Jigging my ed30..

[GTIjames]

well as some of you may or may not know i almost killed my car about a month ago 



anyhow the insurance has approved all the repairs, £14k of them  and the repairs started ealrier this week   

now the car requires some jigging work on the front struts to realign it all, I have never had any experience of this but a few people have mentioned to me that it will never be the same again and advised me to get rid of it

anyone have any experience with jigging a car? and if i flog it will the repairs effect the resale value or do I not have to disclose the repairs?

thanks

[joesgti]

were jigging my mates mk3 tonight, as long as its done well and aligned probably youd never know unless looking at the creases on the arms. alsong as everything is aligned youd never know the difference, has the roof creased?

[GTIjames]

cheers joe

roof is fine  just the front struts/arms the tech mentioned to me which needed jigging

suppose I will have to wait until I get it back in a few weeks time to see what i think to it all, but my initial feelings are to get rid 

[joesgti]

with such an expensive car as yours i think i would get rid, but if you have gone through the insurence then the car will be regestered as a cat D/C??

[MAT ED30]

the thing with getting your car back will be all in your head saying its not the same as before and you will get rid   its just what happens

[VC]

crikey   how did you land in the shrubbery then?

[MAT ED30]

with such an expensive car as yours i think i would get rid, but if you have gone through the insurence then the car will be regestered as a cat D/C??

no it wont joe as they have not wrote the car off its being fixed

[VC]

no it wont joe as they have not wrote the car off its being fixed

tsk tsk tsk

"written" 

[MAT ED30]

  i knew i should have put written off 

[GTIjames]

crikey   how did you land in the shrubbery then?

wet road and and brand spanking new track-tyres.. lost it going round a bend  

with such an expensive car as yours i think i would get rid, but if you have gone through the insurence then the car will be regestered as a cat D/C??

no it wont joe as they have not wrote the car off its being fixed

cheers mat, i thought that was the case in the uk, with there been no record kept of repairs work

[joesgti]

i thought if any car needs jigging then its a write off??

[MAT ED30]

i thought if any car needs jigging then its a write off??

no mate its just if the cost of repair is more than the car is worth then it gets written off

[GTIjames]

i dont think thats the case, they either write it off or they repair it 

they valued it at 17k and the repairs came in at 14k including labour etc, so must have come close to been a write off

[MAT ED30]

i worked around the bodyshop area for years mate and like i said above thats the case

[john_o]

eek! bad luck m8

surprised to be honest as 14 out of 17 is 82% of the value, around 60% can trigger a writeup so youve been unlucky there.
car shouldnt have it recorded , and if done correctly should be fine once repaired.

good luck