Passenger Wing
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924nutter
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Invest in a thing called a porta-power. It is an hydraulic pump that attaches to a cylinder to which various dent pushing heads are secured. Once in place pump the handle. If you locate the centre of the dent then most of that will push out from under the wing. The crease on top will probably need to be dressed down with a panel beating hammer, and the finished repair will require filler here and there, and some paint. How good it looks afterwards is dependant on your level of skill. This will save the car from being written off. The porta-power or equivalent, some basic panel beating tools and two cans of spray should set you back no more than £220. Failing that Nouveau, drive down to Marlow and leave a refundable deposit of £150 and you can borrow mine.
The wing on the 924 N/A, S and Turbo are all the same so this looks like your answer.
Nouveau
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Thanks "Guido" I've Sent you a Private Message...It would be appreciated..(at the right Price of course[
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I had to Take the Car to a Porsche specialist..who informed me the repair would not be "Cost Effective" and would be Written Off! (front wing damage,a few scratches and wonky bumper)
I haven't received the Quote Yet!
])I had to Take the Car to a Porsche specialist..who informed me the repair would not be "Cost Effective" and would be Written Off! (front wing damage,a few scratches and wonky bumper)
I haven't received the Quote Yet!
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ORIGINAL: Nouveau
Thanks "Guido" I've Sent you a Private Message...It would be appreciated..(at the right Price of course[
I had to Take the Car to a Porsche specialist..who informed me the repair would not be "Cost Effective" and would be Written Off! (front wing damage,a few scratches and wonky bumper)
I haven't received the Quote Yet!
Who is paying? Insurance Companies will "write-off" for very minor damage on older cars.
If you are paying then the key words above are Porsche Specialist. It doesn't need a PS.
2 ways on this.
1/ Find a small independant body-shop and ask
"How much to put on a secondhand wing [supplied by you] which bolts on, NO welding, and spray to match existing. Straighten bumper mounting bracket ?"
2/ Unbolt wing yourself (about 1/2 hour). De-rust one or two small areas you will uncover. Bolt on secondhand wing using Dum-Dum non-setting mastic, £3.50, around all the flanges. Buy an undamaged bumper mount or straighten original.
Then take it to a small bodyshop and get a quote for spraying just the wing.
I had a wing sprayed a couple of years ago in Gloucestershire and was charged about £100 which included preparation, priming with a couple of coats, mixing up a perfectly matching top coat colour and spraying.
vincematthews
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No way should you allow it to be written off; at least buy it back if the insurance co. insist on scrapping it. Though if there is another car involved then your hands may be tied?
If all you reckon you can do is drive, then drive it - no one is going to tangle with you now!! The roads should empty before you []. If you can't see or hear it from the drivers seat . . . .
Seriously though I've got a dent in the same place, though somewhat smaller, from the previous owner. I managed to put a matching dent in the other wing a couple of years ago and I'm only now just talking to a body shop.
BTW anyone got a couple of early (no side repeater) 924 wings that they don't need?
If all you reckon you can do is drive, then drive it - no one is going to tangle with you now!! The roads should empty before you [
]. If you can't see or hear it from the drivers seat . . . . Seriously though I've got a dent in the same place, though somewhat smaller, from the previous owner. I managed to put a matching dent in the other wing a couple of years ago and I'm only now just talking to a body shop.
BTW anyone got a couple of early (no side repeater) 924 wings that they don't need?
vincematthews
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Ah yes the gold plated finish . . . . . Assuming the damage is just to the outer wing and bumper and no major straightening is required . . . .you are being ripped off something rotten.
The system is that insurance companies bestow their favours on certain bodyshops who charge accordingly because the cost is spread over all the insurance company's customers. A functional full body respray (not engine/glass/trim out) from one of these bodyshops could be as much as £10,000 or more whereas a small independent bodyshop near me is offering to do the same work including repairing the small dents for between £2500-3000. For ordinary mortals who aren't lucky enough to have a concourse condition 924 it doesn't make sense to spend so much on the bodywork when there are almost certainly other areas that need fixing.
I know of a 356 owner who had a full restoration done - the works, no expense spared, collected it from the bodyshop, drove it out the gate and had someone run into him and write it off!!
Do you have to go through the insurance company? If you can source another wing I am sure you will be able to find someone local who can spray it and fit it - the bits you are not confident to do.
Porscheshop in Brum do a fiberglass wing for around £120 if that is the only part needed?
Final thought, negotiate an "agreed value" insurance policy with a specialist insurance company (I use Towergate in Leeds 0113-384-4000 for a KGMotor policy at LLoyds) so you don't get fobbed off with the "market value" line in cases like this.
Let us know how you get on . . .
Guest
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That is the sort of quote that really means > "We don't want the work but .... if the individual or insurance company is foolish enough to accept the quote then we'll be happy to take their money []".
It is, IMHO, a scandalous amount if the damage is limited to what has been described and photographed. I am tempted to ask who is the 'Porsche Specialist' so that I could give them a wide berth. The fairest thing they could have said is :-
" We don't touch older cars as our overheads make us rather expensive, go to Joe Bloggs bodyshop down the road".
]".It is, IMHO, a scandalous amount if the damage is limited to what has been described and photographed. I am tempted to ask who is the 'Porsche Specialist' so that I could give them a wide berth. The fairest thing they could have said is :-
" We don't touch older cars as our overheads make us rather expensive, go to Joe Bloggs bodyshop down the road".
Sorry to see the big quote "Nouveau", but it really isnt as bigger problem as they are trying to make out. If you can get a new wing then you should attempt to replace, (its not a hard job, yeah every thing is easy when you know how). but it really isnt, just a little time and patience. Then get it professioanlly reprayed, matched against the colour of the car now, not what it should be, as with weathering etc. it will not be the same, and then it would stick out like a sore thumb. I live in the midlands (Penkridge, i would be happy to lend a hand if needed, however i would need alittle notice as to get a pass from the wife []).
marc
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Nouveau
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Thanks for the Offer Marc..I may Take you up on it!...
I have found some Wings (Both Sides, as the drivers side was starting to bubble at the aerial) I'm Not sure of the colour yet but I'm assured that they are in "Very Nice Condition" (£120)....Fingers Crossed that It's easier than I Think!
Thanks for All the responses...
I have found some Wings (Both Sides, as the drivers side was starting to bubble at the aerial) I'm Not sure of the colour yet but I'm assured that they are in "Very Nice Condition" (£120)....Fingers Crossed that It's easier than I Think!
Thanks for All the responses...
Guest
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They should be near mint at that price. I have seen people struggling to get £20 apiece on eBay. Good luck anyway. Incidentally the only awkward bolt if you remove the wing yourself is the one in the very front 'pointed tip' of the wing. Accessed after you remove the headlight wiper rubber which just pulls out of its slot with the headlights popped up. Use a 10mm 1/4"drive socket on a ratchet and its then a piece of cake.
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