I bet there's no coincidence that they're charging $450 - His deductable is probably 500 and they don't want the added paperwork if they tried to charge more than 500.
My advice would be to wait until an E of the same color gets hit in the front and sent to a local junkyard. You can probably buy the whole rear gate for a couple hundred bucks and a lot less downtime.
My advice would be to wait until an E of the same color gets hit in the front and sent to a local junkyard. You can probably buy the whole rear gate for a couple hundred bucks and a lot less downtime.