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12-16-2007, 12:40 PM
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Thanks for all of your kind messages chaps.
A poster on the pistonheads forum thinks the beam that runs across behind the bumper is actually the 'bumper beam' and is mounted to the chassis by a couple of shock absorbing mounts - this is what took most of the impact and I suspect will be the critical factor in determining if it is repairable or not.
If I am lucky is it normal to be able to choose my body shop? The guys that did all the paintwork earlier in the year impressed me and are local so that would be my preference.
A poster on the pistonheads forum thinks the beam that runs across behind the bumper is actually the 'bumper beam' and is mounted to the chassis by a couple of shock absorbing mounts - this is what took most of the impact and I suspect will be the critical factor in determining if it is repairable or not.
If I am lucky is it normal to be able to choose my body shop? The guys that did all the paintwork earlier in the year impressed me and are local so that would be my preference.
12-16-2007, 01:09 PM
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It might be worth contacting Ninemeister and talking to Marc who runs the bodyshop. I'm sure I've heard them say that cars that might look totalled at first glance can be straightened so that they are perfect again.
12-16-2007, 01:20 PM
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Sounds as if it may be "totaled" from an Insurance company point of view, but likely not "unrepairable". The ins. co. doesn't care from a "can it be fixed" point of view, they only care if the cost to do so would exceed the value of the fixed vehicle, based on their calculations.
12-16-2007, 01:32 PM
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12-16-2007, 01:55 PM
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12-16-2007, 03:31 PM
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12-16-2007, 03:46 PM
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12-16-2007, 04:10 PM
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jeffnudd Penzance, Cornwall
https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1175811852
See the sign in the back ground for a phone number .
He obviously knows how to do the job .
https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1175811852
See the sign in the back ground for a phone number .
He obviously knows how to do the job .
12-17-2007, 05:11 AM
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Well as always, I would say the best thing is that you are OK!
Do you have an LSD? I have found on several occasions that mine has saved me from embarassing (and more importantly dangerous) situations like this by making oversteer more predictable or manageable.....
Let us know how you get on - best of luck!
Do you have an LSD? I have found on several occasions that mine has saved me from embarassing (and more importantly dangerous) situations like this by making oversteer more predictable or manageable.....
Let us know how you get on - best of luck!
12-17-2007, 04:33 PM
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Well so fed up today as insurance company have "lost" the car. Seriously they don't know where it was recovered to despite the fact that they arranged recovery! Absolute clowns. Last thing I needed was that.
Assuming they find it in the morning I'm getting it recovered to the body shop I have used in the past and are very trustworthy. I'll start sleeping better again then!
Let’s hope for a better day tomorrow!
LSD = limited slip? How easy / expensive are they to fit?
Thanks again for all the kind posts
James
Assuming they find it in the morning I'm getting it recovered to the body shop I have used in the past and are very trustworthy. I'll start sleeping better again then!
Let’s hope for a better day tomorrow!
LSD = limited slip? How easy / expensive are they to fit?
Thanks again for all the kind posts
James
12-17-2007, 04:39 PM
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Lost the car FFS
Fitting an LSD would, I presume, involve splitting the gearbox casing as you'd do during a rebuild as it's a transaxel. Happy to stand corrected though.
The LSD in my 205 Mi16 made a great improvement, though not tried one in anything rwd (apart from a Gp4 Escort
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Keep your chin up
Fitting an LSD would, I presume, involve splitting the gearbox casing as you'd do during a rebuild as it's a transaxel. Happy to stand corrected though.
The LSD in my 205 Mi16 made a great improvement, though not tried one in anything rwd (apart from a Gp4 Escort
).Keep your chin up
12-18-2007, 06:15 AM
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Hi James,
Sorry to hear about this, I went through excatly the same almost a year ago to the day. I picked up my car on the Friday and paid just over £1000 for new suspension parts and then wrote the car off on the Sunday
I investigated the options of buying back and rebuilding and in the end I bought the car back but sold the wreck for a bit of a profit instead of having the work done myself. The car has now apparently been repaired and is back on the road for less than £5k so it can be done easily enough if you are happy to live with CAT D which in the end I wasn't.
Sorry to hear about this, I went through excatly the same almost a year ago to the day. I picked up my car on the Friday and paid just over £1000 for new suspension parts and then wrote the car off on the Sunday
I investigated the options of buying back and rebuilding and in the end I bought the car back but sold the wreck for a bit of a profit instead of having the work done myself. The car has now apparently been repaired and is back on the road for less than £5k so it can be done easily enough if you are happy to live with CAT D which in the end I wasn't.