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what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by martbox » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:56 pm

I've only had it a month and already someone's shunted my bongo (1999 V6 silver new shape freda) and pushed me into another car, so now I have broken front & rear bumbers and a bent tailgate that won't open :cry: .
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Their insurance company got my van to a repair shop the next day but said if they couldn't get replacement parts it would be a write off :shock:
Now I'm assuming they can get a new tailgate from Mazda for a few hundred quid (and probably a long wait) but I'm worried they'll struggle with the bumpers, they don't look like normal aero kit to me, and the chargespeed ones I found on the internet don't seem to match either.
I told the repair guy about Bell Hill Garage since they seem to be the main place for bongo bodykit, but does anyone have/recognise this kit at all? (see below) Is it likely to be possible/economical to replace?

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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by bigdaddycain » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:53 pm

I've seen that kit once or twice before, but i don't know the name of the manufacturing company i'm afraid... I reckon it'd be cheaper to get the fibrglass bumper repaired than to buy a new skirt :shock: A decent bodyshop experienced in glass fibre repairs should be able to sort that out quite easily [-o<
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by M 80NGO » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:58 pm

Thats bad s**t buddy, why don't people just pay more attention to the road :roll: i mean its not like the bongo is small and insignificant is it :roll:
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by bigdaddycain » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:05 pm

That's because half of the time the car behind is trying to see past to overtake "an old campervan" :roll: It wouldn't matter if you were doing 100MPH in a bongo...some numpty would still be up your chuff looking for an opportunity to overtake :roll:
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by martbox » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:46 pm

Indeed, I was barely moving at the time as well. Thankfully the chap who hit me was apologetic, cooperative and insured :)
The garage have now decided they'll repair the bumpers as they can't get replacements ("American Monster" apparently) So only another few days of clunky gear changing in the hired Zafira!
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by The Great Pretender » Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:31 am

martbox wrote:Indeed, I was barely moving at the time as well. Thankfully the chap who hit me was apologetic, cooperative and insured :)
The garage have now decided they'll repair the bumpers as they can't get replacements ("American Monster" apparently) So only another few days of clunky gear changing in the hired Zafira!
Glad to hear it's being repaired, shame about the hire car :lol:
Just had mine repaired.
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by martbox » Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:37 pm

Ouch! Looks like a tree pounced on your Bongo! Hope you got a good repair done. (replacement or repaired bumper btw?) I'm hoping mine will be done this week. It feels like I've been bongoless for a couple of months but its only been a couple of weeks!
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by The Great Pretender » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:30 pm

New bumper and the box section behind it. :wink:
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by cheffy34 » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:33 pm

The Great Pretender wrote:New bumper and the box section behind it. :wink:



hope you got rid of your dangly bit in the process :!:
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by The Great Pretender » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:40 pm

cheffy34 wrote:
The Great Pretender wrote:New bumper and the box section behind it. :wink:



hope you got rid of your dangly bit in the process :!:
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by chipvan » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:44 pm

If you want it done my father in law could do it for you,he is a boat repaier and had no work in the winter,he has a workshop where he does jobs like yours!
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:55 am

Don't forget the piccies of the bongo restored back to her former glory! 8) 8) 8)
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by martbox » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:22 pm

The Bongo is back! It's a great repair job and the bumper feels stronger and more firmly attached than before :)
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by The Great Pretender » Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:12 am

martbox wrote:The Bongo is back! It's a great repair job and the bumper feels stronger and more firmly attached than before :)
Great result....................... =D> =D> =D>
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Re: what's my bodykit? (cos someone broke it)

Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:09 pm

martbox wrote:The Bongo is back! It's a great repair job and the bumper feels stronger and more firmly attached than before :)
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=D> =D> =D>
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