Ok, can you belive this...I was riding down the road and a big darn buck run out and hit my car!! Messed up the whole front end and passenger side fender Insurance is paying for all repairs..but I have a question.. Should I let them put stock stuff back on my car or should I do some upgrades and pay the difference? I would love to have a cool lookin hood Just asking..

 

that sucks. A common thing here in Ohio though. We have deer EVERYWHERE.

 

well, since mine is the warriors in pink edition mustang..i was just wondering if I modified stuff on it if it would take away from the value of it...

 

Modding does not add to the value of the car... but it won't necessarily 'take away the value', either. It doesn't really do anything except get the car to where you want it to be. If you mod the hell out of it and plan to sell it down the road, you WILL NOT get the money back that you put into it.

Anyway, sorry to hear about the deer. I hope you get your car back in shape soon.

 

here in Michigan we get quite a few car deer accidents. I probably know more people here who have been in a car deer accident than haven't. I have been in 2 but was never driving

 

ahh you had the pink car with the halo headlights.. you just put those in too.. anyways, seeings how you got a s197, i dont know what to do to em to make em look good other than my favorite c series body kit (eleanor)

 

Id go ahead with getting better looking parts, Roush front bumper ftmfw and GT hood :P

 

if you can swing the diff go for it

 

On the S197's, the hoods on the GT's and V6's are the same.

 

What does insurance exactly pay for?

If you wanted stock stuff then I would assume they pay for parts, paint, and labor.

If you purchase aftermarket parts do they still pay for the paint job and installation>?

 

They basically make out a quote and then right you a check and you can do with it what you want.

 

D: Roush hood then?

 

if that's what happens i would definately do some modding now unless you just don't ever want to change anything later. might as well take advantage of the money you get instead of taking their money, getting stock parts and then spending your money later to change stuff they replaced. be a lot cheaper to do it now if you have the extra money. sometimes you don't have it though.

 

And not to mention the prices they quote you on stock parts is usually close to what you'd pay for some of the aftermarket stuff.

Just make sure to get the aftermarket stuff painted by the dealer. I have yet to find one single body shop that does a good job other than high end performance shops.