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Originally Posted by todd72173
Normally the insurance company will tell you where to go for body work. Talk to your insurance company and ask about it.
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They cannot tell you where to go, only suggest or recommend. Legally you can go to any licensed facility and your insurance company cannot make you do otherwise.
I would check out
this thread, it's a little more north NJ-focused but some of the names like Douglas in Summit might not be too far from you.
Also read the comments
here about how to handle the claim. For example, your insurance co may tell you to bring your car to their shop for 'an inspection' first. You are not legally obligated to do that either. If you take your car to any licensed facility, all you have to do is tell your ins co where the car is - it is up to them to send their inspector out there.
Lastly, do not use up your rental allowance unnecessarily. Unless you've had some frame damage, you should be in and out in a week. Maybe 10 days depending on how many panels need to replaced and repainted.