Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[ukdave2002]

Ok a 2007 Clio possibly not your usual classic restoration, but as someone who is restoring a 1957 MG panels, this was an interesting job that demonstrates the difference in 50 years of construction.

The Clio in question had an argument with a Mondeo on a island, the damage was restricted to panels:




All the damaged panels were plastic ( front and wing), and once you got the hand of the plastic rivets, it took about 30 mins to remove them;





Our local breaker had all the panels required from a car with a rear end shunt, they asked me what colour I needed, gave them the paint code and luckily the car they had is the same colour, otherwise they can arrange to have panels painted (at extra cost ) prior to collection; very different from my memories of scrap yards!!

So for the grand sum of £162 we got the front panel from the scrap yard, wing and lamp, a mate from our local Renault garage got an assortment of plastic rivets and panel clips. 1 hour later I had screwed, and plastic riveted all the replacement panels in place, in fact the longest job was removing the number plate from the old front panel; it had 3 full lengths of double sided tape! I thought the plate would snap before coming off ( a heat gun helped) I drilled and screed the plate back on , as there is some tidying up that will require it to come off again.

The whole job took about 2 hours, if I had to do it again it would be a fraction of that!


As you may spot the replacement bumper has a couple of marks that will need some paint, but I'm quite pleased, now I have the hang of plastic clips and rivets!

How does it compare to fixing the MGA front end? well I guess its more like an airfix kit than a car; happy to get the job done so quickly, but not as satisfying

Dave

[Bitumen Boy]

Nice work

Still wouldn't want a Clio myself though! Especially not as there are already 3 or 4 - all the same colour (do they only come in one colour?) on this street and I'd never remember which one it was

[welshrover]

me neither, horrible plastickey sort of painted wheelybin type looking things

[Rick]

Neat job, so lucky to find panels in the correct colour

I wonder how much a repair shop would have charged for the same job .... ?

RJ
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[D4B]

Thanks for sharing that with us, yet again I have learnt
something new ~

[JC T ONE]

well done car looks like new again.
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[Penman]

Hi BB
It could still bump the premiums, because the incident still has to reported at next renewall otherwise they might well refuse to payout on a future claim.
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