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12th November 2006, 17:12
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L-plater
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 30
Car(s): saxo 1.0i
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hii every1..cn ne1 help? lol
hii every1..iv jus come across this website..it luks cool!
unfortunately, i reversed my car into a big lampost thing on fri nyt!  the whole of my back windscreen came out and the bumper and boot are completely dented! the boot soesnt even shut now..i don'y know how it caused soo much damage!!!
iv been told that its goin to cost about £1000 to fix it,which i thought was ridiculous!! :shock:
does anyone know anything about this kind of thing?? iv bin told that i need a new rear bumper and a new boot thingy!! lol..im just wondering whether anyone knows if i could just buy these parts myself from the internet and then get someone to fit them for me?! if i can do this..then does any1 have any idea hw much it would cost to fit it all?!?! thankyou very much!!! xxxx
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12th November 2006, 17:19
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sunderland United Kingdom (England)
Posts: 4,539
Car(s): Orange VTR, 306 TD
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hey and welcome, try the for sale section for the parts you need, or a scrap yard! seems a bit pricey to fix, maybe alot cheaper to get it fixed yourself
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12th November 2006, 17:23
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Mids
Posts: 15,392
Car(s): '98 EK9 N1
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Hi mate welcome to Sax-P
Your right £1000 does sound like stupid money, be better to get the boot and the bumper 2nd hand. Just got to spray and fit them then. Was there any damage to the actual chassis?
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12th November 2006, 20:12
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hull (England)
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hi and welcome
as the boot doesnt shut it may have dented the boot slam panel(if thats the word)(the bit where the latch is) if so it will need to be straightened out on a jig depending how badly damaged it is
you will need new bumper tailgate which can be picked up cheaply from scrappys you maybe lucky to find them in the same colour if you have a popular colour
if not then there will be spraying which is costly for a good job
have the rear 1/4 pannels been dented as if so its gona cost more
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12th November 2006, 20:26
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Established Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Wales
Posts: 1,486
Car(s): 1)2002 Saxo VTR
2)2003 106 GTI
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Hello and welcome matey!
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12th November 2006, 20:40
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L-plater
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 30
Car(s): saxo 1.0i
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umm i dnt kno wt the chassis is?! lol..so are there alot of places who cud fit the tailgate and bumper for me then? is this really dear to do?! my car is black by the way..lol
thanks every1 for helpin!!
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13th November 2006, 12:16
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Established Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: BLACKBURN
Posts: 1,216
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Go To Your Local Scrapyard, Show Them Your Car And Ask Him How Muxh Its Going To Cost, Dont Forget To Barter, Can Usually Knock Some Money Of, Im Guessing Your A Bird With Your Knowledge Of Cars, Take A Lad With You, Who Knows Summat Bout Cars, Then Take The Car To A Few Local Bodyshops And Get Some Prices For Fitting And Spraying, And Youll Be On Your Way. Shouldnt Cost You At The Most More Than £400-500 Really!!
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13th November 2006, 12:21
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West Midlands
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Nuneaton (West Mids)
Posts: 13,835
Car(s): '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
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WELCOME TO SAX-P 
Shouldnt cost much for parts, its just spraying thats usually the expensive bit.
Boots you can pickup for under £100, bumpers for under £50 and i saw a slam panel going on ebay for £50 aswel, you may even be lucky and find those parts in the same colour as your car.
None of them are difficult to fit so get someone to give you a hand and try doing it yourself hope that helps
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13th November 2006, 13:23
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: West midlands
Posts: 4,628
Car(s): Koleen
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Welcome to sax-p! as everyone has said a grand seems a bit stupid for what you need fixing if the chassis aint been damaged! bootlids and bumpers are quite easy to get hold of and shouldn't cost much!! How fast did you hit the post???
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13th November 2006, 13:44
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: UK, England, Hampshire
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Car(s): No car
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Welcome to Sax-P.
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13th November 2006, 17:10
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L-plater
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 30
Car(s): saxo 1.0i
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UMM IT WASNT EVEN FAST AS I WZ JUS REVERSIN 2 GET OUT OF MY PARKIN SPACE..BT I CNT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THO!!! :shock:
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13th November 2006, 19:12
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hull (England)
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Car(s): 1.6 vtr
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can you get pics and wel will tell you what you want
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13th November 2006, 21:56
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Established Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Manchester
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does sound pricey, you could get really lucky and find all the parts in the colour needed prob only cost you about 300 ish.
and not to be a dick head but please dont use text talk .... i dont mind it but i got warned about using it, so just advising you.
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15th November 2006, 18:43
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Ashford kent
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ouch. hope u have a good scrappy near buy. get a picture up so we can see whats happened. welcometo the site
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15th November 2006, 18:51
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SAXP Code Monkey
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by x_k8_xxx
UMM IT WASNT EVEN FAST AS I WZ JUS REVERSIN 2 GET OUT OF MY PARKIN SPACE..BT I CNT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THO!!! :shock:
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Whoa, calm down - people are trying to help you. No need to SHOUT. Also, try to tone down the text-talk - Saxperience has a large international membership and text-talk is difficult for many non-native english speakers to understand.
Now, on to more serious matters... Welcome to Saxperience! 
£1000 sounds a lot. If you do the work yourself you'll save a lot of money (only need to purchase the parts). You can go to a scrap-yard to keep costs down, which has already been suggested.
If you can put some photos online that will help people judge how bad the damage is.
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15th November 2006, 21:24
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: paignton
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welcome to Sax-P
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17th November 2006, 12:07
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bellshill - Scotland
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welcome and sorry to hear that....go play scrapheap challenge like me!
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17th November 2006, 12:10
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Derby
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Car(s): Silver Citroen Saxo VTR
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hiya and welcome,
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