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Slaine from Edinburgh ( Well Bo'ness )

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Slaine from Edinburgh ( Well Bo'ness )

Post by slaine » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:52 pm

Just like to say Hi

I have had my 5th gen lude for over 12 years now and i just smashed it last week.

So i am here looking for help and advice

Thanks

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Post by craig_jdm » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:02 pm

welcome mate what kind of damage are you looking at?
I hit the limiter in my h23 vtec still didn't kick in

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Post by rob quilter » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:10 pm

Welcome aboard, sorry to hear about your accident :(

As Craig said, how bad is the damage?
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Post by slaine » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:26 pm

hi

ill get some piccies up when i can.

Bumper
Headlight
top section of slam bar
side panel

i aint no mechanic so they may or may not be correct terms.

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Post by paul bristol uk » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:44 pm

Welcome Buddy
Took the liberty of putting your pics up

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Post by craig_jdm » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:49 pm

doesn't look that bad i take it your dead set on fixing it then
I hit the limiter in my h23 vtec still didn't kick in

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Post by slaine » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:04 pm

thanks Paul. ive got some others aswell.

at the end of the day the car is in minted condition apart from front end.
the engine has only 70k on it.

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Post by slaine » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:17 pm

Here is the link to the new topic off the rebuild

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/profile ... t3731.html

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Post by Merlin » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:06 pm

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Post by vanzep » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:23 pm

welcome along Slaine - you can fix that ;) - possibly look for a donor car :? might be cheaper that way
u might also take it as an opportunity to change things up a bit at the front - maybe some projector headlights or something
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