phill1975 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 best place I can suggest is ask a bodyshop cause some of these places that do replacement panels can get hold of most parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Ah man that's not good! How did it happen!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 A combination of someone pulling out in front of me when there wasn't really enough space and me not reacting quick enough, I was in a bit of the town I didn't know so I was trying to get my bearings, I might have been able to stop quicker if that wasn't the case but the stupid cow should have waited till I was past anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Not good dude! Hope you can sort it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Update time! right so here's the damage after the accident first step was to dismantle the front of the car to see how bad it was underneath luckily it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked to begin with and i managed to bend a lot of the sheet metal back to more or less the right shape by hand i decided that i was going to need:Slam PanelCrash BarHeadlightsBonnet the bumper although scuffed and tatty looking was still servicable for the moment and I will replace it at some point but right now I am focusing on Function over form so it doesnt need to look pretty so the first bit to arrive was the crash bar (thanks very much to James Hall for that one!) shortly followed by the slam panel (thanks very much to @10000rpm )and a bonnet and headlights from Unit6 Spares in perth(freshly jetwashed) the headlighys while in good nick were very cloudy so i decided to split them and use the lenses from the old headlights which were still in one piece (the back of the headlights were all smashed) and while i was in there i got out some sandpaper and black spray paint (finished ) so now that i had all the bits it was time to put it all together, first step was getting the old slam panel off, which was harder than i thought it would be as there were a few more spotwelds than i realised. but eventually it came off the offending article on goes the new one! Then the new bonnet Then the headlights, crashbar and the old scruffy bumper I need to take the bumper off and adjust the crashbar at some point as it isn't sitting quite right but for the moment its working I did take the grill off the old bonnet but its a bit smashed around the mountings, i might be able to fix it at some point but ill probably just get a new one but for the moment I'm just leaving it off Thanks again to the folk who sent me parts stay tuned for next months Big Brake Overhaul! (and a little upgrade that will be a surprise ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Bloody hell mate! You bump yours the a few days later I punch Roxy on the nose, just to make u feel better! Lol glad you got her fixed mate, done a good job of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill1975 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Good job glad you got her sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Thanks guys she looks a bit scruffy but it came out much better than I expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sorry to hear about the accident mate but glad you have fixed her up.. Looking nice one again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Same as Maz has just said mate, sorry to hear about the accident, I had nearly exactly the same thing happen to me the other day. But great job on getting her fixed up and road worthy again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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