what should i do ? :(

[PaRaDoX]

should i buy a new car? or not?

i dunno im trying to decide...

[VZTHUNDER]

fix it man
if the rails are ok and its only the panel around the headlight buy a white VP and swap the damaged panels over
if the chassis is bent get it straightend

post some pics up.. if it were me.. id fix it if possible

[PaRaDoX]

ill post some pics up when i got the twisted panels off it tommorrow...

i wasnt going very fast, i just wasnt stopping

it was that bad after the smash i had my foot flat on the brakes and it was rolling backwards

[vnv8driver]

youve smashed it a few times already hey? just garage it and buy an xf...

[PaRaDoX]

yeah smashed it last time from brakes, i was on my way to pick up new rotors and pads when this happened...

i gotta get it off the street, might disconnect the engine belt and drive it down my driveway tommorrow, looks fixable... nothing structual is badly damaged

[vnv8driver]

i know, there crap arent they. lol

[vnv8driver]

come on post some pics

[PaRaDoX]

nah ill pass on that one

maybe when its fixed... we pushed it into my driveway (it wont start, cranks but wont start)

transcooler lived... radiator didnt, p/s pump didnt, battery kinda didnt..

its going to be a bit of fun pulling straight but the rails are still dead straight so its not structually damaged... i just got lucky maybe...ill see tommorrow when it gets stripped back to a frame

[azkwazere]

tank looks damaged... sell it to me.... lol..

Hope its ok, if rails are good then panels will be **** easy to get.

Radiators are spensive... hopefully salvageable...

aZk.

[PaRaDoX]

radiators bent round in circles... :P

its not pretty...

[Pimpn1]

any pictures?

[minux]

wtf happened?

[jas98]

wtf happened?

same...what did happen?

[PaRaDoX]

brakes failed on my way to pick up new brakes :S (no ****)

car infront of my braked hard and i could only slow down to about 45-50...

[Reaper]

Need some pics to see if it is worth fixing or not. VP panels are very cheap - the SS front lip and lights cost the earh (if you can find one) but I have collected nearly a full front clip - let me know if you need any bits.

Reaper

[vnv8driver]

that was such a nice looking car too, even if you just salvage parts and get rid of the wreck it would be worth a bit.......

[vnv8driver]

even better, transplant into a vk calais!

[stocky]

he should be able to get most of the panels from me. lucky im wrecking a white VP with a good condition front end

[Emackulation]

Yeah, fix it up man. She'll be right.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

sounds like a normal front ender.

how can you tell the rails arnt bent??
ive done it a few times. just looked at it and thought nothing then measured it up and its sucked one in.

you might think diffrent to me, but ive seen and fixed countless front enders
ive done it to a vl of mine which was recently resprayed, it was clean as. at the end of the day its just metal not flesh, let it go if its bad. its replace able


your legs or life isnt worth it for the sake of having a badge on your firewall,
even someone whom could buy the car years down the track isnt!!!!

[vnv8driver]

paradox, get a mate and you measure the rails end-by-end then compare the right to the left, if the measurements are differant its bent

[Reaper]

dont you have a puller at your workshop? you measure the rails end-by-end then compare the right to the left, if the measurements are differant its bent

I have about a dozzen pullers who work for me. Wouldn't want any of them near my car

Reaper

[vnv8driver]

i mis-understood his reply and changed mine.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

paradox, get a mate and you measure the rails end-by-end then compare the right to the left, if the measurements are differant its bent

haha gold, what are rails ment to be perfect parrell? not all, majority widen at the front
some are designed with s bends in them thush making shorter or longer

not so simple like a 4wd chassis or old fords (30's coupes)

[vnv8driver]

of course i know how to do it i learnt years ago, just should of explained it better.. measure horizontally opposite each other paradox..