Tea and sympathy required.....

[daimlerman]

Met Mrs Hare on the way home from work last night.....

[polsta]

doesnt look too bad mate , but feel the pain

[gooner1]

That'll pull out ok, Malc. That or fit a Hare Lip.

[Jim320i]

I hope you collected your kill? Nothing better than fresh road kill

That should pull out and be ok? Doesnt look as if there are any creased dents, just a dent if that makes sense.

[toby]

Oh bad luck - I had a similar dent after hitting a pheasant on the motorway. £50 of bodywork and a new oil cooler were required.

[capri_rob]

Jim arent you fragging a Neon cab ?? Front panel any good ??

Malc I reckon that will pull out

[Jim320i]

It went last week Rob. Has a slight dink in it but its gone now anyway... Ozman off here bought it.

And I think it will pull out too.

[daimlerman]

Panel is twisted around the duct/foglight blanks.

It's still pissing it down here,so too painfull to get the car in the air to check for further damage,there was a big thump from the fuel tank area before the o/s rear flattened Mrs Hare...

I'll let the bodyman take a look(cue pursed lips and teeth whistling)on Monday before deciding,but my gut feeling is that a s/h valance fitted by moi and painted by 'im is cheaper than pulling and painting by 'im!

Only upside is that this panel was stone chipped and was on the 'to do' list for the winter.

[hennabm]

Malc
on the way up to Culzean a couple of years ago I hit one of the blighters with the 323. Thankfully I hit it with a wheel rather than the tinwork. I too heard thuds under the car as it disappeared out the back.

No damage to speak of but cleaning bunny brains off mudflaps was delightful - they stick like s*** to a blanket.

I hope you can sort it without too much wallet pain.

[jotz]

Mrs Hare must have been really short!!


should pull into place mate..

[E30Gheko]

Seriously Malc, Those valances are very flimsy. Remove from the car to do the best job, but i've straightened far worse myself. If ur gentle with it I doubt it will even need a respray.

[ross2009]

murphy is braking a neon cab

[toby]

Yes my valance was bent back and fixed without being painted and you'd never know it had suffered similar damage to yours.

[scott180gtb]

Hello Malc

Will you be going to the Barns Wallis meet this month?

Scott

[daimlerman]

Hello Malc

Will you be going to the Barns Wallis meet this month?

Scott

No,we usually go to Heath,first Monday of the month.



Bodyman made lots of teeth-sucking noises and quoted £80 to fix and another £80 to paint....I'm off to see Murphy for his front valance one day this week.
If this had been the touring,I'd have settled for pulling the thing roughly into shape,but the cabbie is too nice to bodge where it can be seen...

[Jhonno]

Badger carnage..

[Jhonno]

To this..

[Green]

Bodyman made lots of teeth-sucking noises and quoted £80 to fix and another £80 to paint....I'm off to see Murphy for his front valance one day this week.
If this had been the touring,I'd have settled for pulling the thing roughly into shape,but the cabbie is too nice to bodge where it can be seen...

I think i'd have gone for a replacement as well, I'm sure a few mins with a rubber mallet you'd get a nearly perfect look. At least unlike modern day plastics it didn't explode upon impact.

[bab-91]

could be worse , We drove over to edition with ones from Fermanagh.

His bora was on air , took a cats eyes out of the motorway when over taking.

Must of got caught on an exhaust bracket.... anyway it flew off and left a nice sized dent in the jetta we where in

[Green]

could be worse , We drove over to edition with ones from Fermanagh.

His bora was on air , took a cats eyes out of the motorway when over taking.

Must of got caught on an exhaust bracket.... anyway it flew off and left a nice sized dent in the jetta we where in

Was that edition 38 last year? There was a dip in the field next to where we camped and it was ripping off bumpers, exhausts and all sorts. This one caddy from cornwall decided as we told him to stop to floor it over, breaking his fuel line... took him 2 hours to get it started again

[bab-91]

Yes edition last year , trying to get pennys together to go back in September!

Yea a Vento in our "convoy" Started losing bits in the field.

That was very close to the entrance mind.

Im sure if he has a caddy hes well used to fixing it But rough all the same

[E30Gheko]

To this..

Jhonno those rims look the dogs bollox. What are they?

[adit]

i have valances available Malc

cheers, adi

[steviebmw]

i have this mate
i took it of today. i am in kent

[Felix79]

To this..

Jhonno those rims look the dogs bollox. What are they?

Off the e34 M5 I think bud?

[SpencerLavery]

To this..

That lip looks awesome, what's it from, volvo?

btw never seen a project thread for your car, is there one about? 24v lachs ftw

[daimlerman]

Getting there...



£30 for a s/h panel,£45 to paint(anti hare paint used!)replacement lower lip from my stash.

Be fitted Sunday AM,all being well.

[SpencerLavery]

Perfect opportunity to fit some fogs

I do love the look of minty panels

[capri_rob]

Looks good Malc

[m_jermyn]

Good work Malc, could of been worse lucky escape mate.

[MurphyE30]

looking good Malc

[magpie]

I do love the look of minty panels

perv fetish

[nickso]

To this..

That lip looks awesome, what's it from, volvo?

btw never seen a project thread for your car, is there one about? 24v lachs ftw

looks the same as my lip in which case it's a cheapo ebay number in fibregash.

[jonny323i]

yep m5 throwing stars

[magpie]

i've seen these in wheel trim form if you mean the wheels Johnny.