R2D2 aka MK4 Gt Td

thats sucks dick

get on to the council, worth trying to claim some money of the fuckers, my brother claimed off tescos when one of their drains ripped his metro subframe out and bent the hole car, its worth the try man.

Ahhh man that sucks.....but if Guy can fix it all is not lost!!

billybug wrote:

thats sucks dick

get on to the council, worth trying to claim some money of the fuckers, my brother claimed off tescos when one of their drains ripped his metro subframe out and bent the hole car, its worth the try man.

There is something in this but you are prob wasting your time as I bet it doesn't poke upmorw than 5mm which is acceptable and you'll be on a hiding to nothing.

guy wrote:

billybug wrote:

thats sucks dick

get on to the council, worth trying to claim some money of the fuckers, my brother claimed off tescos when one of their drains ripped his metro subframe out and bent the hole car, its worth the try man.

There is something in this but you are prob wasting your time as I bet it doesn't poke upmorw than 5mm which is acceptable and you'll be on a hiding to nothing.

Indeed. Whilst I was sitting there I saw about 20 more cars take it exactly how I did and not do any damage to their car, I doubt I'd have much of a leg to stand on.

Can i say the "learn to drive a lowered car" quote now? Annoying aint it lol.

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Can i say the "learn to drive a lowered car" quote now? Annoying aint it lol.

lol yes. Difference is busting your sump is standard but destroying your subframe on a man hole cover is intense.

So I guess what I'm saying is:

I did just lol at that

I m naged to rush home from work today to utilise the final 20 minutes of day light. After getting the car up on axle stands I had a good look around and there's good and bad news. The good news is the steering rack seems to be fine, the gator's come loose which from the side made it look like I had pulled the entire rack out out of line. The bad news is that it has indeed bent the chassis mount but It may be fixable, I'm going to see what the mighty VW guru thinks (aka Guy).

Pics:

The deceptive gator





front view





where most the impact went






Steering arm vs chassis







Close up of the mount








Rear view

Max, looks like the chassis got pulled a little but the sub frame having already been roughed up seems to have folded nicely.
It all looks easy enough, have welder and grinder it WILL go again with appropriate mods to subframe as discussed.
Get the new one here asap and I'll strengthen it up before fitting and get it done asap.
Your tea making skills are about to improve ten fold.

Just seen this in person. Most impressive! Guy would you have a socket for my dads audi gearbox drain plug. Like a massive torx bit with a dimple in the middle.

guy wrote:

Max, looks like the chassis got pulled a little but the sub frame having already been roughed up seems to have folded nicely.
It all looks easy enough, have welder and grinder it WILL go again with appropriate mods to subframe as discussed.
Get the new one here asap and I'll strengthen it up before fitting and get it done asap.
Your tea making skills are about to improve ten fold.

The one I'm bidding on on Ebay ends in four hours so hopefully I should have one on the way soon

For the record I have savage tea making skills, everyone in my office drinks about four cups a day so it's mandatory to have skills

Did you just admit to being the office tea b***h ?

yes i'm sure you did Max.

Did you win it ?

Did you want to send it here rather than have to bring it over ?

guy wrote:

Did you just admit to being the office tea b***h ?

yes i'm sure you did Max.

Did you win it ?

Did you want to send it here rather than have to bring it over ?

Haha no mate we have a rotor

Yeah I did mate, I havnt got a courier yet as I still need to find out when the guys available for pick up. If you don't mind me getting it delivered to yours it would make a lot more sense that way, pm me your address

Well I got a bit of an Ebay bargain this weekend. Got an entire suspension setup (hubs, disks, bottom arms, arb and subframe) for £50.

This will be delivered straight to Guy for him to get on with the agreed welding which will provide it with much more strength this time around

holy poop just read all that, what a shitter man! thank god its saveable!

I am no longer the owner of this vehicle. Guy gave me a hand (aka did all the work) fixing it on Sat and Joe came and collected it today. She still lives on!

max wrote:

Joe came and collected it today. She still lives on!

cheers for getting it sorted in time dude, really did help me loads! stillshocked how fast it is after being in the mk2 aswel, when we pulled out from your road i poooped my self. dont plant the pedal in the wet ha my bad

Now you can go spend the cash on that breast augmentation you so badly need