Side swiped I need some repair info!

[abdult786]

okay so i was stopped at a traffic light and the 6 series behind me decided to switch lanes before stopping and side swipped the hell outta me! she got my rear bumper real good. its all scuffed on the driver side. the bumper is 100% intact, but it will have to be replaced and has not moved at all but scuffed the hell outta from one side.
i live in the ATL, Ga area if any1 knows any good body shops around or does any1 know the exent to what the damages are looking like? cost time and labor? or do you believe that they may just ended up totaling out the car?

[Mr. Know]

Pics help a lot in this situation. The best place to get an estimate for repair is your local Lotus dealer.
Sorry for your misfortune, I hope it works out for the best.

[DragonRider1]

Bumper? So you were driving something other than an Elise/Exige...?

Btw, stay the heck away from AutoGlo. A high school shop does better work and doesn't use your car as a play toy while it's in their posession...

[abdult786]

i realized there is no bumper and its just my rear clam for a second i thought there was a rear bumper on the lotus. i've only heard great thinks about autoglo but there's always some1 with a differnt tale. i'd be glad to hear some other recommendations

[chapster5]

Sorry to hear that, you got any pics?

[DragonRider1]

Originally Posted by abdult786

i realized there is no bumper and its just my rear clam for a second i thought there was a rear bumper on the lotus. i've only heard great thinks about autoglo but there's always some1 with a differnt tale. i'd be glad to hear some other recommendations

It wasn't meant to sound sarcastic. You said she got your rear bumper real good, but that it was still 100% intact. For some reason I was picturing something like a pickup truck or another car as it seems breathing too hard on the rear clams cracks 'em. Sorry for any confusion there.

As for Autoglo, I'm glad others have had great luck with them or perhaps very low standards. They botched things left and right on mine and it should have been a comparably simple (cosmetic only) job. I guess if you don't live in Atlanta and won't come in every other day and hover over them, don't expect decent work. The extra 58 miles on the car with fast food wrappers under and between the seats and loose change dumped under the seat and in the pocket under the ignition didn't do much to inspire my like of them either. Someone was taking it out and playing, using it for fast food runs, etc. I couldn't help but have Ferris Buellers floating through my head. That and getting there only to see a nearly new Gallardo Spyder with the window down, seats and floor full of standing water, leaves, etc. "Thats' why we have detailers." They were waiting on a door handle so rather than actually reach through they just left the car outside under a tree with the windows down. The handle was evidently on back order. Yep, great care they take.

Heck, I'd have been happy if they could even line up the friggen body panels on my car or not have 1/8" thick paint runs. Even matching the front paint would have done wonders! Now if I can figure out what the hell they did to the passenger window I'd be ahead of the game...

Your mileage may vary but frankly I'd rather send anyone and everything anywhere but that place.

[abdult786]

hm... i am thinking of the body shop magnum body collision they also work on lambo's and i do live in the ATL area