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[danyeates]

Yeah I noticed that, maybe it's got some more mods!

[iceman]

Single pipe exhaust .. where's that from ?

i'd guess at a regal 'letterbox' exhaust.. perhaps!

[Scottieb]

who is auctioning this car then? any chance of a link?

[tangovx]

i think the pipe is a regal one, s1oww has one IIRC. me and a mate looked at your car i think in silverlake! they are usually a bloody rip off!!

[danyeates]

The yellow one yeah. Knocked about £2500 off the asking price

[FocRus]

No, I've repaired worse! The carbon fibre crash box is a really big crumple zone. All the impact is absorbed by this crumpling. The subframe is constructed with boxes and is incredibly strong.



This is what my dads looked like before the rebuild, with the radiator and housing removed. As you can see, the damage is almost exactly the same and the carbon fibre crash box has taken a lot of the damage and impact. The radiator and housing also usually takes a bashing. It always looks a lot worse with the clam on! See the second pic below!

The only thing to look out for in terms of chassis damage, are the wishbone mounts and the anti roll bar mounts.

Yeah but your Dad's one still has all its wheels in tact... unlike that silver one, where 2 of the wheels are totally knackered... surely that'll have damaged something pretty important?!

How hard was it to get all the parts for the cars you're rebuilding? As I've heard of people waiting months for headlights, which makes me somewhat worried about getting a VX as my daily driver, as currently, if I crashed my Focus I could go out and buy a new front end from the local Ford parts place and have it fixed by the end of the day!!

[monty77]

..some new parts are a pita to get. e.g. Headlight for VXT - 9 weeks and counting Turbo air scoop - ETA Jan 2006 But for a repair job you'll not be required to use brand new parts .. most of what you need will be available from scrappys/Ebay, loads of VXs getting stacked all the time ensures a steady supply of parts. A

[danyeates]

eBay Most parts were new, but things like headlights and tail lights we got second hand, there's loads on eBay. Another car we did had bent wheels, the rear is really easy as the wishbones attached to a bolted on rear subframe which crushes on impact and is really easy to replace. Then it just needs new wishbones. The front is a bit more serious as the wishbones attach directly to the chassis, so bent wheels may mean the mounts have moved in the chassis

[FocRus]

eBay Most parts were new, but things like headlights and tail lights we got second hand, there's loads on eBay. Another car we did had bent wheels, the rear is really easy as the wishbones attached to a bolted on rear subframe which crushes on impact and is really easy to replace. Then it just needs new wishbones. The front is a bit more serious as the wishbones attach directly to the chassis, so bent wheels may mean the mounts have moved in the chassis

Ah right, that silver one's front wheel is hanging off... surely thats a pretty big problem?!

So why have so many of you got to use brand new parts? Don't insurance let you use your own parts... it'd save them alot of money!!

[danyeates]

We bought them damaged to repair. Had to use some new parts for the yellow car as there wasn't much around. Plus I prefer to use new for things like the crashbox and rad housings anyway.

[danyeates]

Hee hee bought it! Bargain too! Already have the parts to fix it, I reckon should be done in a couple of days. Still waiting for parts on the green and the blue VX at the moment though Will post some pics as soon as I pick it up. Thanks for the link anyway!

[Scottieb]

you bugger i was going to go for that but no one would post a link!! Do you mind me asking how much you paid?

[danyeates]

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Edited by danyeates, 12 October 2005 - 06:35 PM.

[Scottieb]

wil you be selling one of your na's?

[danyeates]

Yeah somewhen. Yellow one first, I'm keeping the green one or maybe the blue one. Either way one of them will go too. Dad will keep the turbo