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Offline golfpro

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #10 on: 11 December 2005, 13:10 »
you will need to have posted ten times before you can see your pms though so get posting!

Id say leave it well alone. If its been in an accident you dont know what else has been affected.

thats the best mk3 ive seen..ever! its just clean and subtle.. :cool:

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #11 on: 11 December 2005, 13:15 »
nothing wrong with repairables, as long as they are done right, this VR is the 1st car i've had that wasn't a damage repairable when i got it..... :huh:

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #12 on: 11 December 2005, 13:44 »
my first car was an ex write off, i managed to do it properly though. Was fine but i knew and trusted the guy who repaired it. If i hadnt known who did it i wouldnt have bought it.

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #13 on: 11 December 2005, 13:55 »
£600? I'd leave it for that. I've seen perfect ones going on ebay for just a bit more. Also, it doesnt matter how much MOT its got left on it -your still not driving it like that :P

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #14 on: 11 December 2005, 15:57 »
yeah if you can get it cheaper it might be worth buying but no offence to anyone here but its 'only' an 8v mk3. thats not a pop at mk3's or 8v's but just that a mk3 8v is probably one of the cheapest to buy anyway. so by the time you've spent out straightening it and fixing it up you may as well just buy one thats straight in the first place.
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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #15 on: 11 December 2005, 16:35 »
I've got some pictures of the Golf now and it doesn't look that bad damage, I've posted on my gallery. How long does it take for them to get approved, anyone care to have a look at them???

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #16 on: 11 December 2005, 16:45 »
^^ one of admin has to approve them so its normally as soon as one of them come online.....
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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #17 on: 11 December 2005, 16:53 »




doesn't look that bad to me

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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #18 on: 11 December 2005, 17:02 »
no doesn't look bad at all! the rear door is the strange one though...
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Re: Advice on damaged Golf please
« Reply #19 on: 11 December 2005, 17:06 »
So Gti Schmo, its not that bad so maybe it is worth a punt for 600 notes. I think other posters previously have assumed the front end is caved in and bent. when you see it in daylight its not that severe and maybe can be rectified for less than £500. Will need a new front wing, nearside front door and maybe just the rear door re-shaping. The rear door just looks like its been bent away from the frame, like somebody has tried to break into it or something. I had this on an old citroen when I got locked out. The garage bent the door out to access the door lock and then all they did thenwas literally bend the door back into shape!