Wrecked my Hummer yesterday

[iwillnc]

I'm confused, your hood wires are surrounded by a sleeve, but you have an antenna from an after 04+ truck

I thought they stopped the sleeve stuff in 03, reason being it holds water and can rot the wires and cause them to break.

[STL Zombie Hunter]

Hmmm. I didn't know that. It is an '04 for sure, but maybe it's an early production model. It maybe previous owner added it. I know he changed out my mirrors to the newer style.

I planned on using my stock grille & have it sprayed with Line-X as OEM is $590, so if I reuse my old one, I should receive a $590 credit towards my deductible. Right? WRONG. They said they will give me a $200 credit if I reuse my old grille (which needs a little work before being sprayed; missing 2 mounting tabs and a little bulge in the plastic). This doesn't seem quite right. $200 credit to keep my trashed grille. I think I should receive the full $590 since insurance doesn't have to buy one. Geez.

[iwillnc]

Screw that, I'm sure you could find a use for it one day.

Get the new one, then take it off and put on your other, you could hang it up in your garage, or hold onto it til something happens, or possibly get a good offer on it.

Wait is that the insurance company talking or the person fixing it?

Here, they made the estimate and the money came no matter what I did with it, they shouldn't be able to take away the estimate amount, that sounds more like the body shop talking in my opinion

[HummerJim]

Sorry to hear about your accident, but am glad you are OK. Dealing with insurance companies is challenging, even with the better ones. Whatever they want to give you new - go for it!

[STL Zombie Hunter]

Thanks Jim. I'm ok. I had the shop put a lot of aftermarket parts on there so my cost that I'm responsible for went up; 1/4" steel winch full bumper w/ 4 PIAA lights. Eliminates the plastic 'upper bumper' that the DRLs go into.
I was hoping to save my deductible by foregoing the new grille but looks like they are hosing me either way.
Atleast with the old grille I get $200 credit, otherwise $590 is added to the balance.

[LoJac963]

why are you paying anything out of pocket in the first place?!

[STL Zombie Hunter]

Originally Posted by LoJac963

why are you paying anything out of pocket in the first place?!

Nothing out of pocket except for a $500 deductible. I had them add an upgraded Road Rhino 1/4" steel winch bumper w/ 4 PIAA lights instead of the stock metal / plastic bumper with OEM DRL. This added about $300 more than what OEM parts were, leaving a balance due by me. If I would've kept it stock, only $500 would be owed by me.
So reusing my scratched grille & having it coated in Line-X was SUPPOSED to save me $590 on my bill, but was only allowed $200 now.
I hope this makes sense as I'm now confused after typing it. :ack: