My insurance estimate lists Quality Replacement Parts (or rechromed parts or remanufactured parts or recycled parts or used parts). Are they as good as new factory parts?
Maybe not. We all want a cost-effective repair. The insurance company would prefer to repair the car for less money rather than more money. The repair shop and the vehicle owner don’t want to waste the insurance company’s money because it will drive premiums up. If a high-quality repair can be done for less money, everyone is better off. Given that, high-quality shops won’t do anything to make the vehicle owner, their customer, worse off merely to save the insurance company money. If the “other” part is inferior in any way, your repair shop should compel the insurance company to use the original manufacturer’s part. In the end, the vehicle must be in the same condition it was before the accident occurred. Any other result is unacceptable.
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