And so the work begins....

[ROB91]

As some of you may know my car was destroyed by a ford KA, and the oinsurance said unless i had video evidence then it was my fault, so i was going to take it to a garage but i thought why not have a go myself and see what happens, first i went to costco and got myself a 3ton low entry race jack

I then set about removing the broken front bumper and the broken passenger wing

Once they were off i started to remove the broken steering rack, it was a pig to remove but i got there in the end, i also straightened out the bent slam panel (thats what i think its called)

And now the car is sat in my garage waiting for a bumper wing and steering rack which i am getting this week

Im going to give the engine bay a bit of a clean aswel, im really pleased i decided to have a go myself. it was hard to remove the steering rack but after a bit of shouting and swearing it was off lol
thanks for looking will post up more updated soon
rob

 

[ROB91]

Oh yeh i need a new headlight aswel, it hasnt smashed or anything but the brackets that hold it on have all smashed off, At least the subframe hasnt been damaged by the impact

 

[st3ve]

How the hell did you straighten the slam panel on your driveway?

Also, in that last pic it looks like it's still bent just above the area you've painted.

 

[ROB91]

i used the standard jack to straighten it mate its not as bad as it looks on the pic as i took it at a funny angle, it still needs a little bit of work on it, i could really do with a pictue of a passenger side slam pannel to see how it should look,

 

[Djw John]

How much was the jack?

 

[ROB91]

£60 matey

 

[Djw John]

Not bad that. Saves a lot of *****ing about with blocks of wood! Good luck with the rest of the rebuild

 

[guysy]

Props for doing the work yourself, You'l save money, Learn some stuff and probably get a buzz if you get it done :approve:

 

[ROB91]

Not bad that. Saves a lot of *****ing about with blocks of wood! Good luck with the rest of the rebuild

Cheers mate, lots of work to do yet, but im really enjoying doing it tbh, keep finding things to do along the way

 

[ROB91]

where is the best place to get a front bumper from? i rang renault today but couldnt get a price and euro car parts havnt got back to me

 

[Davis]

Good on ya for doing it yourself! Bargin jack too

 

[Paul.M]

fair play to having a try yourself always good to learn

try ebay for a bumper? even if its second hand will be as good as new with a respray ?

 

[K1NGY]

shouting and swearing will sort anything

 

[.GAZ.]

Plenty of bumpers for sale on ebay.

 

[ROB91]

Plenty of bumpers for sale on ebay.

Im going to have a look tomorrow and see what i can get

 

[ROB91]

quick update just ordered a new bumper and wing from renault that im going to collect later in the week

 

[st3ve]

How much it set you back?

Would've been cheaper getting one off ebay wouldn't it?

 

[ROB91]

bumper was £147 and the wing was £56.78 so just gona go with that, wanted somme new ones tbh mate, unless a member off here has any for sale, gona get the front of the car resprayed me thinks bonnet is full of chips and my brother scratched it with a spade

 

[Cunney]

Good luck mate, fair play for trying to do it yourself, something I wouldn't have the patience for, you'll no doubt enjoy it at the same time aswell

 

[Dave..]

I've got the same jack, awsome bit of kit.

Pain in the arse to try and lift though

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Good effort, i want one of thoese jacks lol!!! sick of getting blocks of wood just to jack it up

 

[Struggler]

Good effort, i want one of thoese jacks lol!!! sick of getting blocks of wood just to jack it up

i hear you!

good luck mate, not really clued up on the subject so dont know what you have to get done.

but good luck all the same lol.

 

[MK3]

Fair play for having a pop at it yourself mate!

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

£60... thats expensive... mine was £29 and its the same!

 

[Tez.]

well done mate . have it looking better than before soon

 

[KM CLIO]

£60... thats expensive... mine was £29 and its the same!

where from dude??

 

[ROB91]

well done mate . have it looking better than before soon

I hope so lol, shouldnt be too long until its back on the road now

 

[ROB91]

Just a luittle update, went to renault this morning to pick up my new bumper, wing, light and steering rack, forgot to get an arch liner tho

My new light

Wing

Bumper

I have also bought a new set of bump strips as im going to get the bumper colour coded to match the rest of the car. All the parts are off to be sprayed this week and the steering rack will be on tomorrow, so with a bit of luck it should be on the road for next weekend whooooooooo

 

[st3ve]

Nice one Rob, how are you getting about in the mean time?

 

[ROB91]

luckily ive got a company car as im doing some presentations up and down the country, cant wait to get it back on the road, your cars looking ace btw steve

 

[jamie rigby]

im sure you had a project thread rob? lol

 

[ROB91]

i did but ive never put anything else in it lol.

 

[jamie rigby]

well update that instead of media threads lol

 

[ROB91]

its all updated on the progress thread just for you jamie lol, i should have done it ages ago reli lol

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

where is the best place to get a front bumper from? i rang renault today but couldnt get a price and euro car parts havnt got back to me

ebay of corse

 

[Christopher]

Good effort mate.