Recent RX7 Purchase

[boosted]

Jig seems abit "serious" mainly for aligning chassis....pop a picture up mate.

[cknott94]

I only have one picture, I didn't take many and as I am storing at dads friends garage and now a bodyshop I haven't taken more, sorry life is being a tad hectic.

I think it's just because it's pushed the fenders out a bit but it's at a bodyshop with a jig now so hopefully they will see what they can do.

[cknott94]

I thought to start with it was just the lights and bumper with a hole no incredibly serious damage was done. But it seems a bit more damage was done!

[boosted]

Pop the boot and get an acro prop in there... should could back out a treat... rear qtrs ok?

[cknott94]

Boot won't pop, not sure why. Tried the pull but now I've assumed it might of sheered with the impact as the lock is gone, the quarters aren't damaged but they might be pushed out slightly from what I can see and suspect.
Thankfully the boot and the glass are in tact as I imagine they would be expensive.

Go to the shop tomorrow 11:30 and he said he will give me a run down of the job and how much it will cost. Hopefully when he gets the bumper off it won't be to bad and he will just say bumper fix and pop it back into place! But I'm holding out for big bucks as the rear panel feels like it's shifted. Not by any means a body mechanic so will see what the say! I'll keep you posted tomorrow thanks Boosted!! (:

[cknott94]

Got the boot open, unfortunately where it has hit has caused a bit of damage. Fortunately it is all fixable.

All I need to do is supply the lights and he will fix the rest up and respray the bumper and the quarters where is has done a small amount of damage.

So hopefully my wanted post gets me the lights a bit cheaper as ebay seems to be selling them for £70 a light and £30 for the bar but I saw them with a bumper for under £200. So we will wait and see!

[boosted]

Not to bad then in the end.

[cknott94]

Not to bad, mum isn't too happy with the costs but can't do anything about that now! My fault my cost!

Had some money spare for a rebuild but I'll just use it for the repairs, I want the car back the way it was at any cost!! (:

[cknott94]

Forgot to ever get back to here! Car is all sorted, I got him to do all the outside work that could be seen with the car parked up.  Which tbh wasn't as bad as it seemed once the boot was up. I think I may need a new rear hatch but that's only if I want the inside of the boot lid to be 100% which at the moment doesn't bother me! So he's all good again, the first day I got him back he got a nice few redlines to wake up after a couple of weeks on the car hospital!

[boosted]

Cool all good in the end...just take it careful. Weathers on the turn now. id recommend an alignment check on a 4 wheel laser alignment machine at any good tyre place to check all in Green. Plus what tyres on rear? These cars are usually very planted.

[Casey]

  Great news - but as said, be careful now as the roads will increasingly remain damp and cold throughout the day.