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Old 17-04-2006, 02:11 PM   #1
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:eclipsee_ Well everyone I thought i'd just let you share in my joy of finally getting my car back from the smash repairers after 5 long weeks.They ended up doing a really good job on it, but not without it's dramas,like painting it in the wrong paint and then having to redo it. But they did fill the torneau loop hole on the tub which makes for a whole lot neater job.And as they say alls well that ends well.Heres some pics for you all to see.
















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Old 17-04-2006, 02:14 PM   #2
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Very nice... glad you have the beast home with you again..
Looks fantastic, better than new :

5 weeks.. omg.. that is a huge amount of time...
(and here I was ИИИИИing after just 2weeks about mine)
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Old 17-04-2006, 02:17 PM   #3
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Its never better than new. But hey, what can you do?
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Old 17-04-2006, 02:29 PM   #4
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Geez those first couple of pics didn't look too good at all...Looks great now that its been repaired..
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Old 17-04-2006, 02:53 PM   #5
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ouch... looking good now though!
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Old 17-04-2006, 02:56 PM   #6
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Did the 'beaters do a good job? Any give-away signs of the prior damage? How are the panel alignments? If its all good, you should let us know who did the repairs. :
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Old 17-04-2006, 03:15 PM   #7
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Did the 'beaters do a good job? Any give-away signs of the prior damage? How are the panel alignments? If its all good, you should let us know who did the repairs. :
No give away signs on it as they replace the tub with a new one.The problem with the paint mix up was not the fault of the repairer, the paint supplier PPG told them that it was a solid colour when it turned out to be clear over base.Gives on entirely different shade of yellow.Very noticable at certain angles.NRMA wanted to leave it as it was.To the repairers credit they were on my side and went in to bat for me. the repairer was SID'S HIGH QUALITY SMASH REPAIRS IN Smithfield Sydney. Very highly recommended.The name says it all.
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Old 17-04-2006, 03:02 PM   #8
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Did they massage the tray or throw a new one on?
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Old 17-04-2006, 03:16 PM   #9
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Did they massage the tray or throw a new one on?
New tray.
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Old 17-04-2006, 03:28 PM   #10
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Looks great Dave, glad its all sorted and your happy

those first shots bring a tear to the eye

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Old 17-04-2006, 03:06 PM   #11
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wow, i remember this from ages ago, the filled in tonneau holes look great!
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Old 17-04-2006, 03:48 PM   #12
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Yes, what exactly happen, someone *** end you or did you back into something
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Old 17-04-2006, 04:58 PM   #13
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Looks like new. Good stuff.
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Glad to see you got your baby back again. I was looking through the dsalvage auctions at Pickles and noticed an almost identical ute there. Then I remembered the thread you started when it happened, and wondered if it was the same ute.
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Old 17-04-2006, 05:33 PM   #15
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Hey Dave... great news! I'm so glad you have the beast back and you're happy with it. Looks perfect mate.
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Old 17-04-2006, 05:43 PM   #16
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heres the thread he posted about the hit...
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=39917

looks good all fixed mate..... glad you're happy with the repairs

sometimes repairers can be hit and miss....
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Old 17-04-2006, 05:46 PM   #17
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Looks better than before mate, the holes filled up and smoothed over looks awesome to.
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Old 17-04-2006, 06:36 PM   #18
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So what was replaced / reparied? Like you said tub, skirt, lights, rear bar, what else? The work looks excellant.
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Old 17-04-2006, 06:57 PM   #19
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Looks like some really good work!
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Wow yaris hey. Oh what type of mags are they. They suit it so nice
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Old 17-04-2006, 07:42 PM   #21
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Wow yaris hey. Oh what type of mags are they. They suit it so nice
The really annoying part of all this was that the woman that hit me,her car wasritten off and she had her brand new car 2 weeks ago out:

The wheels are XHP Speedster 19x 8.5.
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Old 17-04-2006, 08:17 PM   #22
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the smash repair place done an awesome job with ur ute. Glad to see ya pride and job back on the road were it belongs
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Old 17-04-2006, 08:29 PM   #23
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Nice work Dave!! Must be great getting your pride and joy back home.....good work
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Old 18-04-2006, 08:54 PM   #24
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Thanks for all the compliments.It's been great having it back,so much so that I did 1200k's over easter and couldn't get the smile off my face.What a change to the Nissan Bluebird i'd been driving around for the 5 weeks.My wife thinks I have a definite problem.I say if that's a problem, I can live with it!
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id say shes the one with the problem, marrying someone with obvious issues py:

good to see shes going well (the ute)
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Old 18-04-2006, 09:05 PM   #26
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Apart from removing the green sticker, what is different?? LOL.
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Old 18-04-2006, 09:10 PM   #27
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Looks good without the tie down rivets.
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Old 18-04-2006, 09:22 PM   #28
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Looks great Dave, i wish that they would come from the factory with the torneau holes plugged up for us people that have hard covers.
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I remember when this happened...
You must feel complete again now LOL
From the pics, it looks as if the job is A1 and if YOU are happy with it, thats all that counts.... LOOKS GREAT... Im happy for ya mate... AWESOME news!!!!
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