putyourmittenson
Well-Known Member
A few weeks ago I purchased what I thought would be a very simple repair which I hoped would be on the roads by now. Boy was I wrong.
The car in question is an 04 TDI90 with almost all the trimmings and 75k on the clock. It was listed as a cat D so I had hoped to replace just a few panels and maybe the radiator.
Much worse damage than I had thought.
After much swearing and being unsure whether to break it or not I decided the first and best thing to do was to remove the engine.
This move revealed a world of horrors which the weak stomached amongst you might want to scroll past
As you can see there is cracking to the chassis and the front rails are not in the right position. Ouch.
This is when I made the decision to break. I started looking online at what prices I could get for things when I see A2steve has parts I would need to repair. Contacted him and I collected a full front panel and crash bar.
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The car in question is an 04 TDI90 with almost all the trimmings and 75k on the clock. It was listed as a cat D so I had hoped to replace just a few panels and maybe the radiator.
Much worse damage than I had thought.
After much swearing and being unsure whether to break it or not I decided the first and best thing to do was to remove the engine.
This move revealed a world of horrors which the weak stomached amongst you might want to scroll past
As you can see there is cracking to the chassis and the front rails are not in the right position. Ouch.
This is when I made the decision to break. I started looking online at what prices I could get for things when I see A2steve has parts I would need to repair. Contacted him and I collected a full front panel and crash bar.
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