ok well as some of u know about the damage, i went to the ins place today and he looked at it, and they will cover it, the check there sending me came out to 2K but then they take the $500 deductible out, so im getting 1500 back to get it fixed.

well couple of people sugested about why not get a full body kit with that money instead,

well 1. would that be enough for a kit? and to be put on'

2. im not sure if i wanna keep the stock bumpers or kit

and would i have to fix anything on the car if i was to get a kit (besides the side marker ligh, scuffed up) but the only 2 other things touched was the bumper and the bottom on the quarter pannel, like shown in those pics i posted.

so what do u all think?

 

if its for 1500 the whole kit will cost about that (full kits run for around 600-2000 depending on name, quality and materials used). However, installation and paint will cost more.. A good quality paint job is expensive, and I would guess that it would overshoot your 1500 dollar check. However, if you want to do an upgrade to your exterior then there's no reason to pay money to fix what you're going to eventually change anyways.

Decide what look you like the most and how much money you want to spend. If you're willing to spend a little more than what you got back from insurance, go for it, it'll save you money if you want to kit it in the long run. If you want to save money for now, or have no real desire to change the looks, just fix it to what it was.

 

o ok, ill look and see, if not i can just fix it up no biggie

 

My advice is to quit worrying so much about what OTHER people are telling you to do and do what YOU want.

If you just want your car back to the way it was, then just pay to get the thing fixed. The fact that you didn't think about purchasing an aftermarket kit until some people told you to do that indicates to me that doing exterior mods wasn't high on your priority list. Nothing wrong with the stock looks....

 

well i figured i would check out if it was possible but prob need more then that

 

Keep it stock, if you don't want to keep the stock bumpers get a 99 spec bumper.

 

When my neighbor lady backed up into me and messed up my bumper a few years ago i asked the body shop if they could get an aftermarket bumper instead of stock. I cant remember exactly but the stock was something like 600 at the time and the knightsport i got was something like 850 so I paid the difference and got the knightsport.
A word of advise though, do your homework and find a reputable body shop. The pos body shop the ins. co. sent me to did a very poor job colormatching and the paint/primer themselves did not adhere well to the bumper. They ended up spraying the whole front of the car a different shade of red and to top it all off the paint chips way too easily.