oh dear, ive just crashed my hybrid (valver) update damage p [Archive]

jay s

31-12-2005, 01:50

oh f**k, ive just smashed my car up. was coming up a slip road to join the a13, saw the normal set of lights change to amber and the woman in front of me slammed on her brakes. i slammed mine on as i was quite close to her and i started to skid, quickly chucked it left to miss her and ended up hitting her nearside bumper then went up on the pavement and smashed in to a lamppost. damage caused to my car is quite alot, front bumper in half, bonnet proper f**ked, both front wings smashed 1 more than other. angel eye bent in half and the bit that concerns me most is a big metal bit that seems pushed back alot ( chassis i think ) will get some pics up tomorrow of the damage as the car is at my mums house and i did'nt have my cam with me. i think the car may be a wright off but will have a good look tomorrow and try get an expert opn on damage. if it is dead i will get another valver and get my eng dropped in....
the last good pic i took, also it was'nt snowing just wet roads. my fault tho
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Zollo

31-12-2005, 02:05

Oh, piss, shit, ****, bollocks, springs to mind. Bad luck fella :(

(Really must check my spelling more often :roll: )

BRUN

31-12-2005, 02:09

:( sorry to hear that mate, what a shitter

arj256

31-12-2005, 03:17

Thats bad to hear, its not nice crashing your pride and joy, hope its not to bad.

Dancliovalver

31-12-2005, 07:52

what a shitter mate, well if u need any help im sure some of the lad on here would be more than willing, see if mat brown or winston can sort u out with some parts!! :cry:

Rich

31-12-2005, 11:35

if your quick a lad on retro renault has a bare shell up for grabs for not a lot iirc (grey) but be quick its gettin scrapped soon if nobody takes it

TriO`

31-12-2005, 11:55

aww bollocks:( sorry to hear that... lets hope that nothing structuraly is damaged to bad and you'll just be able to chuck on some new bumpers etc

jay s

31-12-2005, 12:02

thanks for comments guys, had a look a theshell but its to far from me, going round mums to have a good look but i think its fatel, will get some pics up..

Rich

31-12-2005, 12:18

awww thats harsh news mate if you really think it is that bad, but at least your not gonna try to repair it if it is knowing its unsafe to drive, hopefully you can pick up a valver with a poorly engine seen as you dont need the engine :)

summeh

31-12-2005, 12:44

the big bit of metal.... is it the bumper support bar??? if so, you can unbolt and replace.

if you bent the bonnet you prolly also need to replace the bonnet hinges and metal framework which holds the headlights in, iirc it can unbolt, might be part of the chassis though.

dannyt

31-12-2005, 13:23

bad news mate, but good excuse to find another mint valver for engine swap!

Andyvalver

31-12-2005, 13:30

Shit man :( sorry to hear that mate.

Coops

31-12-2005, 13:32

thats snide mate, hope all is well n it lives again for 2006!

Craig

31-12-2005, 14:50

fuk!!!!!

bad news that mate, sorry to hear it!!!

Scott-16v!

31-12-2005, 15:33

noooo :( it looked so sweet aswell, hope you get it fixed fella

measor

31-12-2005, 18:23

what a bastard, happy new year mate :shock:

jay s

31-12-2005, 18:26

took a few pics of the damage, imo its f**ked and not worth repairing. got a quote and bits i would need are bonnet and hinges o/s headlamp, o/sf wing, n/sf wing, front bumber, subframe, L shaped front from behind chassis leg to os headlight, power steering bottle, o/s wing splas sheild, would cost £700 for labour then whatever all the above cost. looks like i may get another valver...

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BRUN

31-12-2005, 18:29

im pretty certain thats not repairable mate lookin at the last pic

:(

Andyvalver

31-12-2005, 18:30

:( Thats nasty mate. I really feel for you. Did you declare the f7r? :shock:

Martin

31-12-2005, 18:37

harsh, thats deffo looking like a write off...the engine must have taken a fair whack too??

jay s

31-12-2005, 18:38

:( Thats nasty mate. I really feel for you. Did you declare the f7r? :shock:

did'nt declare it mate but not a problem as im not going through ins ( tpft only). got 4 years no claims up to 5 in six months so im taking this as a knock on the chin and will just buy another valver and drop the eng and coilovers in that. i also knocked the womans bumper off but she is ok with me paying for it.

jay s

31-12-2005, 18:40

harsh, thats deffo looking like a write off...the engine must have taken a fair whack too??

engine seems ok to me all gears ok aswell, eng is a bit noisy but the exh has come apart somewhere.

Andyvalver

31-12-2005, 18:40

Nice one chap. You keeping the engine then i take it?

jay s

31-12-2005, 18:47

oh yes keeping it for the next one, does any 1 known or have a valver for sale. eng and gearbox condition not a problem but would like good bodywork ??

MatBrown

31-12-2005, 18:49

Keep checking Ebay, there was one on there the other week.

Mat.

MatBrown

31-12-2005, 18:52

This one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-CLIO-16V-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ4597165000QQcategoryZ9861QQrdZ1QQ cmdZViewItem

Something like that would be ideal.

Mat.

jay s

31-12-2005, 18:55

:shock: :shock: ^ that would have been perfect, going to hunt on e-bay now, thanks mat

clowo16v

31-12-2005, 19:08

Ouch that doesn't look very good at all. Are you scrapping the car or breaking it up?

See ya

Matt

Plattsy

31-12-2005, 19:26

sorry to hear that mate but cars not important really aslong as your ok!

