Caught the front end

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birdiemachine
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Caught the front end

Post by birdiemachine » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:45 am

Trying to squeeze through a tight spot at a gate at work some idiot had partially blocked my entry way, touched it at crawling speed and instantly stopped.

Simple enough job? Am getting bonnet and wings done this summer so add this to the list?

Thing I'm worried about is could I have given the oil cooler a nudge or aux rad? I was literally crawling and heard the nudge. No speed involved at all. All bonnet meeting bumper and wing lines are perfect, only thing was arch liner slightly dislodged but pushed back in fine and is still tight.

Sickening : (
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Rick_RS4
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Re: Caught the front end

Post by Rick_RS4 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:47 pm

Bugger. Looks like a just a scuff. If your doing wings and bonnet may aswel do the bumper too

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Re: Caught the front end

Post by Audi Pardner » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:57 pm

Bad luck, easily done though. It's highly unlikely you'll have damaged either the aux rad or oil cooler as they're set well back.
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Re: Caught the front end

Post by jaysrs4 » Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:38 pm

Do you think he's damaged his oil cooler and aux rads?

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Re: Caught the front end

Post by hlbeckley » Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:45 pm

jaysrs4 wrote:Do you think he's damaged his oil cooler and aux rads?

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scuffed a rim too

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Re: Caught the front end

Post by CaptainLeadFoot » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:10 pm

hlbeckley wrote:
jaysrs4 wrote:Do you think he's damaged his oil cooler and aux rads?

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scuffed a rim too
errr...it'll buff out, especially the radiator :bigblink:

But birdie, I can feel your pain, an excuse to respray the bumper ! :beerchug:

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Re: Caught the front end

Post by Covkiller » Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:58 pm

A good panel beater would sort that out and pristine wheels
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