on the 26th of last month a girl rearended me going about 35-40 MPH at a 4 way stop. Her insurance is Progressive. At first they were cool and told me yes we will get your truck fixed and make you happy. Now they are cutting corners in everyway they can.
My truck is on 03' Silverado Z71. The girl was driving a grand prix that hit me.
I took my truck over and dropped it off with a bodyshop that I like and progressive already seemed aggrivated by that since it wasn't one of their recommeneded shops. I know their work and that is who I wanted to work on my truck. The girl hit more on the left side of the bumber and pushed the bumper into the bed at the bottom and also put 2 large dents at the top part of the bed from impact. Like crushing a can efffect. The other side of the bed had a very small but noticeable dent from impact at the top near the front of the truck. Progressive said they didn't want the bed to be re-skinned, just bondo'd, pulled and fixed.
Before the wreck occured I one time jack knifed a small 4 wheeler trailer and pinched the fender. I took it to my local bodyshop and had them spray 4 fender flares for me that I bought and that covered the pinch from the trailer accident, you never could even tell it happened. After I had the fender flares put on, this summer at school someone grazed my fender flare and tore it almost off, but I went ahead and took it off. They didn't tear up the bed at all when they grazed it, just cracked the plastic flare. They are saying the warped dent near the cab at the top was from the accident with the trailer. Bullcrap!
They also want to throw on some cheap aftermarket bumper. My truck was a factory GM truck and I want factory parts put back on it.
What can I do? I wasn't even at fault and I don't have the $ to fix the other side of the bed being in school full time. My wife and I are getting by but just barely with all the loans and other crap and now they are saying that they won't fix what they messed up and they want to replace the parts with aftermarket. This was my first new vehicle, I love the truck it was exactly what I wanted and when I got out of school I sold my dodge and some cattle and bought this truck to get me through school ect.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I want Progressive to do me right. I already told the insurance lady that the fender flare was on me. I told the bodyshop that I already ordered a new one and that I wanted them to bill me for painting the flare. I wasn't trying to claim something that wasn't there. This crap isn't fare. before the accident pic