I might have a williams for sale if all goes well, just the shell though, no suspension or anything like that, interior or engine. will be breaking most parts if i get it. ill let you know what happens with it ifyour interested.

adiclio16v

01-01-2006, 05:05

thats a repair if ever i saw 1 if any1 evr saw my silver valver hybrid that was rolled that was a write off
if u wanna repair u contact me ill sort it out for ya
adi [/img]

Dancliovalver

01-01-2006, 12:10

thats a good offer mate!!!!

matty w

01-01-2006, 12:22

theres a mint white valver on ebay jay,your clio was at hillpower when mine was

Justin..

01-01-2006, 12:36

:o my god, that looks bad, all creased in bad lookin areas .

glad ur ok though :)

jay s

01-01-2006, 13:51

thanks again peeps, adi any idea how much you would charge to repair it? ive been quoted around £700 labour and around £400 for the parts. the thing that concerns me most is i would need a new section from another car ( would need to cut behind the o/s suspension turret to os headlight) and i don't think it would ever be straght but drop me a pm if u like, found this on e-bay but he lives quite far so iv asked if he would meet halfway, seems ok so ill give him a phone http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4600003759&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Dancliovalver

01-01-2006, 13:57

i saw that one on there looks mint!!

good luck with ur car matey, was a real shame

richy

01-01-2006, 13:57

i honestly wouldn't bother repairing it mate, buy another valver and stick F7R in that etc, get what u what/can off the broken one and get rid of it, but it is a shame that its smashed up now :(

Justin..

01-01-2006, 13:58

i honestly wouldn't bother repairing it mate, buy another valver and stick F7R in that etc, get what u what/can off the broken one and get rid of it, but it is a shame that its smashed up now :(

i second that. you could have your car back on the road much quicker

Craig

01-01-2006, 14:04

same, and u can pick em up cheap now, and less likely to have issues compared to repairing!

and you can even have a colour change if u fancy it lol

jay s

01-01-2006, 14:10

spoke to the fella just now and he said he would take £1000 for the car now, told him ill have a think. not going to bother repairing it just use/sell what i can. gonna try and haggel the man a bit see if he could drop the price a little..

Gav

01-01-2006, 18:01

feel for you mate
would this be classed as the womens fault or yours?

shame....such a nice lookin valver :cry:

Zollo

01-01-2006, 18:06

would this be classed as the womens fault or yours?

His fault. The fault is always with the person following.

Gav

01-01-2006, 18:07

bitch

sorry to hear it mate....good thing is there are alot of good valvers for sale at the moment so get in there

dannyt

01-01-2006, 18:27

definatly just buy another valver shell as i wouldn't like to get that repaired and it not feel right, it will feel like a waste of money pal!

Daz.

01-01-2006, 19:22

I saw that valver on ebay looks quite nice to me.. I tend to agree with the swapping of the engine etc into a new valver, I wouldn't feel 100% happy having a repaired car with original damage like that.

Daz.

01-01-2006, 19:22

jay s

01-01-2006, 19:48

does look smart that wheel, i may go for that valver. i need peoples opinion take a look at the link, the fella wants £1000 for it do u think its really worth it?? ive offered him £750 but he said no.

Justin..

01-01-2006, 19:49

say 825 i'd pay that

Rich

01-01-2006, 19:49

hard to comment really fella unless the car is seen in the flesh

richy

01-01-2006, 19:49

best thing u can do is actually look at it, it might be a dog and he could be hiding something, .... or not?

jay s

01-01-2006, 19:57

when i asked him he said there was no rust but had a couple of little carpark dings and a small dent by the ren badge on the bonnet nothing else.

Rich

01-01-2006, 20:01

always best to look yourself though mate as against going to buy it and finding its shit!

richy

01-01-2006, 20:05

yup, the amount of williams i looked at which i was told it was 'mint ' etc was mad, nearly everyone i saw was shagged!

jay s

01-01-2006, 20:12

the thing is he lives 270 miles from me, i spoke to him about meeting somewhere and he was fine about that but i still dont want to travel 150miles and not buy it. does anyone live close to him?

Zollo

01-01-2006, 21:08

Don't commit to buying a car without seeing it mate. Particularly not an almost 15-year-old French hot hatch :shock:

adiclio16v

02-01-2006, 00:29

ill show my mate an see wot he thinks it will need to go on the jig an needs a bonnet wing an bumper an any suspension damage but after that its worth about 2k the damage is about 300 quids worth
adi

Gav

02-01-2006, 01:02

i drove 3 hours to look at my valver b4 i brought it...didnt know it was a corroded piece of shit until it was due its MOT cost me nearly a grand so get fixed mate

so be very carefull in what u purchase...usually tell by the owner, the guy i brought the naples off was a boy racer lookin guy so i shud of guessed the carwas gonna be crap

Justin..

02-01-2006, 01:04

i got lucky with mine :)

Gav

02-01-2006, 01:07

u paid top doller tho dude......but mine was cheap £850 kinda cheap....yours was 1700-1800? so its gotta be smooth

Coops

02-01-2006, 01:11

naples fight, naples fight!!! :D

Gav

02-01-2006, 01:13

only fights naples owner have is with the blue clio lads

and always WIN :D

Coops

02-01-2006, 01:14

:roll:

Justin..

02-01-2006, 01:17

u paid top doller tho dude......but mine was cheap £850 kinda cheap....yours was 1700-1800? so its gotta be smooth

you do have a point :oops:

Gav

02-01-2006, 01:21

lol :D

Coops

02-01-2006, 01:29

and u boys both had sum bugger sneak in in the night with a tin of woodstain n the rest is renault history........ :D

Gav

02-01-2006, 01:35

:? if only i knew what he was goin on about :wink:

jay s

02-01-2006, 12:54

my new ride till i sort another valver, the fella pulled that valver, is'nt taking no less than a £1000 for it. he said he would rather sort the problems than let it go that cheap. fair do's
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