chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
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My mum drives a E36 BMW 323,loves the car to bits and why wouldnt she its lovely to drive and is a fairly rare colour
She had a bump in it, no more than 20mph into the back of a pug 207
Bent the bonnet,bent the grille surround panel and bust the radiator, the insurance company got a quote for repairs using brand new BMW parts any one guess how much?
£3800! for those parts its a fucking joke, so the insurers wrote it off but she bought it back, got £1665 from the insurers so as a little project im fixing it up, got a good deal to get the bonnet and grille pannel sprayed, £120 and ill do the rest
So far its cost:
Bonnet: £50
Grille panel - £11.99
Grille - £3.97
Radiator: £20
Fan - £11.25
and bought some angel eyes for it because it was lacking something - £50
pics of damage:
rant over 
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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Insurance and bodyshops are a big scam full stop
they price for genuine panels but use cheap pattern parts
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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I saw on a show once how they the companies were actually using second hand/ recycled parts to keep repair costs down
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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to be honest it not just bmw
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R1CH
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Registered: 28th Sep 03
Location: Kent
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They also bump prices up, so the car can be written off, gets older cars off the road !
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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well fuck them this time lol
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Maybe its because of the colour?
My hairdresser had an E46 convertible in a BMW individual colour. Someone drove down the side of it, cost thousands to repair because of the colour, parts weren't that bad it was the paint.
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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parts for the e36 are really expensive, a new door for example is £521.74 + VAT, but it does seem a little steep,
i quote for genuine parts and only use genuine parts unless the customer wishes to use pattern/ second hand to bring the cost down
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Pattern parts are usually crap too, like that VW Camper you're doing and the wing on that Sierra you did at mine a while back.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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What do you expect! They arent competetive parts.
Get a pattern front panel and a second hand genuine bonnet simples!
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Corsa_Quadz
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Registered: 24th Feb 08
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Im sure its Patented parts
Im in a cunty mood today 
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
Insurance and bodyshops are a big scam full stop
they price for genuine panels but use cheap pattern parts
Shit bodyshop then....
Good bodyshops will use genuine parts were possible and only resort to patten/2nd hand parts if theres no brand new genuine items around.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Quadz
Im sure its Patented parts
Im in a cunty mood today
You're wrong.
I'm always in a cunty mood 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Its pattern you twat
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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ha ha patented, jesus
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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£3800
The only difficult bit is the front panel as it needs welded in.
Since it needs a new aircon fan, take it the aircon rad isn't fucked?
Angel eyes, is that the CCFL proper bmw ones that retrofit or the whole headlight ones?
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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whole front end is bolt on, just the legs and inner wings that are welded
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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I mean front headlight surround panel.
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sand-eel
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The bit the grill attaches to.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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the bit the gril attaches to isnt welded, the bit the grill panel which goes under the headlamps bolts out
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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fuuuuuuuuck I was thinking about the metal bit above the rear bumper
Its quite a good design that, how the crossmember bolts on too, makes engine swaps easy.
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