Accident: Reversed into in car park

[jonsowman]

So two days I was in a multi storey carpark and a woman in a Land Rover Disco 3 reversed without looking and hit my n/s corner. She accepted liability, but the repair quote from the bodyshop was £1400, writing the car off. They valued the car at £600, but I argued that due to condition and lots of work done recently it was more than that, and they eventually agreed on £750 with a buy-back cost of 7%.

My options were £700 and Cat-C the car, or a cash-in-lieu payment of £600 without writing off the car, which avoids that being put on its record and I don't have to have an MOT and VIC done after the repairs. So I opted for that. I pulled the car to pieces this evening, and discovered a needs a new bonnet (obvious) but also a new grille and n/s headlamp.

Going to the scrapyard tomorrow to pick up a bonnet (£25), and I've got a headlamp to pick up as well (£6). I will try and get the grille from the scrap car.

The damage, taken at the scene of the accident:



Here's how she's looking at the moment:


Unbelievable amounts of hassle that I could do without, but I'm really glad I didn't have to scrap her!

[Ares]

wow,thats just a minor damage,no talking about scrapping it,and its 406,the most beautifull peugeot

front bumper suffered no damage,that is luck,cuz its real pain to change that with all those screws hidden around,specially those in wheel arch.

[steve_earwig]

Sounds like you actually ended up with a bit of a result there

[jonsowman]

Got a new set of headlights, bonnet and grille, all in excellent condition!

[jonsowman]

New headlight fitted

[DaiRees]

Did you manage to get the bonnet in the right colour?

[jonsowman]

No, unfortunately not - that would have been amazing. This seems to be a really hard colour to find (P0JZ), most of them are M0KQ (which looks the same to my eyes but would look wrong on the car).

Got a bonnet and grille from a silver car. Got a quote from a local bodyshop to have them sprayed

[scotty73]

No, unfortunately not - that would have been amazing. This seems to be a really hard colour to find (P0JZ), most of them are M0KQ (which looks the same to my eyes but would look wrong on the car).

Got a bonnet and grille from a silver car. Got a quote from a local bodyshop to have them sprayed

Save yourself 300 notes you wouldn't be the first twat to drive around with a different colour bonnet and grille.

[DaiRees]

Silver and red, might look good!

[KozmoNaut]

Hit it with matte black spray paint. Instant boy-racer cred.

[midsmike]

thats miner shame i still ent got my red 1 the bonnet wud of done u u should of seen the state of mine wen my dads mate hit a skip in it

[jonsowman]

Got the bonnet and grille back from the bodyshop today, and now she's all back to normal! Very pleased

The rest of the car needs a wash and polish, hence the slight colour mismatch. I'm not really bothered though.

[robb]

looking good

[steve_earwig]

Good fit & finish but the colour match really is miles out - is it as obvious in real life?

Other than that, nicely saved sir!

[jonsowman]

I've not seen it in person yet but I'm reliably informed that it's not nearly as obvious in real life