You wrecked your car now what?

The odds are stacked against you. Statistics say that eventually we will have an unfortunate accident. That's why everyone driving has car insurance. Whether it is just a parking lot blunder or an major collision, insurance agencies will try to repair your car for the least amount of damage. Often times, using used or low quality aftermarket parts. In order to insure that you claim is handled properly, it is important to follow a few easy steps.

Get Free Estimates From Multiple Body Shops

Many, times when your in an accident an insurance agency will refer you to a body shop to have your claim adjusted. It is important that you don't just stick with their body shop even though it may seem easier. You need to take your car to other shops and have them give you a free estimate. Often times those referred body shops have an agreement with the insurance agency and are not on your side. You need to compare quotes from other shops to at least know if their going to do quality work that will restore your car to it's proper state. You need to compare quotes and see if they are using new, used, or aftermarket parts to fix your car. They might even just repair and bondo your existing panels.

Haggle With The Body Shop

Don't Just take the estimate and at face value. If you did your homework and got multiple estimates you can use that as ammo to get the best value for your repair. Also, now that the car is already in the body shop and being paid for, now is a good time to tack on extra repairs that insurance doesn't cover. You will have to pay for these out of pocket, but you may get an extra deal because materials like paint that are mixed custom for the job are already being used for the insurance repair.

Find The Right Body Shop

Now that you have shopped around for the best deal and haggled for a better repair, before you pick your shop it is important that you pick the right one. There are some common barometers at which you can measure a body shops quality of work. Body shops do more then just repair cars they also haggle with insurance claims adjusters for you. They house your car. They provide you with customer service. Ask if they store you car outside. Some body shops store cars outside and this can leave it open to weather as well as theft and vandalism. If the body shop isnt providing top quality customer service before they are working on your car. You can bet that once they have your car in the shop that the service will be less.

Body Shops In Hanford

If you are in Hanford California, and looking for a quality body shop look no further then Premiere Collision Center. We are experts of automotive collision repair. We provide online access to your cars repair process with pictures of our quality work in progress. Visit our hanford body shop