Originally Posted by shadoquad

Yes and yes

The adjuster asked me for receipts for my parts. I did not have those, but I was able to contact Z1 and ModBargains to give me their old invoices. I estimated a few things from cash sales and DIY's.

I have the option, even right now, to go and recover pieces from the vehicle.

That said, if they're factoring in your oil cooler, for example, into the payout, I don't know if they'll let you go into the body shop with a few wrenches and pull it back off the vehicle. I don't know whether they will or will not.