Front end damage - some advice

[TheMikeh]

Hi,

Just had a damn fox run in front of my Seat Leon FR 150 and its punched a nice fox sized hole through front bumper drivers side,

Completly destroyed the drivers side grill,
Smashed the bumper up,
Drivers side fog is in about 4 bits
A piece of plastic between bumper/radiator which was a long strip with rubber that come off into the bumper (what is this?)

Anyway, wheres the best place to source the spare parts? what sort of prices am I looking at?

The car is a 05 reg Seat Leon FR in platinum grey. There was other damage but it was mostly guards which had come unclipped, ive sorted all this now but theres still front end damage that needs fixing.

Really want to get this done, get the service sorted and then put the HID's in.

Thanks
Mike

 

[nibbles]

Hows the fox
sorry to here about this can you not claim

 

[Big_daddy]

What damage did the fox substaine?

 

[tedvagas]

did you get his details???

 

[nibbles]

did you get his details???

 

[Big_daddy]

Whip lash

 

[tedvagas]

fog light might not be cupra (need to check)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEAT-LEON-DRI...yZ100918QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

keep checking on ebay, front end stuff on there all the time if not - dealers

 

[D.K]

There was a cupra R front bumper in silver on ebay last night if thats any good
Shame if you didnt go back for the fox would of made a nice stew

 

[Timthebrief]

If its the top grill that's smashed then it's about £100 to replace via a dealer. It's a one piece thing with all three grills including the centre badge holder in one. The pheasant that smashed mine refused to pay for it !!!!!!!

 

[lc_allan]

The pheasant that smashed mine refused to pay for it !!!!!!!

I bet he tasted nice though

 

[TheMikeh]

Hi

No its the bottom grill, drivers side, I can see its a single grill as some of the clips are still there, Ive got the same front as this

www.seat.uk.com/images/large/CP04TCX.jpg

Waiting for an estimate from bartletts seat (hastings, e sussex) as to the costs of fixing the car, does anyone know where I can phone/email to get prices for parts? Ive managed to fix the fog with some superglue, all the parts where there just snapped or twisted, ive just glued the mount with plastic epoxy and its rock solid, so now really after a bumper and that one grill.

Thanks
Mike

 

[marshyc]

Sorry to hear about that mate. Damn Foxes.

Waiting for an estimate from bartletts seat (hastings, e sussex) as to the costs of fixing the car

Thought you were complaining about them?

If they fecked up something like the brakes on my car I certainly wouldn't be letting them do any accident repair!

 

[TheMikeh]

Only official seat dealer near me, next nearest is haywards heath or maidstone both an hours drive away and seeing I only have saturdays to get the car to them or pick it up its a bit hard.

 

[tedvagas]

front bumper but its not cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Front-Bumper-...eZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Romeoisgraham]

Im a pro when it comes to front end damage......... just source the parts from ebay. Use this as an oppertunity to improve on the front end. The parts you need will cost a small fortune from seat.

 

[justin_cupra]

A mate of mine hot a fox in his VRS and the bill came to £900!!!!

 

[SHADY-NINJA]

Bring back fox hunting, please.

 

[Romeoisgraham]

Bring back fox hunting, please.

Thats not the answer.

 

[SHADY-NINJA]

Thats not the answer.

ban fox hunting then and keep crashing your car into the bloody foxes please.

 

[Romeoisgraham]

ban fox hunting then and keep crashing your car into the bloody foxes please.

The fox isnt the problem....... poor street lighting is one answer to the problem.

To the fox we could be classed as the problem!!!

(please note this the only sensible post ive ever posted, and probably wont happen again)