Hi all.

As said, we picked up a lovely 55 plate VRS on Saturday, son loves it of course. However, first day driving it to college and someone has driven into it!

Summary of damage, impact to driver's side front corner. I have removed the front bumper to get a proper look:-

1 Front bumper dented. I have pushed out the dent but the plastic is split. Looks like it needs a replacement one.

2 Front off side wing dented and pushed into the headlight. Replacement wing needed.

3 Headlight pushed back into the aperture, plastic tabs broken where it bolts in place. Replacement headlight needed.

4 Intercooler broken where the wing was pushed in. Top bracket and side mounting bracket snapped off, looks like a replacement one is needed.

5 Intercooler duct pushed back, may be recoverable or may need replacing

We have not (yet) notified the insurance company as it was on private land and I suspect they will sting him even though it was not his fault. I'm thinking of either doing it myself or getting some used parts and seeing if a local body shop will sort it.

I would appreciate any advice and especially tips on access to the parts so we can price up the repair and make a decision. Needless to say he is gutted.

Thanks

Simon

who are 'we' and who was driving/ in charge of the vehicle at the time?

We are me and my 18 year old son. Nobody was driving his car, it was parked in the car park at his college, no witnesses identified. The other car was silver judging by the paint scrapes.

You can fit a second hand wing if your careful removing it,they bolt on but also use a large line of seam sealer down the pillar which needs to be cut carefully to save damaging the wing trying to pull it off.

The rest of the parts are easy bolt on bits

You can fit a second hand wing if your careful removing it,they bolt on but also use a large line of seam sealer down the pillar which needs to be cut carefully to save damaging the wing trying to pull it off.

The rest of the parts are easy bolt on bits

Thank you, that's what I was hoping to do.

Hey man,

 

Bad luck there!!  Try the breakers online. There are particular sites that take a reg number and description of  items you need, even colour of what your needing if its body parts then ping it off to hundreds of breakers in the uk.  Not sure I can give site names/business names but it aint hard to find as its at the top of Google searches.

 

Best of luck

 

G 

Hey man,

 

Bad luck there!!  Try the breakers online. There are particular sites that take a reg number and description of  items you need, even colour of what your needing if its body parts then ping it off to hundreds of breakers in the uk.  Not sure I can give site names/business names but it aint hard to find as its at the top of Google searches.

 

Best of luck

 

G

I will take a look now, thanks for the tip

If it was parked in the college car park there should be security cameras over watching the the area so you could probably ask to see the footage to pinpoint what happened and who it was.

I had a similar thing happen to me but reversed and took my bumper off and had it all done legit through a Skoda dealer and presented them with a bill so only cost me about £5 in fuel

If it was parked in the college car park there should be security cameras over watching the the area so you could probably ask to see the footage to pinpoint what happened and who it was.

I had a similar thing happen to me but reversed and took my bumper off and had it all done legit through a Skoda dealer and presented them with a bill so only cost me about £5 in fuel

 

I tried, but the area is not covered by CCTV. They are looking at footage to see if they can see a damaged car leaving the area but we don't know the exact time and silver is a very common colour these days.

 

We are putting our energy into fixing the car and getting it back on the road but will keep trying to find the culprit.