things wrong with my new forfour

[Ocracoke]

White panelled 454's are a little harder to get hold of, not mention the Brabus specific trim if that is damaged. Personally, I'd get a non matching panel and either spray it or vinyl wrap the whole car to make it match though the latter is pricy.

The roof will also come off with a bit of work to remove the bonding.

Sorry to hear about your 454 mr.singh, never pleasant to be in an accident.

[Problemchild]

Trid isn’t a panel though is it?

JJ

[mr singh]

id say if been lucky as all of the damage is above the number plate... im going to have to up load a picture.

using this 1.1 that iv got is handy but I don't like it, hard for me to say as I had a 1.1.

[mr singh]

I hope this works

it worked. this the extent of the damage

[cecil]

ouch
Thanks for the picture

[Scoobysook]

Doesn't look too bad. Near side panels seem ok. Splitter will be ok. Grill and middle panels are worst off.

[El Tel]

Definitely looks repairable though.

Did you get a chance to pull the front end off and inspect the damage? For sure the impact bar, radiator and rad support structure are done for but it don’t look like it went far enough to damage the engine and from the position of the impact, look to me like it probably left the frame arms intact and in  the right place...

[mr singh]

everything in the engine bay is as it should be.

I didn't get time to remove the front as it happened on the Tuesday and dropped it off at my body shop on the Thursday. the initial look, looks like the rad surround, centre and right panels, grill. the a/c condenser has taken a small hit but I think it'll be ok.

the impact looks like its all above the number plate, so I doubt the crash bar will be damaged.

[mr singh]

small up date...

im still in the 1.1 but my SB3 is in the process of being repaired, and there is a story behind that. im not going through the insurance.

the accident happened 17/09 and I took it to the body shop (of my choice) on the Thursday. the estimate was forwarded to my manager who showed me it and also forwarded it to the insurance claims department on the Friday and rang them to say that I had seen the quote and forwarded it to them.
the following Monday I rang and informed them that the car was no longer at the body shop as they needed space (it was only a small, 1 man band, body shop). they told me that they had not received the estimate, so they rang the body shop to send them it direct. rang on the Tuesday and was told that they had received the estimate and it was with there assessors. I rang back on the Thursday after about 7 failed calls, only to be told that I had been given a wrong number so they gave me the correct number to ring. rang the correct number on Friday for an update. it had been 2 weeks at this point.
I rang the following week Friday for another up date and still no change and told them that is been 3 weeks and I will ring back on the Monday if they hadn't informed me of anything that I will be cancelling the claim.
Monday came and I figured that ill wait till the Thursday as it would be 4 weeks. I rang them again and was then informed that they hadn't got the estimate, at which point I lost it and told them that every time I rang I was not told anything and was told that they had the estimate and was with there assessors so i told them to cancel the claim, at which point they tried to get me to change my mind.

anyhow i managed to get a FULL white front end, bonnet, rad surround and a/c condenser for less than £230 and im getting another body shop that we use, to do the repairs. I could have done the repairs myself but I don't have the time

[snookey]

It's horrible being messed around like that, but I'm glad you have good news in the end and your car is getting fixed.

[Brabs]

Hope that it’s soon back in the road 

[CrazyG]

Dare I suggest that when you get your next insurance renewal
that you check to see if they have 'loaded' your premium based
on the fact that you admitted having an accident and making a
claim..even if you later withdrew the claim.
As far as they are concerned, you've had an accident.
That is in itself enough for an insurer to raise the premium.

[El Tel]

That's great news. You got a bargain on those parts.

A testament to the modular design of the ForFour body panels.

[mr singh]

Dare I suggest that when you get your next insurance renewal
that you check to see if they have 'loaded' your premium based
on the fact that you admitted having an accident and making a
claim..even if you later withdrew the claim.
As far as they are concerned, you've had an accident.
That is in itself enough for an insurer to raise the premium.

I am aware that my renewal will be bumped up next year.

[Problemchild]

It shouldn’t be if you haven’t made a claim

Mine went down after I was rear ended in the brab

JJ