Woo Hoo!

Nice to read that it is going to be repaired! That's part of the reason I have a reasonable figure for the agreed value on my EB Ghia. Will take a lot of damage to "write it off" so to speak.

Having said that, a lot of places will just write a car of this age off because they can't be bothered chasing a few parts to fix it, even tho it's rather fixable & not all that expensive in comparison to replacing it with another good one.

I hope you are satisfied with the repair job done!

Cheers

ToranaGuy

AAMI are not that bad they gave me $9600.00 for my ef mont after i was in the tunnel in Melbourne and had a car slam into the back of me at 80ks sad to see the car go but i thought the price that i got was fair now i drive a v8Lain and still had money to spare

What a spin out that my brother's father inlaws EF had the exact same hit 2 weeks ago but more bumper damage. His quote come to $3500.00 and surprised it didn't take much to cause that much damage.

Are you going through preferred repairer or insurance is taking care of it?

Make sure they put your battery on a charger too, I had my car in the panel shop late last year, they ended up having the car for a month & stuffed the battery! They wouldn't replace it either.

Cheers

ToranaGuy

In my experience, giving the repairer parts was nothing but a nightmare! The door got used, the front guard ended up on their apprentices car & not mine, other parts I can't be sure what happened with them. In regards to the guard, this I know for a fact (vin number sticker!) but won't name the place, and I didn't get compensated for the parts I supplied, from either the workshop or my insurance company. At trade prices it was about $400 of bits I supplied too. I guess at least I don't have those "spares" hanging around my place cluttering it up more than it already is.

Never again will I do that, they can spend their time hunting & collecting for bits & send the insurance the bill, unless I sell them the bits & they then on-charge the insurance.

I hope you have a much better experience with that than I did!

Cheers

ToranaGuy

Nice work! Keep ontop of it, and you should get a good outcome.

I got too busy with work to be able to chase the panel shop every day about my car, so they played on that & f**k around as much as they could.....

Cheers

ToranaGuy

Sounds like all the bodgey's from roof insulation have stared up panel shops! mate! rip AAMI a new one, they boast they have lifetime guarantee on repairs and it was s**t when you got it! That sux mate hope you get it sorted!

Ea to Ed are different mate. Any base will fit from any Ef and el all are the same through the models.

If u want better lights u should give hid's a go , I have 6000k and they are fantastic. A kit only costs
$200 and they are perfect for the xr6 headlight cos it has the projector.

The base of my seat is broken Also. There are cap head screws holding the base to the rails and they have been ripped out , so u will need a new base it will have to be a xr6 base otherwise the patterns will be different and look odd lol

I'd say that's what's wrong with your seat if the base is wobbly

Should of read more lol

Ur going to upholster the xr6 fabric onto a new base ,
That's a good idea as I have a fairmont seat that has a perfect base .

Cheers

The bases can be repaired.
Every EF ad EL breaks the seat base.
Unclip the material around the edges and put your hand between the base and the cushion and remove the nuts. Then put a large mudguard washer over where it is broken out and out the nut back on and bolt up.
Its how my trimmer does them and he has never had an issue.

I'm not sure what brand mine are in the xr6.
But on eBay I brought genuine phillips 6000k hid's. For $160.
I was installing them in my Ef. But I kept turning them on an off Testing them and blew the ballasts .I learnt the hard way DO NOT turn hid's on and off let the ballast charge up when it's fully charged u can turn it off wait 10 mins then turn it on. I got a refund I said they were faulty,they wouldn't of worked well in a Ef cos is doesn't have the projector.

Definatly a good buy they don't get hot and as long as u don't turn them off and on u will be fine , will last forever. and they make Ur car look like it's a BMW a nite lol

M&W Motor Trimmers
9 Peachtree Road Penrith
02 47321459ask for Jim and tell him Matt with the XR8 and Maverick sent him your way. He will look after you. His work is great. Its walking distance to the Plaza etc to catch a movie or what ever while waiting. Let me know if you come out and if I have the day off we will catch up and say G'day.

Na no one has ever flashed me , I've been through many rbt's at night and never had any trouble from cops.
From inside the car they don't seem as bright then when u get out they blind u, they are so white with a tinge of blue.