Car Repair (Accident Part II)

Phil W · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:02

Car is now in for repair.

It needs :

New bonnet (and grill)
Front Bumper
Windscreen
Roof Skin
Roof Lining
Sunroof

All of which have either been sourced locally, or through eBay.

Repair has been started this weekend, and i should recieve the car back in around 2 weeks.

Now, should i get all of the plastics colour coded whilst its in for the repair work ?

Phil

Enfield · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:04

Noo, you need the black bits to break down the blue I think...

Phil W · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:06

You think ?

Bearing in mind i will be replacing the wheels soon so don't take them into account for the looks of the car, and the headlights and foglights will also be colourcoded !

SaBBz · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:09

Pics?

Phil W · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:10

Heres how it looks now...

And here's what ill be driving whilst its being repaired

SaBBz · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:11

I say keep the black plastic. Fully colour-coded cars always look a bit strange to me.

Enfield · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:14

Spray those allloys gloss black :cool:

Phil W · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:18

I don't want to keep the 14" Alloys, the tyres look way too big, and spoil what looks the Saxo has.

I'm going for either Pug 306 GTi-6 Cyclone wheels (15") or Saxo VTS wheels (also 15") finished in Anthracite.

Enfield · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:22

Don't Citroen do a 15" version of those wheels for the saxo?

Still think some black wheels would look sexy on your motor

Phil W · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:23

No they don't, to be honest i dont like them at all, look like Ford pepperpots !

Phil W · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:18

Update with pics.

Old bonnet, windscreen and roof is off.

New roof is being lined up tonight and will be welded in soon. The guy really is doing a fantastic job, i couldnt fault the work he's done so far !

cymatty · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:19

Phil W said:
Update with pics.

Old bonnet, windscreen and roof is off.

New roof is being lined up tonight and will be welded in soon. The guy really is doing a fantastic job, i couldnt fault the work he's done so far !

Poor car.

NickXX · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:20

SaBBz said:
I say keep the black plastic. Fully colour-coded cars always look a bit strange to me.

I say keep the black car :eek:

GT3 · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:24

Yeah don't colour code those bits on a posi blue model, makes it look like a base model for some reason!

btw, nice rear lights

[TW]Fox · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:24

Whoa hang on, the ROOF is off? How is it going back on? Isn't the roof a key structural part of an already flimsey car?

Firestar_3x · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:27

I didn't think you could do that, i was under the impression if the roof got dented it would be written off cause you cant replace it.

GT3 · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:27

It's only a skin, weld on a non-sunroof one off a 106!

Firestar_3x · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:28

Looks like the top front of the roof which is a main structual beam has been cut right through, how can that only be a skin?

thedazman67 · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:30

What happened phil i dont recall any thread about an accident or anything.

thedazman

ajgoodfellow · 14 Mar 2006 at 15:32

Did you roll the car?

I also agree with the above comments - AFAIK the roof is a key component so it can't just be cut off and replaced. I'd worry about what would happen if (heaven forbid) you get involved in another accident in that car