Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 This BMW suffered and accident damaging the OSR, for whatever reason the owner didn't go through the insurance and sought a cheap repair. The complaint was handling and the rear steeping out? What we found was a repair to the inner body and that repair was sitting on the coil Even i was horrified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thats dier mate so is that now a technical write off.or can the car be recovered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thats dier mate so is that now a technical write off.or can the car be recovered? It can be recovered..... but what a state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I suppose the owner drove it away ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I suppose the owner drove it away ? Yep.... i offered to cut the section away but he was a little miffed to say the least and wants them to do it and pay today's bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 omg, how many coils are hidden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 So could you set it atall the tony or was there no point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 omg, how many coils are hidden? The top three helix are at rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 So could you set it atall the tony or was there no point? I had to set some angles.... the car was a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 How bad is that! :shocked: So you're telling me the people who repaired that didn't notice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 How bad is that! :shocked: So you're telling me the people who repaired that didn't notice!! I would think the repair was done with the wheels off the ground so the coil would have been relaxed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwozza Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 shocking, the garage need a visit with a baseball bat, but that is probably what they used to fashion the repair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Be interestin to here what thay say at the place it was repaird at?.........worth givin trading standards a nudge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Be interestin to here what thay say at the place it was repaird at?.........worth givin trading standards a nudge ? As bad as the situation is i am not involved between the place of repair and the customer... At best i would write a report but i have no real interest in dialogue between us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 How bad is that! :shocked: So you're telling me the people who repaired that didn't notice!! I would think the repair was done with the wheels off the ground so the coil would have been relaxed? Yes, I doubt the repair could've been done any other way but it's still no excuse for not checking your work afterwards :angry: Lucky they didn't have an accident cos of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 The coil should have been removed so that the metal work could have been done unhindered.... but hay what do i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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