Got a better look at my damage last night and i'm gonna need more parts than I thougt

[silveravnt]

I'm really discouraged right now and looking for somebody with a parts car.

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Skanked drive shaft

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Tranny pan

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Crack in driveshaft heat shield

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Front of rear did and drain plug

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Crack behind rear diff drain plug leaking

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All the rear diff damage

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Cross section of the support

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Part #

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What it looks like all put together

[halik]

Sorry got stuck at a bar last night, couldn't get you the pics of the xbar.

You might as well call insurance at this point, this looks expensive. Did the mounting point on the trans body got ripped out also? There are 3 points where the mount bolts up to the bottom of the trans.

edit: looks like the mount is still there, so it's not too bad. The rear diff is fucked, might as well get a new one. Also you need at least 1 downpipe and probably a driveshaft, since this one is likely to vibrate (off center).

I would start with taking the S4 away from the wife and giving her an Aztek or similar minivan "SUV" with sufficient clearance to negotiate shopping mall obstacles....

[dparm]

Wait, what happened? Jumped a curb?

[silveravnt]

I would start with taking the S4 away from the wife and giving her an Aztek or similar minivan "SUV" with sufficient clearance to negotiate shopping mall obstacles....

To be fair I don't fault the wife. She was on the highway and all of a sudden there it was. I would have hit it also. I'd fault the jackass who dropped the thing on the road.

Wait, what happened? Jumped a curb?

A pice of road debris spawled down the middle of the car tearing it all up and taking out the oil pan in the next car behind. I'm just glad to not have any damage in front of the cats.

So far this is the list of parts I know I need:
transmission "support tunnel crossmember" 8eo 399 263 bh
transmission mount 8eo 399 105ht
driveshaft
driveshaft heat shield
rear final drive housing
downpipes and cats

I'm trying to find part numbers for these parts and see if I can figure out what other models and years have the same parts.

[dparm]

Insurance is your friend here.

[SuperAvant]

Man that sucks... Sorry to hear. I have APR Downpipes for sale if you are interested... about 25K miles on them for a 6spd.

[silveravnt]

I've found that all B6 S4 have the same parts under there (I think, from ETKA)

Insurance is your friend here.

I need to talk to them. I totaled an A4 in Feb. My first at fault accident as an adult. My Jetta was just totaled by hail. Not my fault but you know insurance. I'm worried about what my premiums will do.

[Sigster]

I've found that all B6 S4 have the same parts under there (I think, from ETKA)


I need to talk to them. I totaled an A4 in Feb. My first at fault accident as an adult. My Jetta was just totaled by hail. Not my fault but you know insurance. I'm worried about what my premiums will do.

Hail damage is cover as a comp claim and does not go against you. If the debris was moving when you hit it then it is covered under comp. If it was stationary then it will be a collision claim and that will go against your rates.

[dparm]

This is probably going to be a collision claim. Something hit the car. It's cut-and-dry.

I recently went through this with State Farm. Someone hit my car in the parking garage and I was told "the car hit something, it's collision." Comprehensive is stuff like acts of God, vandalism, etc.

[ZEUSROTTY]

Id tell the insurence company the debris had just fallen off the truck... You couldnt avoid it.. That makes it a comp hit.

[amoujaffar]

Id tell the insurence company the debris had just fallen off the truck... You couldnt avoid it.. That makes it a comp hit.

agreed!

[tankdeer]

Had a similar thing happen to my A4 in January. Piece of shrapnel in the road went through the transmission pan and cracked the valve body inside. Insurance covered it all minus my deductible. The repairs were something like $3400.

[silveravnt]

Had a similar thing happen to my A4 in January. Piece of shrapnel in the road went through the transmission pan and cracked the valve body inside. Insurance covered it all minus my deductible. The repairs were something like $3400.

Did they count it against you? My agent said they would probably put a $100 surcharge on my policy every 6 months. Which is fine as long as they dont cancel the policy. At $200 a year it would drop off before costing me more than these repairs.

[Lefthook]

dude be VERY CLEAR when you talk to the insurance.. the debris was STILL MOVING. Hadn't stopped yet.

This tiny detail that my wife didn't listen to me about when she talked to our insurance was the difference between a 1000.00 deductible and rates raising and a 500.00 deductible and rates remaining the same.

DOH.

[tankdeer]

Did they count it against you? My agent said they would probably put a $100 surcharge on my policy every 6 months. Which is fine as long as they dont cancel the policy. At $200 a year it would drop off before costing me more than these repairs.

Honestly I'm not sure yet as my policy is not up for renewal until August. Although I will be changing insurance before then anyways due to moving to a different state.

dude be VERY CLEAR when you talk to the insurance.. the debris was STILL MOVING. Hadn't stopped yet.

See that is one thing I didn't know. So I would guess that if I were to renew my policy that my rates would likely go up. But hey, now I know.

I guess my point being that it can be VERY expensive to replace all the parts needed. And the nice thing about going through insurance is they fix every little thing, for instance I got all new belly pans whereas if I were repairing myself I wouldn't have done that.

[Lefthook]

Honestly I'm not sure yet as my policy is not up for renewal until August. Although I will be changing insurance before then anyways due to moving to a different state.



See that is one thing I didn't know. So I would guess that if I were to renew my policy that my rates would likely go up. But hey, now I know.

I guess my point being that it can be VERY expensive to replace all the parts needed. And the nice thing about going through insurance is they fix every little thing, for instance I got all new belly pans whereas if I were repairing myself I wouldn't have done that.

To be clear, I am not advocating insurance fraud. I am just saying that if the debris was moving.. if there is even a CHANCE that it was moving, then you have to communicate that it was UNDOUBTEDLY moving and you did your best to avoid it, and there was just no way to get around it.

Because they will poke and prod and hint and question and the very moment they "catch" you saying that it stopped moving for only an instant they say "okthankyouverymuchthatwillbea1000dollardeductible goodbye" and click. And that's the end of it, you're hosed and they have recorded it as an at-fault accident.

So if it WAS moving (wink wink nudge nudge) then be CLEAR with the insurance folks that it was bouncing all over the roadway and you tried to avoid it but it bounced right into your path.



if it were me and I could say that the debris was moving and thus I was not at fault, I'd be thinking that a 500.00 deductible sounds a heck of a lot better than repairing it myself. Hell I'd pay the 500 bucks just to not have to get under the thing and put the blood and sweat into the repair.

[ozo101]

fuck man , if your car was an auto you`d be in luck i have a b7 for parts , find out if the auto driveshaft is the same , I have that and also if the rear diff, let me know

[silveravnt]

fuck man , if your car was an auto you`d be in luck i have a b7 for parts , find out if the auto driveshaft is the same , I have that and also if the rear diff, let me know

ETKA says everithing on the auto is different but all 6mt have the same parts (sedan, avant or cab)