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Originally Posted by Northendzone
as some my recall my son smashed the glass roof panel on his 2008 ford edge. I have been in contact witht eh insurance company and have two estimates for repair.
One estimate is $2300 if we were to pay for this ourselves (which i am sure we will likely have to as we do not have collision coverage on his vehicle to keep the insurance costs down). the otehr estimate is for $3500 if the claims winds up going thru insurance (which seems unlikely).
Not surprisingly this is a massive job as they need to pull out the windshield and then remove the headliner via the winshiled as it is too wide to go thru the back hatch.
The body shop we were at gave teh vehicle a quick clean, and then did some crash wrap over teh gaping hole in teh roof. I then went and purchased some poly carbonate and gorilla taped it down so his vehicle could at least be drivable on the local streets and somewhat protected against rain.
This is hard trying to decide to fix this or just get another vehicle. My wife drove this rig for about 10 years so we know it and it is in excellent shape otherwise and i'd assume the trade in value would be low in it's current state so i'd imagine we will just fix this and most of the money my son earns this summer will go to fixing this
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You could see what the dealer will offer you for it. For you, it's $3500, but for them to take it and fix it to sell, it's a much smaller hit. Might make sense financially.