beattie17
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
Location: perth Drives: 02 ibiza 20v turbo
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how bads this after 7weeks went to pick my car from the bodyshop after getting bodykit, evo6 bad boy bonnet, single wiper, de-handled and indicatored, flush tailgate and colour change etc. picked it up at 10:50 drove out the bodyshop up the dual carriageway doing about 70mph felt the steering whobbling next thing i saw my left wheel zooming past car hit deck end of story   all with in having the car 5minutes and traveling less than 2miles
[Edited on 14-06-2003 by beattie17]
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CraigyG
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Registered: 20th Oct 02
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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gutted man
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beattie17
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
Location: perth Drives: 02 ibiza 20v turbo
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am looking on the good side tho have not paid for the work yet and it was they're fault for not tightening the wheel nuts.maybe i wont have to pay!
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Craig W
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 - sorry, i'm just trying to picture a wheel overtaking a car.
Seriously though, hope u get it sorted.
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Steve
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i found it comical too, they will have to pay it was there negligence
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beattie17
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well it was funny come to think of it. but i didnt like the experince.
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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ouch!
whys the arch stil red?
they jus spray over the plastic arch or is that glue
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beattie17
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
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yeah they sprayed over the arch and thats glue need to take out the bolt things they rubbed.
just manged to get the wheel bk on incase ur wondering why its bk on.
now it needs
new disc, wheel, tyre, arch,bumper, sideskirt,ball joint etc
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Drew
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from there pics - ur damn lucky with not having much damage after wot happened
sorry i found it funny, but didnt wanna laff 1st
its there fault - if they dont admit it - take it up in court
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beattie17
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yeah hes know it his fault he said he'll get started on uit tomorrow. also went round all the other wheels nuts just to check before i moved it GUESS WHAT none were tight!!!! i was laughing aswell cracking jokes quick smash this smash that he'll pay for hehe
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
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did ya wheel get a speeding fine or points? coz if u were doin 70mph then the wheel was breakin the limit
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Adam
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was that street specials? he doesn't seem to like doping wheel bolts up
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beattie17
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no. im not going to say who it was casue the guys sound hes repairing it all for nothing and hefty discount is on the table for the work hes already done
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Ben
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Registered: 12th Jan 03
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U WANT £££ for the shock ,or a nice flip job will do
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Ben
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surly there wud b more damage , like front end ripped off , closer pics plz of the damage . ps nice colour car
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Adam_B
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Bonet looks good tho 
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-Aliba-
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Location: Ayrshire
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sorry to hear matey, but free repairs and discounts are always a good thing! 
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MattyB
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I cant get over the fact that he resprayed your car, but didnt take the arches off first!!??
I no for a fact when brother's car, and his mates where done, they removed all of the arches, bumpers the lot, and sprayed those off the car!!
Maybe this is the way bodyshops do things now, but to me that seems VERY odd.
Matt
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paul_spurrell
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Registered: 14th Sep 01
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it depends how much your willing to pay. you can get a car repainted just over the bits you can see, or u can get the whole lot stripped and painted
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Jatinder
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Registered: 17th May 03
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unlucky mate could have been far worse, sorry i cant help laughing about the thought of your wheel overtaking you, never mind it will get sorted soon, get him to paint under the arches while hes at it
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MattyB
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quote:
Originally posted by paul_spurrell
it depends how much your willing to pay. you can get a car repainted just over the bits you can see, or u can get the whole lot stripped and painted
i under stand this, but surely even a half respray (bits u c) would involve under arches etc. Maybe i'm too fussy....but it seems like a cow boy job if they are just to spray bits u can see etc. i mean, they did spray all inside the door shuts etc?
Matt
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Woollard
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Registered: 20th Nov 01
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Same thing happened to me mate after i went to get my tyres changed a while ago. I got my money back and they payed for all damages to the car. I could have sued them aswell for negligence but decided not too. The only difference is I had paid so I'm still waiting for my money back, it should be allright for you mate. You could say that you feel traumatised by the whole incident tho mate and that you find it difficult to drive and all that and you could get a few bob outa them mate.
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beattie17
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
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ive just been to see himhe already got the front off hes fixing everything + he offered a big discount on the work already done. so good has come of this.
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Xs
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Registered: 12th Apr 02
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i was the same i got my car back from the bodyshop and all my wheels nuts were slack my front passenger wheel nearly fell off ..lost 2 nuts from it ! !
but they deny ever having my wheels off which i found v.funny becasue they had to ask me the nite the car went in where i kept my locking nut as they needed to take off the wheels
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beattie17
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
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hey Xs where u from? do u work for Xs motorsport in motherwell?
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