this time there's panel damage!

CaRtZ · 02-06-2007, 09:46 PM

well it seems i get one problem sorted and other comes along:
no i wasnt speeding or being stupid. it had been raining, coming around a right hand sweeper ther was a hare on the road i swerved to the left (to the edge or the road) to miss it. when i swerved back to the right the ar$e end went out then snapped back and slid out to the right. i lightly applied the brake. the car went onto the grass/mud. lost traction at the front wheels. left front corner headed for a 'windy road' post. i hit the accelerator and hooked it hard right to try and 180 flick the car back onto the raod but left it too late and clipped the post. smashed the light assembly, dented and scuffed the rear qtr panel and half ripped the rear bar off.
pics:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/...pg?t=1180783903

getting some $$$ owed to me soon so il save up for a couple of months, hand it to the panel shop "get the dints out and respray it"

efgiar · 02-06-2007, 09:48 PM

pics not working

no good mate, these things happen! hope u get it fixed soon

CaRtZ · 02-06-2007, 09:54 PM

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...g?t=1180784686

Dezza · 02-06-2007, 10:05 PM

Bugger. Perfect excuse to get EL taillights! The guard could end up very expensive though. And I thought my car was filthy!

CaRtZ · 02-06-2007, 11:04 PM

lol yeah well the wrecker shut early. was on my way to pick em up (both sides light and indicator for $110) but he went home early so i got a new original EF light waiting at Albury Ford Wreckers for me (im down in shepparton atm). i think i can get the dint out. gunna try in the morning.
wot do u think the guard could cost? and y?

Dezza · 02-06-2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CaRtZ

lol yeah well the wrecker shut early. was on my way to pick em up (both sides light and indicator for $110) but he went home early so i got a new original EF light waiting at Albury Ford Wreckers for me (im down in shepparton atm). i think i can get the dint out. gunna try in the morning.
wot do u think the guard could cost? and y?

Not sure how much it would cost, but if you can get behind the panel it wouldn't be too bad. If you need to take the guard off, that's where it gets expensive.

gthofan · 03-06-2007, 08:19 AM

id imagine they would be spot welded in place. Just like a sedan, the rear guards are spot welded from factory.

And if you could somehow get the guard off, how will you re-attach it? and be careful that the window doesnt fall out.

CaRtZ · 03-06-2007, 09:49 AM

i think i may be able to get a piece of wood up against the panel and using 2 big **** off screw drivers lever it out using a stuctural support as a fulcrum...

03-06-2007, 09:53 AM

a panel beater would pull that dint out as much as possible and just fill it with body filler. no need to remove the panel at all. if you could do the repair your self and just pay a spray paiter to paint it it wont cost that much.

frd_crzer · 03-06-2007, 10:51 AM

sorry to hear not good. i would have ren over the hare there is plenty of those around

CaRtZ · 03-06-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by frd_crzer

sorry to hear not good. i would have ren over the hare there is plenty of those around

well i was on my way back from visiting my father who is quite ill in hospital and i was in a bit of a daze not paying 100% attention to the road i regularly travel on. it was just my natural reaction to swerve...