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Title: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: parker278 on 17 June 2010, 17:57
A massive Dent in the side of your beloved car :(

(http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy42/parker278/IMG_2592.jpg)
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To add, the fact it was someone in your family that did it so you cant really be that angry!

Anyhu i took it took a friend who runs an insurance repair garage and asked for a quote.
Apparently it has just bent a safety rail inside the door so the entire door has to be replaced :shocked:

The quote ended up being just over £1000 to get it all sorted, even though it doesnt look that bad.

I was thinking cause its family i might just get a scrappy door and get it sprayed, or am i just being stupid and should get it done proply through insurance? Excess will be £350 on there bill.

If so anyone know's any good scrap yards near the Hertfordshire area?

Cheers

Parker
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: Lewisf1988-DUB on 17 June 2010, 18:10
gutted  :sad:  id see if u can get one from the scrappy, no point with insurance if its cheap enough to replace. and the bonds of family might be torn due to them havin an excess and losing their no claims bonus.

but hey, u dnt have to do what i say lol

lew
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: EuanGtTdi on 17 June 2010, 18:26
mate i feel for you!

try a scrapy i got a whole front end, bonnet,wings,light, front panel, battery tray etc all for 125 quid

good luck Euan
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: topher on 17 June 2010, 18:27
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mk4-golf-drivers-front-door-black-magic-good-condition-/300433161388?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f3363cac

or you can get a brand new one for less than £100 on ebay too.. its not worth forking out the 350 excess
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: vaughn on 17 June 2010, 18:46
unlucky mate but good call by toph, that can be repaired for sensible money
and i wouldn`t call him a mate if he wants to charge you a grand to fix that :shocked:
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: johnson6672 on 17 June 2010, 19:19
Check the classifieds on here i'm sure someone is selling complete doors.
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: johnson6672 on 17 June 2010, 19:21
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=158009.0

There you go £50
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: mick ov mids on 17 June 2010, 19:28
Check the classifieds on here i'm sure someone is selling complete doors.
jord was selling doors
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: adamc on 17 June 2010, 19:29
Where bouts in herts? There's plenty of scrappys near me!!
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: parker278 on 17 June 2010, 23:30
Where bouts in herts? There's plenty of scrappys near me!!

Stevenage, but i dont mind traveling a bit. I dont suppose you have a list of a few?  :smiley:


Cheers for all the advice guys, think i will get in touch with jord about them!
I guess this is a good excuse to get all the bit of paint work sorted, no?  :tongue:

Will update hopefully with a positive result soon!
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: tg1 on 18 June 2010, 14:45
Where bouts in herts? There's plenty of scrappys near me!!

Stevenage, but i dont mind traveling a bit. I dont suppose you have a list of a few?  :smiley:



www.yell.com  :wink:
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: Mr_Orange on 18 June 2010, 15:05
Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....

.....find a f###in Magpie flying round inside your house.  With the contents of the chimney all over the living room and the sofa covered in bird sh1t!!!!!!  :angry:
Title: Re: Dont you just love it when you come home from holiday to....
Post by: adamc on 18 June 2010, 22:47
Yea, the ones I know are ASM (Aylesbury scrap metal), there's a scrappy on long marston airfield (near mentmore) there's also one in kings Langley, (on railway terrace (near Hemel Hempstead)) I believe there is one on the A5 aswell (near dunstable), also I think there's still a vw/Audi specialist scrappy off the A414 (junc 4 A1M heading towards st Albans) just after the total garage.

Those should keep u busy for a while!!  :grin: