Bongo Fury

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 .

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
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?

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 A decent bodyshop experienced in glass fibre repairs should be able to sort that out quite easily

Thats bad s**t buddy, why don't people just pay more attention to the road i mean its not like the bongo is small and insignificant is it

That's because half of the time the car behind is trying to see past to overtake "an old campervan" 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

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!

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
Just had mine repaired.


The 'tailgate' took nearly 4 weeks to arrive.
Bet you having withdrawal symptoms at the loss of your best friend.............

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!

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

hope you got rid of your dangly bit in the process

cheffy34 wrote:

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

hope you got rid of your dangly bit in the process

You leave my dangly bits alone.....................

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!

Don't forget the piccies of the bongo restored back to her former glory!

The Bongo is back! It's a great repair job and the bumper feels stronger and more firmly attached than before

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.......................

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