Measured · 49 claims
Wheel: repaired or replaced?
Counted off 49 estimates written by adjusters on real claims. Not what anybody thinks should happen — what the carrier itself put on the document.
Replaced
94%
46 of 49
Repaired
6%
3 of 49
The corpus replaces 83% of all panels. A wheel at 94% sits 11% above it.
How this was counted
Every line on every parsed carrier estimate was matched to a panel and read for the operation the adjuster wrote. A line saying replace counts as a replacement; a line saying repair counts as a repair. Lines that say neither are counted nowhere rather than being assigned a decision they do not state.
Coverage: January 2024 to August 2026. Last reviewed 14 August 2026.
What this cannot tell you
- It is not a rule for your car. A ratio across 49 claims says what usually happened, not what should happen to a specific panel with specific damage.
- Severity is not in the count. A creased panel and a scuffed one are one line each here. The documents record the decision, not the depth of the dent.
- It is the carrier’s decision, not the right one. This measures what was written on estimates of record. Where a shop disagreed and won, the corpus sees the original document.
Other panels
| Panel | Replaced | Claims |
|---|---|---|
| Bumper Cover | 72% | 118 |
| Moulding / Trim | 93% | 104 |
| Door Shell | 63% | 93 |
| Fender | 72% | 61 |
| Emblem / Nameplate | 100% | 59 |
| Grille | 96% | 55 |
| Radiator / Condenser | 100% | 55 |
| Taillamp | 82% | 45 |
Every panel, the method and the sample bands are on the repair or replace page.
Write the estimate with this in front of you
EstimateLogic Pro checks every repair-or-replace call it writes against this corpus and flags the ones that disagree with it, so a line an adjuster is likely to question is one you saw first.