Thought it may be time for another update as a few here showed some interest in the car
Mid November last year some clown managed to run into the back of me as I was sat at a set of traffic lights. The damage didn't look too bad, dented tailgate, split rear bumper and bent exhaust tips. Fortunately the lad instantly admitted full liability to both me and his insurers so all good.
Took the car down to the specialist in Chippenham who looks after it for an estimate as it would be him that would sort out the repairs as needed. Two weeks later he gave me the estimate, it was £11500. The hidden damage list was quite long, the bonding of the rear composite panels had broken, the main rear beam was bent and the list goes on!
After the 3rd party insurers had stopped trying to fill me with crappy excuses as to why the repairs hadn't been approved, the threat of legal action led to them being approved within 2 hrs. Having a guaranteed value of 3 times the repair cost more or less gave them no option.
I'd often thought about doing the reqd alterations to the rear bumper to make it along the lines of the V6 Trophy cars. The only thing that stopped was how much it would cost however, seeing as the only thing holding the rear bumper together was the wrap, now was the time to do it. A small crack was found in the nearside door composite part so that was done as was a crack found in one of the sill extensions.
The modification of the rear bumper would leave the exhaust on show which would create another problem as these things aren't designed to be on show. The exhaust on the car had been changed to a Janspeed back box and 2 x 3 branch manifolds staright into said box. Gave Scott a free hand to do whatever he wished with it so ended up with the 1.5" exit pipes being changed to 3" and a SS cover over the silencer, looks much better. Eventually got the car back at the end of March.
Also managed to source a 2nd set of Cromodora wheels and decided to go for it and had them done in yellow. Not a wise move and have decided to have them re-done in a mid grey.
Anyhow, obligatory pic time and the video is of the detailer guy reversing it into his unit to reapply the deals and yes, a brake light is out
Finished article although the silver wheels are now back on.
Exhaust video linky.