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05-27-2009, 08:41 PM
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Some douchebag smashed my passenger side window today in broad daylight in front of my house. The broken glass also cut some of the leather on the passenger seat and the door will need to be taken apart because pieces of glass are stuck in it and have jammed my door handle.
I didn't have anything valuable visible in my car that would attract someone to smash my window and my system was not stolen which makes me believe the vandalism was targeted. My buddies 03 Accord was also parked behind me and nothing was done to his car or any other cars parked on the street at that time.
I have called ICBC already and filed a claim and just wondering if anybody recommends a good ICBC repair shop to fix the damage in Burnaby. I'm thinking of bringing it to AK Autoworks. Suggestions please.
Pics of the damage  
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05-27-2009, 08:49 PM
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#2 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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good icbc shop,auto sense in vancouver
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05-27-2009, 08:51 PM
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wow my friends car was smashed in downtown. nothing stolen out of his car, even thought there was valualbe stuff in the back seat. only glass was broken and that was it.
we went to the scrap yards and just bought a used window from those salvaged cars and installed it ourselves cus its not really worth 300$ deductible
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05-27-2009, 09:13 PM
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^ are you kidding? it's a mercedes, not cheap civic with cheap past, and he mentioned the leather seat is cut. It will cost way more than deductible
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05-27-2009, 10:40 PM
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settle down asianXS, the guy above was merely stating what he did, not what the OP should do.
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05-27-2009, 11:58 PM
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i believe Mercedes Benz would do the repairs
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05-28-2009, 02:06 AM
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#7 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Wow that sucks... I agree that vandalism was the case here. Maybe it's because you drive 2-door Mercedes (AMG i think?) and some poor scum was jealous.
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05-28-2009, 02:41 AM
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Mercedes-Benz repair shop in Richmond. Say no to generic/aftermarket.
We MB owners are lucky there are OEM shops (Richmond and North Vancouver) here. BMW does NOT have a shop in the Lower Mainland!
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05-28-2009, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by slammer111  Mercedes-Benz repair shop in Richmond. Say no to generic/aftermarket.
We MB owners are lucky there are OEM shops (Richmond and North Vancouver) here. BMW does NOT have a shop in the Lower Mainland!
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those seats look like something from 03+....but it might me a CLK430 AMG....
btw, richmond's shop is new, and huge. 
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05-28-2009, 07:19 AM
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#10 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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mmm.. mercedes glass looks so pretty,
isn't replacimg glass pretty simple, i would think u could bring it pretty much newhere.
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05-28-2009, 08:09 AM
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Just bring it to anyplace, I wouldn't bring it to any MB stores to fix it because you will most likely be waiting a long time to get it fixed since they are usually pretty backed up with other car repairs.
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05-28-2009, 09:11 AM
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#12 | | I STILL don't get it
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I have some cuts on my leather seat as well. Let me know how much to repair yours.
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05-28-2009, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu mmm.. mercedes glass looks so pretty, | That's because it's blue, not green like the rest of us poor bastards' cars...
Door glass is so easy, a monkey could do it. Fixed glass is way harder...
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05-28-2009, 01:43 PM
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#14 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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So I've decided to bring my car to Bismark tomorrow to get the window and damage to the leather seat repaired.
ps. yes its a CLK 430.
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05-28-2009, 01:54 PM
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hmm, someone smashed my windows on my A4 too. I just bring it to a ICBC glass store & they replace it w/ OEM glass (with that little Audi sticker). But i replaces my windshield with Bismark, they'r great ppl to work with, I'd recommend them too.
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05-28-2009, 03:31 PM
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bring it to MB in richmond, if not. Arbor Auto body on Fraser/63rd is pretty good... it's not that far from bby.
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05-28-2009, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu mmm.. mercedes glass looks so pretty,
isn't replacimg glass pretty simple, i would think u could bring it pretty much newhere. | They may not use OEM glass, in which case the tint won't match. Some glass shops have idiots working there.
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05-28-2009, 05:56 PM
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Factory shop is great, but I don't know about the quality. I have receipts of bodywork sent back to Vancouver Mercedes on my C36 but when I look at the trunk I think some monkey went to fix it the AMG badge is stuck on wrong.
My friend had a repair there too with his W211 but in the end the repainted surface looks a little off from the other panels.... MB says it will take some time and some UV and it'll look the same soon because they use water based paint or something. I dunno kind of funny.
Glass repair is all gooooood though.
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05-28-2009, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 Factory shop is great, but I don't know about the quality. I have receipts of bodywork sent back to Vancouver Mercedes on my C36 but when I look at the trunk I think some monkey went to fix it the AMG badge is stuck on wrong.
My friend had a repair there too with his W211 but in the end the repainted surface looks a little off from the other panels.... MB says it will take some time and some UV and it'll look the same soon because they use water based paint or something. I dunno kind of funny.
| +1, my car was in the one of the MB bodyshops a while ago.
I was not happy with their work, so I took it back to them. They repaired it again, but I still wasn't happy with the repair. In the end I just gave up because everytime I bring my car in there, I find scratches on other parts of the car(ie. rocker panel).
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05-29-2009, 12:09 AM
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wish theres nth been stolen
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05-31-2009, 03:20 AM
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my car got smashed in Burnaby 2 weeks ago , i am near Highgate
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05-31-2009, 10:28 PM
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#22 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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wow just realized how many vandalism posts recently. WTF is going on.
Also checked my car's claim history and there have been at least 2 cases the windows were smashed
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05-31-2009, 10:41 PM
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Oh jeez, more vandalism... really turning me off to getting a nice car in the future, let alone, putting hard earned cash to mod it up, (when ICBC won't cover mods).
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05-31-2009, 10:53 PM
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why dont you just garage it? (if you have one that is)
i dont have a garage but then again i dont have a nice car either
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05-31-2009, 11:03 PM
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#25 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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My g/f's Lancer got keyed 2 days ago. Honestly, wtf is wrong with people these days...
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