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City

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9th Jan 06 at 14:58

quote:
Originally posted by Butler
All the body panels I will source myself, its whats underneath that needs sorting

yes ring few jigging places get a quote

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 15:02

You said if the chassis is bent its a write off, then said it will need jigging? I dont follow? and shouldnt any garage have a jigg?

PIE CJ

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9th Jan 06 at 15:08

i spun my old vts in 2001 at 90mph hit the kerb sideways. and it pushed the chassis over 1 & 1/2 inches, had to be jigged, managed get it dont for £850 for cash !

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 15:12

90mph! fuck! i was doing about 20 odd?

City

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9th Jan 06 at 15:21

quote:
Originally posted by Butler
You said if the chassis is bent its a write off, then said it will need jigging? I dont follow? and shouldnt any garage have a jigg?

insurance will class it as a write off is chassis is bent mate

take it your repairin yourself? not all garages have jigs, some places have will come out to your house to jigg it (jiggin is straightening the chassis)

best striping it down then after jiggin replace parts needed

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 15:23

if the chassis was bent would the car visually look bent, cos apart from the wing, bonnet and wheel it looks fine, or would it be a slight dent in one section of the chassis?

City

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9th Jan 06 at 15:25

quote:
Originally posted by Butler
if the chassis was bent would the car visually look bent, cos apart from the wing, bonnet and wheel it looks fine, or would it be a slight dent in one section of the chassis?

doesnt have to look visually bent no are area all gaps between panels the same size? i.e. between bonnet and wing at both sides? door been pushed back ( hard to open)?

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 15:27

all the gaps look the same, wing is bent but door is in one piece, everything can still be opened alright. had both doors and bonnet up this morning. Bent wing has pushed the auxilary fuse box into the battery, hoping its knocked something out which is causing it not to start rather than something more serious. Apart from that al the gaps look normal, il find a better pic, took one in the daylight this morning.

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 15:36

City

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9th Jan 06 at 15:41

quote:
Originally posted by Butler

to be fair you cant see! hard to tell needs stripping down to see extent of damage, hopefully u will be lucky, get on the phone now to breakers get the parts u know you need at the moment

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 17:29

Got to wait til tomorrow now to find out cos they havent looked at it yet

Will only get on to breakers when i know there not gonna write the car off

Ian

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9th Jan 06 at 17:51

Thats almost certainly a write off as the insurer won't entertain using parts from a breaker.

Rob R

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9th Jan 06 at 17:56

Message from Butler as he can't login

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Thats almost certainly a write off as the insurer won't entertain using parts from a breaker.

'its not going through insurance as im only covered third party, fire and theft. What do you mean 'entertain'?'

[Edited on 09-01-2006 by ZetecRob]

Ian

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9th Jan 06 at 17:57

I meant they won't use second hand prices in their estimate of whether to write it off.

If its TPFT why are the insurers even involved?

Rob R

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9th Jan 06 at 18:01

Speaking on behalf of Butt-Plug again

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I meant they won't use second hand prices in their estimate of whether to write it off.

If its TPFT why are the insurers even involved?

'Insurers are not involved. I was planning on selling the car and its at a pug garage at the moment to get an estimate. If there is chassis damage I would assume the repair price will be sky high. I will take away what ever they add up for body panels and wheel etc and only get them to do the work I cant do myself and hopefully save more money...

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 19:21

Cheers rob, im back on now, ian?

Ian

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9th Jan 06 at 19:31

Yeah, I'm still confused as to why its still in the garage...

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 19:44

Cos I wouldnt have a chance of fixing why ever the wheel is so out of place myself and it doesnt start and i dont know why.

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 20:08

???

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 22:06

quote:
Originally posted by Butler
???

Gav S

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9th Jan 06 at 22:37

I had a similar accident in my first clio, hit a curb at about 30mph with front left wheel. Alloy was cracked but tyre stayed on and inflated.
Anyways i had to replace;
Wheel + tyre
Hub + bearing
steering rack
driveshaft

hope this helps, by the way my dad fitted all the new parts as he's a mechanic turned out much cheaper than i thought

Kano

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9th Jan 06 at 23:14

Alrite bud, doubt very much that its written off, probably jst wishbone etc..

The reason it wont be starting is the fuel cut off will have been triggered when you hit the kerb..

On the side where your battery is there will be ared round button behind battery bolted to inner wing if i remember rightly...

Press this button, it should click.. Bet the car starts once youve done that...

Let me know if it works...

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 23:18

Cheers kano, you sound sure which cant be a bad thing! Will go down first thing and try it, will let you know...

Saxo_corsa, any idea how much those things cost individually?

Gav S

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9th Jan 06 at 23:22

i cant remember individually but total cost around £200 including new alloy and tyre...raid the scrapyards and breakers

Butler

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9th Jan 06 at 23:27

Thats a brilliant price, I will do mate. Just got to hope its similiar

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