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Pro tip: don't trust the insurance adjuster's photo estimate, mine was off by $1,340
Pulled a 2019 Civic into my bay in Mesa last month with rear quarter damage the adjuster had already written up from photos, quote came in at $2,180. I tore it down and the inner wheel house was crushed, plus the tail light pocket was tweaked, real number landed at $3,520 after parts and pull time. Adjusters love to tell you photos are enough and a lot of guys just eat the difference to keep the cycle time down, but I called the guy back with my own pics and a measurement sheet and got the supplement approved in two days. What saved me was documenting everything before I touched a panel, every dent, every gap, timestamped. If you're just signing off on photo estimates you're leaving money on the table and training shops to cut corners. How do you all push back when the adjuster swears the original number is final?
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