yrv body panels

Submitted by mark bishop on

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Gutted Gutted Gutted Sad someone hit me up the rear today damage to tailgate and bumper but not lights (PHEW)..are body panels still available?? its an insurance job so a bit worried they cant get hold of the parts then god forbid right it off,that would cheese me off Sad

Hi Mark. Sorry to read this

Submitted by Jpor on

Hi Mark. Sorry to read this has happened to you Sad As you are aware the YRV Turbo outer body parts are the same as any YRV model. But because you will want new parts you maybe lucky, but it depends if they cost more than the car Sad If the insurance comapny do write it off, why don't you buy the car back and give Daihatsu Dave a shout, as you know he has a scrapper sat in his drive, although silver, you could get parts off him and get them sprayed yellow Wink

Hope you get this sorted Smile

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

Cheers jon,car is going in on

Submitted by mark bishop on

Cheers jon,car is going in on wednesday but there is one problem!!!! seems that the impact has pushed the car forward by 5 to 10mm as the doors are now not sitting right,passenger side rubbing rear wing and drivers side not closing right.Just hope they see the car is mint and worth saving and not just right it off,i would be gutted if that happend Sad I`ll keep in touch and let you know what happens mate..

Well I hope it goes well for

Submitted by Jpor on

Well I hope it goes well for you. Be a shame for you to leave the fold so soon Sad

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

cant believe it,they have

Submitted by mark bishop on

Sad cant believe it,they have written my car off Sad said it was to expensive for the parts and labour..cant tell you how gutted i am at this moment in time,dont know what to do or were to turn,,have had no value as yet so wont know weather to keep it or just let them scrap it,but i dont want to lose the car so any ideas would be most welcome..cheers guys

Hi Mark, Sorry to read this.

Submitted by Jpor on

Hi Mark,

Sorry to read this. But I did think after you mentioned the doors wern't straight that it could be a write off Sad

I'm with Bob. I think your options are:

1).. Keep the car and if you have the funds get it fixed yourself. But the car will forever be marked as a Cat 'C' on the V5 Sad But at least you still have the car Smile And give Daihatsu Dave a shout out to see what he can provide you Wink

2).. Take the value of the scrapped car and if you can buy yourself another YRV Turbo. As Bob said there are 2 on Autotrader. 1 of them is very similar to the one you bought in yellow without the decals on the side and front, and has only 21K on the Clock!!!! Smile

3).. As per suggestion 2, but buy back your original, use that for either spare parts and buy another at the sametime. Smile

Hope you get yourself sorted?

Jon.

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

They may only want to pay out

Submitted by Pocketrocket on

They may only want to pay out 1200-1500.

If you can, It's probably worth keeping car, and striping it for parts to sell on ebay. Prob get 400-600 just for engine on its own. £300 for gearbox etc.

Depends if have the time and space to store it all.

The red one on e-baywould be

Submitted by Jpor on

The red one on e-baywould be cool. The buy it now price is £1500! Bargain. Would be nice to see a red Yrv turbo at the next meet Smile

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'12' Plate Mazda MX-5 2.0 litre NC 3.5 Venture Roadster 160BHP
'15' Plate SEAT LEON 184 FR TDI. 240BHP/500nm Torque.
Past: '53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo Approx. 150BHP

Real bad news

Submitted by YRV Tony on

Mark, greatest sympathies. Every time I look at my YRV I fall in love again - and it's just a YRV Premium.

Having seen your Turbo I can imagine how you feel....from jewel to scrap in an instant, like losing your best friend.

I just hope you get a valuation that allows you to replace the car with something similar that won't disappoint you.

YRV Tony

Shame... Unfortunatly if any

Submitted by Pocketrocket on

Shame...
Unfortunatly if any Daihatsu of this age needs to be jigged or pulled out then it's almost certainly a write off.