hey i just wanna know how i can get a full spray job in a different colour i had an car accident on wedsneday and it looks lyk there going to repair the car the whole side is gone there sayying they will only spray it where the damages is does anyone know ways where i can get a full spray job this n that under the insurance thingyi talked to a panel beater n they sad there goin to give aami a quote but i dont know if it will work

Why would they pay for a full respray? They'll only repair the damage that was done. If you want the rest sprayed then you need to add cash on top and organise it with the repairer. You can't just say 'well the whole car is stuffed from this damage, spray the lot'... it doesnt work like that.

yer i know wat u mean but why not if they are payying for it ill talk to my panel beater bout it and make him charge them more later on i can do that because they get a rough qoute they always get billed more later on see wat happens

it doesn't work like that someone from the insurance company comes out and asesses(how ever u spell it) the car and sees whether the quote matches the damage..

yer i know that they asses the qoute to see if it reasonable but they always get billed more latar on too when the repairer see more problems with the car while they are repairing it i dont know ,do they asses the car after its been repairedd i cant be ****ed with it hopefully they just write the car off

The repairer will quote the car, the assessor will come and assess the car, and if they find any unforeseen damage when they start stripping/repairing, they have to take photos or get the assessor out again to have a look at the damage and then add it to the quote. Everything they do has to be proven to the insurance company.

so in other answer's no chance thanks for the help hope fully the car get written off its already been damaged before too

in nsw aami take the car to their own yard and pay for a cab home for you From there they seek quotes from several panelbeaters and if al is ok they then get it fixed. once it's returned to them they notify you and pay for a taxi to get you to their yard to pick it back up

Quote: Originally Posted by toz17 The repairer will quote the car, the assessor will come and assess the car, and if they find any unforeseen damage when they start stripping/repairing, they have to take photos or get the assessor out again to have a look at the damage and then add it to the quote. Everything they do has to be proven to the insurance company. spot on!

I work in the industry, Insurance company's will only pay for damage affected areas only, nothing more. You can contruibute towards getting additional private work done on the car whilst in for accident/damage repairs. -But be warned changing body colour from factory, you will have to notify your insurance company, or things can get awkward, they must know everything or they can deny a claim. And don't think Insurance companys are stupid all assessors are ex-painters or beaters, and can see what is consistant with a claim, so creating additional damage to your car and trying to pass it off as the claim will get you pinned for "Fraud", I see too many fools try it and get caught out, it's not worth it.