323 Drama again.

[binhoker668]

Some CNUT just drove into me and now I have a nice bent in front wing above the wheel.Fucking. Gutted.This is gonna be where I somehow learn to pull out dents, re-shape wings and touch up paint.Yes Yes Yes pictures will follow.And it was such a nice sunny day too.Beer then.

[retrogeezer]

bollox!...What side is it coz if I'm in a scrappy I'll look out for a wing.

[binhoker668]

Dunno if a new wing is 'necessary' but see what you think.

I'm fucking gutted like. They CAN'T do that to my 323!!

Glad yer the first to reply - yer advice and input extremely valued Si!!

[binhoker668]

Are they bolt on? (not that I'm liable to find a sky blue 323 wing this side of armageddon.... )

[meggersdog]

Bugger.Did he not leave insurance details ?Hmm,wheelarch lip and swage line probably easier to replace the wing as (I believe) they are bolt on items.

[trigger]

They are bolt on on these and quite easy to do IIRC, Might be worth check out the local scrappys, They might be a few being broken that's came in on scrappage.Did you get there details?.

[binhoker668]

Nah no details, and tbh, with the whole hoo-hah with the p©unto still happening, it probs wouldnae have been worth the hassle.It's a fix it up meself issue - which whilst I'm pissed off about it now, I will be well chuffed if I sort it out...I guess if i can just unbolt it then, straightening it etc would be easy to do...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I would just leave it TBH! Doesnt look too bad. An honest dent looks better to my eyes than an unsuccessful panel beating effort or a wrong-colour wing.

[meggersdog]

The problem is the nasty crease at the front of the 'arch.If you can knock that out a bit it will ease the pressure and the shallow dent in the wing will pop back out.Use a piece of wood as that won't crack the paint.Jack it up leaving the wheel hanging and remove the plastic liner then you can either get at the hidden bolts to remove it or attack the dents inplace.Or stick on chrome wheelarches FTW

[retrogeezer]

Yeh, what Bol says, don't bother painting it, just try and push out what you can from inside the wheel arch using wood. You will never get a good match or finish with aerosols.If you can get something into the lip on the edge of the arch a lot of it might come out. IIRC there was a small dent there already in that exact spot wasn't there?