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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:57 am |
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Location: Tewkesbury
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So here's the deal: It's 4 in the morning - I'm on the way to work. It's pretty chilly out but I take no notice. Around a left hand bend I find myself sliding on a patch of ice. Thud.
Essentially the front drivers wheel made contact with the kerb and blew up the tire on impact. The wheel is now pretty much square.
Drivers wing popped off the lug at the bottom and needs replacing *so does the passenger wing so I'll stick some GTI wings on. (Passenger wing was ruined when I got the car)
Drivers door barely closes and I can see daylight through the top.
Car paintwork is looking pretty poor so I'll probably get it wrapped.
At the roadside I swapped the wheel over so I now have a space saver on and continued on to work. the car pulls to the left quite a lot and to go straight I have to have the wheel in about the 1 o'clock position.
I intend to do as much work as possible myself as funds are tight. Can anyone tell me what could potentially need looking at?
Consider the lesson learned as I will never drive like a t**t in the cold again.
Cheers in advance.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:10 am |
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wishbone...new damper...hub...track rod end...door doesn't sound too good. Pictures needed.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 5:32 am |
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Cross your fingers there is no chassis damage.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:34 pm |
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Best case car will stop pulling when you put that space saver away
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 5:05 pm |
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| FrankAteMyName wrote: |
| Drivers door barely closes and I can see daylight through the top. |
This sounds the most worrying part. You might get away with it being a bent door, but with it barley closing and seeing daylight, sounds more like A post damage, possibly form a bent chassis leg. This could also be the cause of it pulling.
Get it on the slow boat to China.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:28 am |
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Cheers for the replies guys. Unfortunately this isn't what I was hoping to hear aha. I'll try and snap you some photos on my lunch break. If the A post or chassis is screwed then I'm assuming it's time to let it go? 
To be fair I don't see how the door could've made contact with anything but I'm gonna try and borrow a door off a friend and check the fit.
UPDATE: I've found someone reasonably local selling a 206 at 90k miles. Could it be worth grabbing this and potentialld doing an engine swap if required?
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:18 am |
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Owch. Sorry to hear about your slip on ice. Came a cropper to such a thing myself a few years back, although got lucky that I managed to get the speed down before ploughing into a central reservation barrier, and just a smidgeon of front end damage.
Where abouts were you heading when you came off?
Is it the same engine/period? You'll struggle to mix and match multiplex / pre-plex.
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:27 am |
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It was where the A430 Joins the A417. It's not even that sharp a bend nor was I going particularly fast. Tyres were all near new as well. Just an inexperienced driver at the wheel IMO aha. It's a 2003 whereas mine was a 2006. It's a MUX as well. Any other factors that might throw a spanner in the works? I mean I'll have 2 complete cars to play with and strip looms if necessary. Seller is gonna grab me the engine code when he gets home. I won't be underestimating the risk of ice next time, that's for sure.
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:37 am |
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| FrankAteMyName wrote: |
| It was where the A430 Joins the A417. It's not even that sharp a bend nor was I going particularly fast. Tyres were all near new as well. Just an inexperienced driver at the wheel IMO aha. It's a 2003 whereas mine was a 2006. It's a MUX as well. Any other factors that might throw a spanner in the works? I mean I'll have 2 complete cars to play with and strip looms if necessary. Seller is gonna grab me the engine code when he gets home. I won't be underestimating the risk of ice next time, that's for sure. |
Sounds very close to where mine was, at [what was] the C&G roundabout! (No idea if that's what it's called now).
I've not done a swap so others will advise if there's anything else you need to worry about!
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:12 am |
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Were you by any chance taking the exit for Sainsbury's? I have had a couple of hairy moments there back when I drove like a self acclaimed 'Boy Racer' constantly.
And good to see someone local on here! Bit of a side note - don't suppose you know any local breakers aroundabout here? Twiggies just closed down and Harry Buckland's don't always have what I need.
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| My cars:
206 Urban 1.4 8v 3dr '56 - China Blue - 70k Miles - Climate control retrofit, cruise control retrofit - Dead (Breaking)
206 GLX 1.4 8v 3dr '03 - 100k Miles - Obsidian Black - Black masked headlights + front fogs, Faster sunroof, Colour matched exterior trim - SOLD
206 2.0 GTI 138 '03 - 58k Miles - Onyx Black - 17" 180 Alloys - Current
206 2.0 GTi 138 '03 - 120k Miles - China Blue - New Track Toy (ON THE WAY) | |
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:24 am |
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| FrankAteMyName wrote: |
Were you by any chance taking the exit for Sainsbury's? I have had a couple of hairy moments there back when I drove like a self acclaimed 'Boy Racer' constantly.
And good to see someone local on here! Bit of a side note - don't suppose you know any local breakers aroundabout here? Twiggies just closed down and Harry Buckland's don't always have what I need. |
Coming back from Bentham going to Quedgeley (where I used to live, before the M5 had a Southbound J12 exit) but yes... that side of the old roundabout, before they went ahead and re-built all! Hopefully it's better now than it was!
Yes, there's a couple of us active. Shadowstalke is local too!
Didn't know Twiggies had closed, that's a shame - as I used them a bit!
You can try MotorHog (formerly Cleaves) they're not too bad. Other than that we've got a little one up more my way, in Cam. Never used that one though.
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:53 pm |
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Not good to hear, i reckon bottom arm and track rod complete then a reallignment. You may be sorted after that
The panel gaps may just be here nor there, i would get the wings swapped over and try to allign them
Or as everyone else says, get some photos up!
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:27 am |
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On a 206 what is the black thing behind the battery and next to the suspension turret and brake fluid ???
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:47 pm |
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| Elvis261 wrote: |
| On a 206 what is the black thing behind the battery and next to the suspension turret and brake fluid ??? |
Someone has replied to this question on your own thread
www.206info.co.uk/Foru...64429.html
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