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bertieduff
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by bertieduff » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:30 am
...is this likely to cost?
Unfortunate encounter with a big, fast (but not fast enough
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Not very scientific I know, but I'm wondering if it's worth going down the insurance route or sorting myself (well not personally)...anyone had similar repairs experience and could hazard a ballpark figure?
(indicator seems fine...just clam and o/s grille damage I think...haven't had a good look in daylight though...s'cuse the crappy pics...too busy to get it priced properly at the moment
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by ExigeKen » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:53 am
ouch rotten look Bertie - I guess badger on toast is nice
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by steve_weegie » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:57 am
Bad luck Bertie
I'd gaffa it up until you could get to Steve Walkers.... If its repairable, id guess at about a grand....
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by VXJON » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:10 am
steve_weegie wrote:Bad luck Bertie
I'd gaffa it up until you could get to Steve Walkers.... If its repairable, id guess at about a grand....
It looks repairable but if not a new clam is mega bucks
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bertieduff
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by bertieduff » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:49 am
Hmmm.... if it's getting upwards of a grand or a new clam then it's an insurance job -£1K is about what I reckon I'd lose on my (unprotected) NCB....
(That'd be new clam#3- almost one a year then...is that excessive?
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by graeme » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:42 am
Bad luck.
About £1800 for a repair and a metallic paint blend for a similar injury on my old S1. Paid for it myself to save my premium.
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by meatball » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:52 am
If you look online you may find a used clam (from rear ended car).....buy it, paint it and fit it....could be within £1k????
And then repair old one and keep as spare......
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by craigs135s » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:08 pm
meatball wrote:If you look online you may find a used clam (from rear ended car).....buy it, paint it and fit it....could be within £1k????
And then repair old one and keep as spare......
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by ninja » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:27 pm
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOTUS-ELISE-FRONT ... dZViewItem
i've called them up and tehy have both S1 and S2 front clams. they're looking for £400 for the S2 one
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by meatball » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:46 pm
With these things I'd be tempted to have a look at it in the flesh/glass first.
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by Andy G » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:54 pm
if you can remove the clam then there are a few paint shops that would sort it for way less.
Might be worth calling Ali and seeing if his mate can do anything with it, as its looks repairable. Where the cracks are though could be an issue, so depends if you want it concours or not as to whether you claim.
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by bertieduff » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:01 pm
Cheers.
Out with the gaffa tape again then....only 99p
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by Mikie711 » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:06 am
I had chunks missing from my front clam after a smash. Thought it was totaled but some local guys repaired it and you would never have known. £100 to get it done. Painting the clam is where it costs after a repair, not priced that yet !!!!.
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by Tom » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:03 pm
looks like you got off luckily... Badgers are a total arse. A friend of mine wrote off a Ford Ka into a badger. Was a big old barsteward of a thing. ok the car wasn't worth much, but badgers are pretty hard things to hit..
Anyway, sorry to hear about the damage, hope you get it sorted...
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by bertieduff » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:54 pm
Yeah, I was lucky- could've been a lot worse- 'twas an big beastie- almost managed to avoid, but was still doing about 50 when I clipped it..(you can see the tufts of hair wedged in the wheel rim in the first photo
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