New Car New Forum !! UPDATE: Finished !!! (ish)

[Neil48is]

Hi i'm hoping its just because the car has been stood for so long,i believe the accident was back in November.

[Minda]

[quote=""Neil48is""]Hi i'm hoping its just because the car has been stood for so long,i believe the accident was back in November.[/quote]
Have you not driven it yet?

[Neil48is]

Nope,bought it straight from the salvage auction last week,its getting delivered tomorrow !!

[aep]

Your a brave man Neil! Wish I had the knowledge to do such a thing. Just got mine from a main Stealer - No doubt paid over the odds and am still slightly nervous about running a 4x4!! Seen some horror stories about cars turning into money pits - Mainly Range Rovers that said!!

Good Luck with it.

Andrew

[Neil48is]

I know what you mean,had a Holland & Holland P38 a while ago,special in more ways than one i can tell you !!! Generally (unless you get very unlucky)with salvage your pretty much always in front,should have the X5 finished and on the road for £9K approx (Fingers crossed )

[Neil48is]

Ok,finished for about £9.5K !! I was close tho ! Would have been on budget but i have just had to buy two Arnott front air spring replacements and an O/S door mirror, luckily i found a brand new Auto Folding one on Ebay for £150 (Bargain or what !!). We finished the bodywork last week and its booked into the paint shop next week,should be finished soon hopefully.

[Powercat]

Well done, I hope you get the chance to take some pictures for a before and after compare, have you had the chance to drive the car properly ?

[Turks]

Great find mate, doesn't look to be too badly damaged - sure it will buff out.

Good luck getting it sorted.


Turks.

[Neil48is]

New pics page 1

[Lee4.8is]

Great work,looks lovely & really love the colour & pleased you got hold of the correct grills for it.

Bet your chuffed to bits with the outcome.

Have fun.

Lee.

[Neil48is]

Yeah i'm very happy with the car but the celebrations are on hold until i get the ridiculous air suspension sorted out,can't seem to find a definitive answer to the problems anywhere. Just feels like

[Lee4.8is]

Hope you get it sorted soon then Neil,bet its frustrating for you having come so far.

Hopefully your solution is not far away, fingers crossed.

[Neil48is]

The only bonus is that i can still drive the car (i still have the msg on the dash) and so far i'm loving it,i think the exhaust note could be very costly though !!!

[x555]

Looks fantastic mate congrats

[Minda]

Gr8 work!