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Jamie
13-08-2005, 12:04 PM
Ive been moving house for the past week.
During this time someone kindly reversed into the front of my car, scathing the top plain of the bumper, crunching/denting the bonnet around the left kidney grill area and thus causing the bonnet to crease up very slightly on the right hand side (all whilst looking at the car fron the front!!!) :mad:

I bascially either need my bonnet wackin back into shape or I need a new bonnet sprayed up in silver. The bumper is gettin done anyhow some time in the future once the other accident (lorry scraped my rear drivers arch) is sorted!

How much would this kind of stuff cost? Could I maybe source a bonnet sprayed up from salvage possiblly?

Aint goin via insurance - my premium whist now is acceptable, will fly throu the roof and so aint gonna throw away 4 years NCD for the sake of 500 quid!!

Pics will be up on monday!

Advise appriciated!

Cheers

Jamie
BigFas
13-08-2005, 12:07 PM
Do you want a CF bonnet? The one that's on my car is for sale from Roy at CA-Autmotive. May be a little too agressive but it'll be a bargain!
Jamie
13-08-2005, 12:13 PM
Do you want a CF bonnet? The one that's on my car is for sale from Roy at CA-Autmotive. May be a little too agressive but it'll be a bargain!

Cheers for the offer - but I wanna keep it stock, the CF bonnet would not look right on my car. :)
M5 SC
13-08-2005, 02:15 PM
Dont know if this is what your after but euro car parts sell the bonnet for:
BMW Original £220 +vat
Non original £149 +vat
M5 SC
13-08-2005, 02:17 PM
My bodyshop would charge about £70-80 to spray it.
Jamie
14-08-2005, 03:32 PM
So im lookin at either sub 500 or 400 inv vat for either genuine or non genuine parts!

Thats not as bad as id thought -thanks for the prices guys!

Im gonna check the breakers forst me thinks!
M5 SC
14-08-2005, 03:52 PM
Original BMW bonnet = £258.50 including VAT
Non original BMW bonnet = £175 including VAT

Obviously add on postage and the spraying job, about £100.
Jamie
15-08-2005, 09:15 AM
Here are the pics - can it be pulled out?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid181/p772d3a7a44ca6e6149e87de7e3afde1f/f2d02c5a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid181/pab18dacef439214d37c49e00c4eb3e05/f2d02c53.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid181/pe615ba4090b299da76ca3896bbb48558/f2d02c4e.jpg

Thanks for the info!

Jamie
danch
15-08-2005, 09:31 AM
Jamie,
I think the cost involved in pulling that out and getting it right would be more than sourcing a bonnet and respraying.

HTH

Daniel
BigFas
15-08-2005, 09:32 AM
agreed. get a new one on there
InvIs Inc
15-08-2005, 10:28 AM
did the guy that done it fess up? or are u coughin up the cash urself?

think u need 2 rethink ur parkin places dude if thats twice in 1 year lol :o
Jamie
15-08-2005, 11:29 AM
No - i just found it like that so coughin up myself

As for parking places - how unlucky am I - it was the last time i was gonna be parking there, since it was at my old place and I was just there collecting the last few bits from my old place

@ New place i have a secure off street parking space :)

So source new bonnet - cheers guys!

Anywhere you reccommend? Ive tried FAB, QUARRY and BM TOWN - anywhere else you guys know i could source a 2nd hand bonnet from?

Cheers
danch
15-08-2005, 11:45 AM
Jamie,
If you can hold off a few weeks mine is coming off to be replaced by a M3 bonnet [jam , I can enquire on delivery costs for you. ;)

It would need spraying up as it is sapphire black but no dents at all. :D

Cheers

Daniel
InvIs Inc
15-08-2005, 01:05 PM
dude thats really shit i feel for ya its crap when u fork out cash for these things when u could be using it for mods :(