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crashed jimny in snow!!! ARGH!

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14 Feb 2013 15:31 #62528 by burras
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Got the call from the misses yesterday afternoon she had crashed in to a parked car after skidding in the snow! Only had jimny about a month absolutely gutted needs a front bumper, front wing ,and possibly bonnet! It made a mess of the 57 plate fiesta she hit ,And lost 4 years no claims pis@ed off not the word , its a hard top in green anyone got any bits for sale or can reccomend a cheap place to order bits ! :'(:'(:'(
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14 Feb 2013 15:37 #62532 by MWells
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Sorry to hear about the accident, Try cam suzuki , they seem to get good reviews on here although i have no first hand experience of them.

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14 Feb 2013 15:38 #62533 by Halford
bad luck burras :(
however, now's the ideal time to suggest a couple of mods to the missus

how about Dorfl's Jimny, never have panel problems again :pinch:

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14 Feb 2013 17:13 #62538 by little jimny
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burras wrote: Got the call from the misses yesterday afternoon she had crashed in to a parked car after skidding in the snow! Only had jimny about a month absolutely gutted needs a front bumper, front wing ,and possibly bonnet! It made a mess of the 57 plate fiesta she hit ,And lost 4 years no claims pis@ed off not the word , its a hard top in green anyone got any bits for sale or can reccomend a cheap place to order bits ! :'(:'(:'(
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Sorry to hear that. Why are you looking for cheap parts? Have you only got third party cover?

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14 Feb 2013 18:38 #62554 by j999pre
Think I have a pair of green wings. I'll check

Gold Jimny the best colour (sold) :(

Big red Jimny 32" tyres, arbs, cage 5:1 transfer etc. (Sold)

Grey pick up Jimny
Turbo m13a, arbs, floating rear shafts, disc conversion rear, vented front conversion. 245 70 16. Winch, 3" lift, 4:16 trans hd shafts and CVS

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14 Feb 2013 20:12 #62578 by burras
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I swapped my insurance from my impreza wrx so my excess was high will be 500 quid if want to send mine for repair! Carnt really afford that at min not much work on! So going to try source cheap parts and put it right bit at a time myself!

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14 Feb 2013 20:14 #62579 by burras
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j999pre wrote: Think I have a pair of green wings. I'll check


that would be awsum thanks

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14 Feb 2013 20:25 #62582 by fast forward
sorry to hear the news mate nearly happened to me yesterday coming home from work thought i was i 4wd but wasnt working front vac hubs not engaged. spun round sidewards nearly hit a parked car and i class myself as a profesional driver holding a class 1 hgv for over 23 years driving lorries ice will take you where it wants and you can,t do nothing about it ! be calm with her :S

if you cant go round it go over it ! or vice versa ?

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14 Feb 2013 20:56 #62593 by Skinhead
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j999pre wrote: Think I have a pair of green wings. I'll check


Great, your an angel :laugh:

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14 Feb 2013 22:36 #62617 by j999pre

Skinhead wrote:

j999pre wrote: Think I have a pair of green wings. I'll check


Great, your an angel :laugh:

:P yeh a green one.

Burras where are located?

Gold Jimny the best colour (sold) :(

Big red Jimny 32" tyres, arbs, cage 5:1 transfer etc. (Sold)

Grey pick up Jimny
Turbo m13a, arbs, floating rear shafts, disc conversion rear, vented front conversion. 245 70 16. Winch, 3" lift, 4:16 trans hd shafts and CVS
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15 Feb 2013 10:39 - 15 Feb 2013 11:37 #62650 by burras
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That's great mate I'm Wakefield west Yorkshire area , are you far? And how much bud , cheers

couple of pics if damage
other car came off worse they tough things these jimnys haha
it looks a lot beter than it did this is after a lot if pulling and fiddling to get it looking drivable ! After calming down it not all that bad will have it sorted soon hopefully and would of fitted a front winch bumper but the misses don't like moddifed bumpers (she could do with a heavy duty front bumper though) lol !
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15 Feb 2013 12:34 #62656 by Paul4x4
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You call that damage? Those are just minor battle scars! :laugh:

When you go wheeling, it's good to have some dents in the bodywork, so you wouldn't be too scared to drive between the trees and such! First dent hurts the most! ;)

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