[sycraft]

who's insurance paid for the repair? did you take it to a preferred shop of theirs? the things you complain of are all fixable and the shop is required to repair it to spec. Dirt in paint, headlights shaking ect. are all quality of repair issues, not DV. Once all the quality issues are resolved, the you can settle the DV claim as it has no relationship to the repair issues.. DV is just that, diminished value "PERCIEVED" after a loss. Hard to prove and put a number on because you are not selling right now. A brand new car driven off the lot as huge depreciation right from the get go. Plus you putting a SS front end does not increase the value either, it usually makes the car worth less as it would not have come that way. Take the 900 and be happy, but get the repairs completed properly. They paid once for the repair, sounds like your problem needs to be taken up with the shop