Help Me Out Guys

[rian]

This should become the crashed car thread. Evan that seriously sucks man

Edited February 20, 2011 by rianwest

[Ben-89]

Is there a considerable gap above the rear door, or a kink above the b pillar where the roof

is welded to. If the car is tight and is in a really good condition, i'd be inclined to get someone to put it on the rack and pull it back into place. Use her money and some from your own pocket pending cost to get it done properly. Why lose a car from someone elses mistake.

 

I can feel for you, my AE71 has not got one straight panel on the left hand side. Even the innerwheel arch where the shocker bolts through and the matal frame behind the back seat are bent. Not to mention the 11mm gap between the back drivers door and rear 1/4 panel. And the bootlid gap... its way off. Its completley twisted.

 

As I said, theres definetley scope in your little ke.

Edited February 19, 2011 by "The Mint KE70"

[rian]

No way! that's just sad, AE71s are so awesome. And that one was really crisp wasn't it? Serious bummer dude. At least you could use the parts to make another neat AE71 out of a KE70 or something.

 

Mine is fine now, I still drive it everyday. I guess I'll slowly fix it up over time and maybe I'll even learn some skills doing so, I'm pretty spastic at car stuff so it may be a good thing to get the opportunity to practice that sort of thing on a smashed up old KE :y:

Edited February 19, 2011 by rianwest

[Ben-89]

No way! that's just sad, AE71s are so awesome. And that one was really crisp wasn't it? Serious bummer dude. At least you could use the parts to make another neat AE71 out of a KE70 or something.

 

Mine is fine now, I still drive it everyday. I guess I'll slowly fix it up over time and maybe I'll even learn some skills doing so, I'm pretty spastic at car stuff so it may be a good thing to get the opportunity to practice that sort of thing on a smashed up old KE :y:

It was preety tidy, just the usual small trolley dents and bits of rust. I was about to

do a full respray on it and turn it into a Spirit. Luckily it never eventuated into that.

 

Unfortunatley I have lost the motivation to do it all again on another AE71 so whats left is now on sale.

 

We all learn differently from these unfortunate incidences for the better :y:

[Andy43]

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That's what I did, I had no idea what a porta power was until someone suggested it to me. It worked really well, pushed most of it out but it still looks like shit, all the little dings and creases are still there and the paint is cracked. But I don't mind too much because it's still drivable and looks okay from a distance, plus I now have $1700 towards a new car :)

 

Sounds like its all sorted out,

Still sucks that people drive around uninsured.

 

If you want to trick it up on the cheep.

Dingo speedway spares in Warnambool Vic, Will sell you a fibreglass rear 1/4 panel and rear taillight section for about $50 each.

You just need paint and pop rivet over the damaged section.

In the pix the rear panel is wiped out real bad, can you pick it ? nope hidden under fiberglass, you can pick the rivets.

The other pix is a glass panel ready for when the young bloke hits something.

 

 

And there always bog.

 

The Speedway Car see's the portapower every few weeks.

We love em

But then again we run on the 30m rule, If it looks OK from 30m is OK.

Once the rails start to tear is time for a reshell.

Cheers

Andy