Guest Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hullo. North East AO here. I went for a celebratory coffee yesterday after passing my MOT and came out to find this damage. No details, no CCTV, no witnesses. I've calmed down (a little) now, and am looking at various options. One bodywork guy says the paint matching alone will cost £200. So I'm exploring the option of fitting black arches. Can anyone recommend a supplier, or does anyone have a set of FW rear arches. I hear on the grapevine that ExigeMan is going wide arch at the rear so may have standard ones to sell. I've also been pointed towards RJRWEsty and RedNop1 if they would care to weigh in. At the moment I'm thinking of running the vehicle until the end of the season so no immediate rush. However the damage makes me cross every time I look at the car, so that might change. All advice and / or leads gratefully appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Sorry to see that @James McCormack - North East AO you must be gutted! I did a similar type of damage to my own rear wing and I pay 'mates rates' of circa £300 to repair it and paint both rear arches and the nose Pink. So £200 sounds about right. New arches are scary prices and used ones won't be cheap either. I'd repair it. They must of known they've done it too! I hope Karma gets them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said: Sorry to see that @James McCormack - North East AO you must be gutted! I did a similar type of damage to my own rear wing and I pay 'mates rates' of circa £300 to repair it and paint both rear arches and the nose Pink. So £200 sounds about right. New arches are scary prices and used ones won't be cheap either. I'd repair it. They must of known they've done it too! I hope Karma gets them! Oh aye, they'll know they've done it. Who did you use for the repairs please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 46 minutes ago, James McCormack - North East AO said: Oh aye, they'll know they've done it. Who did you use for the repairs please? It was a friend who worked in a body shop in Crewe, Cheshire. He’s changed jobs now though, sorry. Most decent body shops should be able to handle it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, James McCormack - North East AO said: Oh aye, they'll know they've done it. Who did you use for the repairs please? It was a Body Shop in Crewe, Cheshire. However my friend doesn't work there anymore. Any decent body shop should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si.Dalziel Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I know @Paul Aspden (MoFast) is looking into a solution for his damaged one. He may come up with something that’s mutually beneficial? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Aspden (MoFast) Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 @James McCormack - North East AO your in esteemed company as the MoFast Mule has exactly the same battle scar. Si is right that I am in the middle of sorting something out for FW rear arches. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I suffered similar, I found a really good bodywork repair system on Amazon, pretty cheap too. here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednop1 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, The artist formerly known as Rush Motorsport said: I suffered similar, I found a really good bodywork repair system on Amazon, pretty cheap too. here Did they come with good quality instructions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 23/06/2022 at 19:03, The artist formerly known as Rush Motorsport said: I suffered similar, I found a really good bodywork repair system on Amazon, pretty cheap too. here Christ almighty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonWest - Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 If you are going black then you could try Christoph Bettag in Germany for some Carbon ones? westfield.de on instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 The Belgium importer had two complete spare sets of bodywork but no mention of whether these are FW or ZK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO said: If you are going black then you could try Christoph Bettag in Germany for some Carbon ones? westfield.de on instagram Thanks Chris. I haven't got an Instagram but I'll dig into this 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Mark (smokey mow) said: The Belgium importer had two complete spare sets of bodywork but no mention of whether these are FW or ZK. Thanks Mark. I'm gong to tiptoe around the minefield that is the factory closure for now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamperMan Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Fibreglass and gell coat is funny ole stuff. What starts out as minor damage 3 weeks later turns into a load of cracks. I had this on a Scimitar, a nice lady ran in to the back of it seamingly not causing much damage other than a numberplate. Then slowly cracks showed up around the bumper irons, and above the exhausts where they had been hit up into the body work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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