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So d-day has arrived! Final bits and and pieces are here so watch this space!!!

Hahaha Dan!!!! The wheels aren't staying pink!!! lol I've tried to be involved in as much of it as I can be but I will admit I have needed pointing in the right direction a few times haha. Providing the remaining parts arrive when they're supposed to... she should be finished and back on the road this weekend

Thank u Annoyingly headlights still haven't arrived even though I was given delivery dates of Thursday or Friday of last week. Hoping they arrive tomorrow! Gave both front seats a clean up today as both were really looking mankey but look much better now. Sadly can't really get anything else done until the rest of the parts turn up. Fingers crossed for the next few days

Haha it has been suggested a few times but I have other plans lol. Thank u the fg bumper is growing on me I have to admit. The puma is my o/h's 2nd car so I've been driving it since my crash but am desperately missing my fab!

Haha As much as I do love the fantasy green front bumper the rest of the car will NOT BE going that colour lol. A colour change is potentially on the cards but not to that...

Haha it's certainly gona stay that colour for a little while lol I just can't wait to have her back on the road again. Looking at getting the whole car sprayed in the near future but just need her usable again for now lol.

Me too Charlie!! I'm so impressed by how uniform the fabs are when it comes to fitting replacement panels and the like. Wing is now fitted Which means the front bumper is now fitted along with headlight washers, colour coded covers, grill and fogs. Now this is the 1 part of the car that certainly isn't as it was before... this bit has got a certain Bossfox look about it... Haha!!! Now i am just waiting for vinyl for the new grill to arrive and getting really impatient waiting for my headlights!!! Other than that, she is almost there!!!! :D

I should have a working fab again by then so may well pop down to see everyone. Depending on funds at the time, I might run the fab again (just to check she's still got it haha) I'll have a little ask around my way too and see if anyone's interested and will let you know Rob.

Right things are all moving quite a bit quicker now! Rad pack and crash bar are all fitted and plumbed in which meant we have actually been able to get her running again (didn't realised how much I'd missed the sound of a clattery VAG diesel!! (Yes the rad was actually fitted before she was started up lol) Fog lights have been sorted and tinted too ready to go in the new bumper Then to top things off my new wing has arrived today And then my lovely new Depo headlights have been marked as shipped too! I will post an update tomorrow as to how much is fitted this evening

Haha Tom that was fitted Tuesday night also picked up and fitted a new bonnet that evening too. I'm not really surprised mine was smashed looking at where it sits so am very grateful for yours! This evening Karl (my other half) and I collected a bumper and rad pack from BossFox so now we have removed the old crash bar and rad pack ready to fit the new ones soon. Am in the process of sourcing a new wing and headlights but things are certainly coming together This is how we've left her this evening...

Ah thanks Charlie, have just got one but thank u anyway Removed the wing last week and was pleasantly surprised by how straight the car is underneath so that was certainly a positive. Also learnt that there was once an air duct that also sat with the intercooler... mine was obliterated in the crash so never knew about it! :( lol also have a new one of those along with a new map sensor as that was also smashed lol. Intercooler is now fitted and am in the process of sorting out a new bumper and rad pack courtesy of Mr Fox lol Finally making some progress at last!!! Hopefully I'll be able to give you some more regular updates now too :clap:

Just replacing the sidemount for now as desperately want the car back. Had another fight with insurance company this morning over settlement fingers, just want my car back :(

Right finally I've managed to make some progress and have started dismantling... Started by taking the grill slam panel and bumper off and remaining headlight out Could then get a better look at the damage behind the headlight This had also pushed the fuel regulator back and at a funny angle. As you can see the intercooler has a rather large hole around the top pipe (hence no boost) and this has also damaged the connection between the 1st two boost pipes. Anyway, then removed the intercooler and 1st boost pipe. Next job is to remove the crash bar and rad pack (but didn't think it was a good idea starting that at 11 o'clock at night) Here's how she's sat at the moment

Wow! That looks a bit more painful than mine! Yeah luckily no damage to chassis, just panels and surround structures. As you can see, slam panel is rather bent along with rad and the intercooler (thankfully just standard sidemount) is rather smashed too. Bossfox, second opinion should be with me by beginning of next week and will then be forwarded straight onto Admiral. Once they're received this it should then just be a case of agreeing a figure and then getting my payout. I will be having those parts off you! Promise!

Project thread is now started Will do my best to keep that updated as and when I get things done. Still waiting on payout from insurance company so haven't managed to get anything done yet other than tuck her away in the workshop.