Oh no , not the Toyota.

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 16:19
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My poor old Toyota is booked for plastic surgery on Tuesday after a lovely woman thought that she could drive faster than me around a freeway access rd in the wet . I said to little Wes, that lovely woman is going to hit me , and she did. She ( the lovely woman) backed her top class piece of crap into my rear door , making me a little peeved. I hope to be back on the road by Friday , schmick as ever.
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Reply By: George_M - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 17:10

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 17:10
(LOL), good one Muz.

I hope it was your rear LH door: that way her insurance will fix the High Country pin-striping as well!

Julie has a similar situation in my Prado two weeks before Christmas.
Fortunately the side step took most of the impact, and fortunate also that the lady whose car ran into mine is married to a car nut. She really couldn't have done more to fix the Prado. Also saved me a divorce.

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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:10

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:10
Gday George
Scratched the Prado , that would be hard to take old son.
I think we should go on another trip to get some more pin stripes..
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Reply By: Member - Rosco from way back - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 17:12

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 17:12
Maaaate

Have you had a good look. Tojos are pretty tough. Are you sure it won't buff out with a spot of cutting compound.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:11

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:11
Gday Axle
A bucket of "bog"and some paint would be more like it Axle...
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Reply By: Ron N - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 18:25

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 18:25
Must be the week for it. Missus parked her new Camry on the neighbours verge out front, near a parking sign.
She hopped in with a friend, backed out and swung on full left lock, and slammed into the parking sign pole right on the front end of the RH mudguard.

Buckled the 'guard, and busted all the plastic clips on the bumper/spoiler, the bumper sprang out, it looks a right mess.
Nothing that a couple of grand won't fix, I guess, with current body repair shop costs.
There goes the good driver discount with AAMI! [;-)

Last year, it was an elderly friend who backed the corner of the tray of his Falcon ute into the RHR door of the old Camry and tore it open like a can opener! - and the bugger never even offered to pay for it!!
I bought a second hand door and replaced it myself, and it still cost us $200 for the door and another $450 to paint it!

Cheers, Ron.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:14

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:14
No loss of points for me Ron, but the lovely lady could be in trouble trying to buy another pair of moccasins.

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Reply By: Axle - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 19:21

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 19:21
G/Day Muzbry,...Know the feeling!( not a toyo one either)...Just a thought! remove the door all together, and the opposite one you then have a entry from every direction..lol.


Cheers Axle
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Reply By: Member - Will 76 Series - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:11

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:11
Muzby, hope the Tojo recovers well and is up and runnning better than ever.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:16

Sunday, Jan 25, 2015 at 20:16
Gday Will
Ill find out on Friday .
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Reply By: vk1dx - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 00:01

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 00:01
Muz

Make sure the plastic membrane inside the door is not damaged and if it was then make sure the panel beaters fix it properly. Otherwise the next time you go through any decent depth of water the car will fill up. They didn't fix it in our car and it took three washes of the carpets to get the stinky muddy water muck out of it.

The plastic seal/membrane inside the door trim.

Shame about the damage. Hope all goes well.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 07:44

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 07:44
Good morning
Ill check on that when I go there tomorrow. Thanks
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Follow Up By: vk1dx - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:04

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:04
When I went back to complain they just stuck some masking tape over it and said that you can't get the glue nor the lining, membrane or seal or whatever it's called.

It's just a good strong plastic sheet I bought at Bunnings. I can find the glue and let you know what it is if you need it. It's in the garage some where. Just PM me.

Maybe that's why the panel beaters are out of business. Oh what a shame.
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Follow Up By: Bigfish - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:25

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:25
Cant be much of a panel beater if he hasn't got some sort of sikaflex lying around that will stick the plastic to the door.. Out of sight out of mind I spose..
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Follow Up By: vk1dx - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:58

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 08:58
That sounds like the stuff. Real sticky and tacky black goo.

"Out of sight" - Exactly and fancy using masking tape. I didn't want a blue there and then so I just let them go ahead and looked into it later. And then did it properly myself.
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Follow Up By: Ron N - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:24

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:24
My experiences with panel beaters usually revolves around trying to ensure the gorilla they use to reassemble all the panels and parts uses the correct fasteners and clips, and the right amount of them.

The gorilla usually has zilch mechanical skills, but plenty of brute skills, and he usually manages to force oversize selftappers into retention points that require a specialised plastic insertion plug - or he uses a rattle gun to force some inch-size bolts he found into metric holes - or he manages to leave out 3 or 4 important fasteners on the basis that "those 3 will hold it".

One of the dis-assembly/assembly nightmares today (and Toyota are right up there) is the amount of components held on with plastic clips that promptly break as soon as you remove the item - then you find the clip is a molded part of the item you pulled off.
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Follow Up By: Bigfish - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:12

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:12
Those little plastic clips can cost a fortune. Go to Superthief and check out their prices.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 21:00

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 21:00
Gday
Thats a bit negativ RON . I don't believe that at all. The 'Gorilla' i am using is RACV recommended and they do a good job . We have been there before and they did a bloody good job.
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Follow Up By: Ron N - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 22:10

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 22:10
MUZBRY, If you've found a good repairer, that's excellent, and make sure you stick with them and let others know they are good.

Unfortunately, in the past, after having had extensive experience of smash repairers (due to owning a fleet of vehicles and having regular repairs carried out due to employee damage and vehicle theft), I found the workmanship of numerous smash repairers was not up to scratch.

I know there is constant effort to stamp out dodgy repairers, but they still appear regularly, just like dodgy and incompetent mechanics - despite all the licencing and training and Govt assurances.

Bottom line is - it's the lowest paid, the most overworked and least capable employee, that gets given all the "hard" jobs in these places - the ones where they have to have 3 elbows, 90cm long arms, and X-ray vision - and have to lie on their back on the floor and reach up 80cm.
Then, the level of supervision can often be totally inadequate, as the supervisor is run off his feet.
As a result, the quality of finish and attention to detail is often seriously lacking.

I'm not saying all repairers are the same, you just have to ensure the one you employ is up to speed.

Cheers, Ron.
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Follow Up By: Bigfish - Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 at 08:49

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 at 08:49
Ron N...I,m with you on this one mate. Have a few mates who run their own panel beating shops. The hidden things are the least well done and in many repairs there are always left over clips.

If you can find a good panel beater,,treat them well. They are getting thin on the ground!!
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Reply By: Member - Murray R (VIC) - Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 21:28

Monday, Jan 26, 2015 at 21:28
Muz
Thats sad that the Toyota is a bit bent in its rear. While its at the doctors you should get them to give it a colonoscopy and see if they can find that rattle coming from it's rear end.
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:26

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:26
Gday Murray
I found the "rattle " it's in the pipe thing that hangs out the back. All is well in that department . The rattle is not worth worrying about because with the window shut it can't be heard.
Have a good day old son.

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