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17-04-2006, 02:11 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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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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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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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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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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17-04-2006, 02:53 PM | #5 | ||
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ouch... looking good now though!
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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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17-04-2006, 03:02 PM | #7 | ||
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Did they massage the tray or throw a new one on?
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17-04-2006, 03:06 PM | #8 | ||
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wow, i remember this from ages ago, the filled in tonneau holes look great!
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17-04-2006, 03:15 PM | #9 | |||
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17-04-2006, 03:16 PM | #10 | |||
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17-04-2006, 03:28 PM | #11 | ||
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Looks great Dave, glad its all sorted and your happy
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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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17-04-2006, 04:58 PM | #13 | ||
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Looks like new. Good stuff.
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17-04-2006, 05:29 PM | #14 | ||
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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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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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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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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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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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17-04-2006, 06:57 PM | #19 | ||
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Looks like some really good work!
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17-04-2006, 07:28 PM | #20 | ||
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Wow yaris hey. Oh what type of mags are they. They suit it so nice
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17-04-2006, 07:42 PM | #21 | |||
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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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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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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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18-04-2006, 09:00 PM | #25 | ||
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id say shes the one with the problem, marrying someone with obvious issues py:
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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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18-04-2006, 09:10 PM | #27 | ||
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Looks good without the tie down rivets.
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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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19-04-2006, 12:25 AM | #29 | ||
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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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