Went out in my car last night even though the weather was terrible as i hadn\'t driven it for a while and wanted to show some of the guys i was meeting up with.
Anyway on the way out of the car park i miss judged where the drop kerb was as it was really dark and raining hard and the front nearside wheel fell off the path and smashed the front of the nearside side skirt :(
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/060920081009.jpg)
Really annoyed with myself. Not really been able to look at it properly as been working today and was dark when i got home.
Not sure what i can do about it. Its a genuine veilside skirt. Can they be easily fixed seeing as they are plastic (FRP is it?) and what feels like foam under that?
Adam
I know the feeling mate, the same areas on my sides are pretty knackered from similar "mis-calculations".
If it\'s simple FRP then it will be fixable, I\'ve done similar to my C-West bumper after a somewhat embarassing incident in Paris and was quite impressed with how it turned out (especially as it was my first time playing with fibreglass).
I can recommend a bloke in Reading who\'s a wizard with Fibreglass. His name\'s Gary and here\'s his website: http://www.japsalon.com/
I reckon that should fix up no problem with some of the old premix fibreglass, mine had very similar damage in a few places and they came good :D Also fairly easy to do in a learn as you go sort of way lol
nice to see ure looking after it adam!
Hey accidents happen i know that. Believe me i was so gutted when it happened! It will be fixed or replaced at soom point. The picture actually makes it look a lot worse than it is as its mainly on the underside. Not the end of the world. And it is getting looked after!
Adam
:2Rolleyes
Unlucky mate, but you did a good thing! VS skirts are ugly! Get soem FEED carbon ones, bin those rear spats too :Giggle
Clumsy FDUK (http://www.fduk.org)er.
Ha ha thanks mate for your contructive comments ;)
Do like the FEED ones but not sure they\'d look good with the front bumper. We\'ll see.
Adam
Got a mate in Woking who could make it look like new again for you Adam.:)
Cool Pete. Do you have a numer/website or anything?
What sort of price do you think it could cost me?
Adam
Quote from: Ada7;536921Ha ha thanks mate for your contructive comments ;)
Do like the FEED ones but not sure they\'d look good with the front bumper. We\'ll see.
Adam
They would look supercool:cool
do it...do it...
Quote from: Ada7;536924Cool Pete. Do you have a numer/website or anything?
What sort of price do you think it could cost me?
Adam
Will ring him tomorrow to confirm a contact number. To repair and respray the skirt,no more than £100 i would of thought.
Thread revival...
Well it took me a while to get around to getting this all fixed up but fix it now is :D I had cracked my front bumper on a kerb so thought whilst i was getting that fixed i\'d get this sorted out at last.
It really wasn\'t that noticable unless you got down low to look at the skirt but i always knew it was there. So I booked it in with Mark (Ninja) and he did his magic on not only the skirt but also the front bumper. And i think it looks great now, and he even sorted out the lens covers so they as secure again and wont fly off :D Cheer Ninja dude :guinness :Thumbs-up
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0475.jpg)
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0476.jpg)
Only problem now is the new paint looks so good that it shows up the rest of the cars 12 year old paint. Time to start saving for a respray me thinks :2Rolleyes
Adam
oooh, shiney :D! looks good, dude :Thumbs-up.
I think you should get the whole thing done, maybe in a faster colour, yeah :rollin?
Can you lend me some money to do it then? :p
Adam
Yeah, I can manage a fiver for a Halfrauds rattle can. Will that be enough, d\'you think?
You\'re so kind :rollin
Adam