer wait for an appointment, is there a chance it's a faster/smoother process in the shop to get the work done? I really don't want to leave my car in the shop for 3 weeks for something so small...
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