Varuun

I have 2004 RX330 and recently I got into an accident and it has damage on front bumper and hood.
Other car's insurance company has accepted liability and going to estimate damage.
Does anyone have experience with dealing with insurance to get everything OEM replaced?

edwardh11

I have had 3 minor things fixed in 20 years (other people hit me). I never asked about oem,
an 04 is an older car (I have one( . be careful, at some point a "minor" repair will total tthe car, almost had that issue on a 99

Varuun

Thanks. Nice to know.
Adjuster is coming on Monday to access damage, keeping my finger crossed.

ukrkoz

They won't do OEM. They do "OEM or equivalent" and OR is key word. Unless it's a part licensed to Toyota only and can't be purchased aftermarket.
Why are you relying on the other driver insurance to do estimate? Unless you have liability only. otherwise, YOUR insurance should take care of everything. Including rental for you, etc. I was in car accident few months back, found that I actually didn't have rental coverage and the other driver insurance provided it for me.

Varuun

OK. Got it.
I am on same boat as you. Car has 127K miles and 2004 so i only have liability.
Yes other car's insurance gave me rental. Hoping they would just fix it. Car was in awesome condition before accident. would be sad if they total the car.

edwardh11

we had the near miss on total with 99 , last year

Varuun

They are totaling the car...not happy that i have to look for another car. Have to find same kind of RX330 now.