If the bonnet is out of line, the catch is naffed and the locating brackets for the rad has been snapped, then the front panel is highly likely to be bent.
trouble is they're £75+vat for a pattern one, but if someone else is picking up the tab, who cares![]()
front end is all off,bonnet is out of line and def needs a new bonnet lock,new rad as snapped at leg where it was dismounted from its brackets,strange considering slam panel seems fine and there's no paint damage to the front,maybe those surrounds saved it as the pressed plate is looking a little bent!
thanks for asking hun![]()
Stu,the locating brackets are in place and not snapped and yes the catch is well naffed and has been taken out,may be able to get a slam panel from same place the rad should be coming from and other bits,all from an 8v gti,will post pics in a bit for your expert verdict
as for himself paying for it, it'll be a case of me fronting it first and getting it back whenever![]()
Just to note they'res at least 3 different front/slampanels for different sized rads. choose the wrong one and it may not fit(long its off another 8v without ac then should be no probs)
Oh well, at least the labour is cheap![]()
No worries I hope you get it sorted soon, if I can help in any way let me know![]()
Thanks Chris,it's nothing insurmountable but a soddin' pain in the bum!
oh joy,just to confuse the issue further!think car is same year as mine so as long as no a/c you reckon should be ok,will have a look for a part number in the daylight see if that narrows it down...although the twat at the scrappy didn't speak too fluently in english although was probably better than my Hindu!! hence the call back tomorrow bit..
mustn't call Suze cheap hahathat's not nice! Seriously appreciated that you'll help us hapless females in sorting it out
panel pics etc are uploading or attempting to as we speak....
Another little update,nothing major but before and after pics nonetheless...
Following my let's pop a restraining clip episode this is how the engine bay looked,grim
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Several hours cleaning still hadn't gotten me too far,so another bash on it and sound deadening off as per previous post,bay looked like this......can't find the bloomin bay shot,damn!!
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And todays offering,is this,still not clean as i'd like but it's getting there slowly,although i NEED red hoses,oh and maybe some brakes first,oh and a new expansion bottle!!Does it ever end???
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sorry to hear about this, your car was looking really nice as well
(and us hindu's speak Gujrati not Hindu lmao hehe)
hope it gets fixed and looking good soon![]()
What did you use to clean it up?? Well shiny!!