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Offline jmorris

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Suicide Badger! Update!
« on: October 22, 2012, 07:39:53 pm »
On my way to a party on Saturday night doing about 65mph when Bang! this happened



Luckily the foglight is still intact but foglight panel is all scuffed -it clipped back in ok tho. my worry is the cracked bumper,Can this be fixed? any idea how much £££???
thanks
jake
« Last Edit: October 28, 2012, 05:04:44 pm by jmorris »
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2012, 07:43:34 pm »
Was the badger brown bread?
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 07:45:02 pm »
The freelander behind polished him off!
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 08:02:45 pm »
RIP
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2012, 08:08:21 pm »
lucky he didnt take the thing off....
tough barstewardss them badgers...

im sure you can plastic weld your bumper and get new fog trim.....
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2012, 08:08:48 pm »
Quote from: jmorris on October 22, 2012, 07:45:02 pm
The freelander behind polished him off!

LOL!

Sorry about your car mate hope it don't cost too much ££
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2012, 09:09:29 pm »
You WERE lucky there. Those Badgers are hard as nails and built like Sherman Tanks!!

Fog grill from eBay......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fog-lights-bumper-grilles-grills-set-for-VW-GOLF-MK5-GTI-2003-2009-/280959876438?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item416a837d56

Probably cheaper from the dealer though.

As for the bumper and splitter, take your car to a couple of body shops and see if it can be saved and get some quotes. Good luck with it and hope it doesn't cost!

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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 07:54:54 am »
Thanks for the replies guys. Just looking at how the foglight mounts, it looks bust. Any body know how they are mounted?
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 08:17:48 am »
Quote from: jmorris on October 23, 2012, 07:54:54 am

Just looking at how the foglight mounts, it looks bust. Any body know how they are mounted?


....Pretty straightforward - Bolt through brackets which are part of the foglight unit:



^ You can see one of the brackets over the word "Mailing Box".

Electrics is plug-n-play IIRC.
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2012, 08:23:20 am »
Thanks for the reply. If you look at the damage it looks like the bit that the foglight mounts onto is damaged, and my guess us that its part of the bumper :sad1:
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2012, 08:29:34 am »
Quote from: jmorris on October 23, 2012, 08:23:20 am

Thanks for the reply. If you look at the damage it looks like the bit that the foglight mounts onto is damaged, and my guess us that its part of the bumper :sad1:


....Then I would pop her round to your local trusted bodyshop/repair centre and ask what can be done.

I don't know if this pic gives you any helpful information but it's the only one I've got of that area:



Someone else will probably have more info but you can see the bracket mounted in my pic.
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2012, 07:27:56 pm »
Thanks for the pic, just had a quote for £890 :surprised: for new bumper grille and foglight. or £390 to patch it up with a new grille and light. Not sure what to do!
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2012, 08:12:54 pm »
Quote from: jmorris on October 23, 2012, 07:27:56 pm

Thanks for the pic, just had a quote for £890 :surprised: for new bumper grille and foglight. or £390 to patch it up with a new grille and light. Not sure what to do!


....Ouch!! Pity you don't live in my neck of the woods - I'd introduce you to my highly accredited accident repair centre which is affiliated to my VW dealer and who would cost for doing the minimum but effective repair.

I would have thought that a piece to accept the foglight bracket could be easily welded in but of course I can't see the damage that your repair shop can.
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Re: Suicide Badger!
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2012, 10:43:11 pm »
At those prices you would be better off replacing the bumper. What colour is your car; it looks silver in the photo (as opposed to grey). If you are lucky it is the same colour as the one in the for sale section. The GT sport and GTI bumpers are the same in case you were not aware - just different grills  :happy2:
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Re: Suicide Badger!
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