kkokko

hm.. which piece? the keyhole cover? i found it on the ground

roots4x

I doubt they would have caused that much damage for that little piece. A screwdriver and a few scratches would do it. OP's car has got a hole in it.

jlac13

Basically a break in FAIL.

Branman36

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Hey man, so sorry about this. The exact same thing happened to me in the parking lot at work! I work in a very nice corp campus so it really blew my mind. The cops said this is one of the most heavily sought after cars America's most stolen cars - Infiniti G37 Coupe (5) - CNNMoney.com

Anyway, it cost me $500 deduct on my insurance. Since it was a break in attempt and not a moving violation or accident, my rates did not increase with Geico.

If you don't mind, may I ask what state you live in?

Branman36

iTrader: (1)

They were trying to break in. You bash the window in and you risk someone hearing.

Whether or not they were trying to steal the car, well that's debatable. 9/10 times they are just looking to clean your car out...but the G37 is the 5th most stolen car soooo

What the thieves do is they pull up next to your car (I assume you were in a parking lot), get out, and kneel down and try to work your lock with a special metal device or just a screw-driver. They have their boy in their car on look out.

I live in Northern New Jersey and know folks in Newark... in no way proud of that but it is what it is. They may have been going after something in your car ie GPS, radar detectors, laptops, or even just the ipod in the center console (my G has been broken into twice and all they got was a GPS and my iPod...but getting my iPod stolen was absolutely terrible!)

Make sure you don't have things out in the open.

myk1013

iTrader: (2)

My G was broken into last year as well, fVckers stuck something between the outside door panel and the window glass and pryed the door apart. Then they figured they couldn't open the door that ways and shattered the glass instead. Anyways, the shop that I brought my car to said that it's up to the insurance whether they'll replace or repair the door. Of course, Insurance companies will opt for the cheaper method. If u know the shop owner, tell them to tell the your insurance that you'll need a new door.

kkokko

thanks for the support guys, for those of you who didn't get a new door how was the repair job ?

kkokko

So I got my car back, the total damage was $1700, they didn't give me a new door shell and said it would be as good as new...

As someone who is very detail oriented, I could see the lines above the damaged area appear to not be 100% straight compared with the passenger side.. I'm not sure if this acceptable or what I should do now.. =( is this considered a good repair by normal standards and acceptable? or am I just being way too **** about it..


Check out the pics..
Original Damage


Passenger Side (Perfect)





Fixed Driver's Side

kkokko

Updated with new pics

1cleanG

iTrader: (53)

insurance would cover this....they'll be glad someone didn't take the entire car!

kkokko

yea i just had to pay my 300 deductable

htwnlovaboy

why didn't you get the same cover on both drivers and passengers side.

yogregb

iTrader: (7)

Yeah that buffed out good! Kidding aside, it looks like a good repair to me,not sure what you are concerned with in those photos...

kkokko

My expectations may have just been set to high, i thought it would be back to original

myk1013

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The repairs they did to mine were acceptable but not perfect. The curve of the sheet metal on top of the outside door handles doesn't have the same curve anymore. It doesn't really bother me anymore though. Yours actually looks good, judging from the pics.