James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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The time has come to replace the 306 with something newer and more comfortable, and while down the scrappy the other day I found this:
Relatively minor damage, Cat C write off.
Ł550 with a replacement wing, door (both in a different colour) and delivery chucked in for free!
It's a 1.6 16v with electric mirrors, electric sunroof, electric front windows, aircon, front & rear fogs, Renault CD player (which aren't that special, but the 306 doesn't have most of them), and it even came with about Ł35 of petrol in the tank.
Photos of the damage (not great, they came off my phone) after the car arrived:
This was the front wheel:
Stripped the front end to swap the wings over and replace the bumper mount (which is plastic, it's designed to break in a knock):
Replacement wing on, bumper placed back on awaiting new bumper mount:
And yes, that is speaker wire stopping the bumper falling off! 
A trip to the Renault parts counter and Ł14 later, I returned with:
A pair of bumper mounts (you can only buy them in pairs, but at Ł9 for a pair it's hardly bad), and new nuts and bolts to bolt the bumper to them.
Bumper back on:
Then it started to piss it down, so back on went the speaker wire as I hadn't bolted the bumper back on.
The old wing:
And, with the bumper now bolted on, the car as it currently stands:
The brakes, suspension etc. seem fine but I'll get them fully checked before I MOT it.
Still to do:
- Swap the door over
- New wing mirror
- New spare wheel
- MOT
- VIC
- Another MOT
- Tax
- Get the door & Wing sprayed
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