Forced off the road and ended up with this.......not at all happy!
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Ouch...
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Parked it in a 'regular' bay at a multistorey, and got punished for that ...
Try rubbing it down with WD40 first. It won't fix it, but it will remove the paint residue from the other vehicle, which will make it easier for you to see the exact scale of the damage. Then either get it smart-repaired... or just touch it up with touch-up paint to seal the area (and minimise the visual impact), but clean the area and remove the WD40 first.
Thanks!
That's a great tip - I was about to try to polish it off [by hand] - will do WD40 first now (well - tomorrow). Whoever did that, seem to moved the car, once they hit mine with their door, so it's a 'two-stop' scratch, going metal-deep by the second one. Nice.
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A hard rub with WD40 is a good first step because it is non-abrasive and will do no harm, but may help reduce the area that actually needs to be worked on.Thanks!
Whoever did that, seem to moved the car, once they hit mine with their door, so it's a 'two-stop' scratch, going metal-deep by the second one. Nice.
Seven years ago, a bus coming right at me forced me off the road too - ended up with even more damage to NSF wheel, than yours.
As luck would have it, I was on my way to Clive for a full respray, wheel refurb and caliper paint job ...
Dashcam footage sent to the bus company, got me £50 off the bill
and an apology.
(doesn't look that frightening in this screenshot, but it certainly was a "moment")
That looks nice. But don’t worry about the deposit you put on it, it should rub off quite easily......have you tried WD40Put a deposit on it...........
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Today I repaired the warning triangle cover panel in the load area. Either something has been allowed to rub against it or the glue keeping the 'tufts' of material in place has been attacked with a chemical - the result is a bald patch:-
I cut a 'patch' of material from a scrap panel and stuck it in place leaving this:-
The patch shows in the photo as the knap of the material is still flattened where I had a weight on it whist the glue was setting.
I can post up step by step instructions and pics if anyone is interested.
Cheers.
I cut a 'patch' of material from a scrap panel and stuck it in place leaving this:-
The patch shows in the photo as the knap of the material is still flattened where I had a weight on it whist the glue was setting.
I can post up step by step instructions and pics if anyone is interested.
Cheers.
Today I washed it in a jetwash in the Loire valley. It had 1,100 miles of muck on it which was making me twitch badly. In UK terms that's 3 months' worth of driving for me.
Looks glorious again in the French sunlight.
PS when the French say "high pressure" jet wash they mean it.....Brilliant thing.
Now back to the beach.
Looks glorious again in the French sunlight.
PS when the French say "high pressure" jet wash they mean it.....Brilliant thing.
Now back to the beach.
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Put the new Oil pressure sender into The Old 124 ( 235K 220TE ) quick job (10 mins ) with a 17mm crows foot wrench
Removed the Tow Bar from the Vito as the old coating was flaking off and it was looking very Tatty so its in for a wirebrushing and a coat of smooth black hammerite unless I can get it powder coated on the cheap . Its a good idea to keep the rust at bay on a Towbar especially near the welded joints although from the weight of this thing its capable of pulling a 747 Jumbo It weighs a ton
Removed the Tow Bar from the Vito as the old coating was flaking off and it was looking very Tatty so its in for a wirebrushing and a coat of smooth black hammerite unless I can get it powder coated on the cheap . Its a good idea to keep the rust at bay on a Towbar especially near the welded joints although from the weight of this thing its capable of pulling a 747 Jumbo It weighs a ton
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Gave it a jaunty drive to Porchester Castle.
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Stripped out the N/S/R hub to fit a new Reluctor ring yesterday which removed the dash warning lights[emoji1303]. Today I replaced two rear parking sensors which still didn’t get Parktronic working
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Thanks to a random thread on Pistonheads I learnt how to adjust (ie massively reduce) the distance from the car in front when using Distronic. Brilliant!
Did a 100km round trip on French motorways, A roads & B roads trying it out. Really worked well.
Did a 100km round trip on French motorways, A roads & B roads trying it out. Really worked well.
Just picked it up from the body shop guys at Dane Motors (Inchcape) in Chester. Excellent job repainting the rear corner (only the bumper was damaged), great turnaround and competitively priced too. Very pleased, car is looking great again.
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Replaced the air filters, checked the other day and never been changed in 7 years and 25000 miles even though car had full mb service history! They were filthy and dated 2012 so treated to a new pair.
Yesterday I drove it 500 miles from the Loire Valley to London. Used Distronic for 80%+ of the time. That and newly-discovered Waze (with speed trap warnings) adds a whole new dimension to relaxing long distance mile munching.
And now I can reduce the distance from the vehicle ahead it works WAY better in the UK. Very useful on extremely long speed-controlled sections of the M2, M20 and M25 as well on the French autoroutes for the same reason.
Plus on the non-restricted sections I can just choose any given speed, set it and forget it. In France that was usually 85-90, in the UK a little lower.
Anyway, jumped out after 8.5 hours of driving a fully loaded E Class with 4 bikes on the roof fresh as a daisy.
I am a massive convert to adaptive cruise.
And now I can reduce the distance from the vehicle ahead it works WAY better in the UK. Very useful on extremely long speed-controlled sections of the M2, M20 and M25 as well on the French autoroutes for the same reason.
Plus on the non-restricted sections I can just choose any given speed, set it and forget it. In France that was usually 85-90, in the UK a little lower.
Anyway, jumped out after 8.5 hours of driving a fully loaded E Class with 4 bikes on the roof fresh as a daisy.
I am a massive convert to adaptive cruise.
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Cleaned the plastics in the engine bay and removed and cleaned the exhaust tips.
