Just Had an Accident... :( - She's Fixed :)

Oh Dude, I'm sorry to hear that, drove past you last week, you were looking fresh as too, important thing is you live on to drive another day.

This happened to me on my 328 MSport, turned out that I needed a few more parts than you just listed, thankfully they were more easier to come by than those of the Z4; however you might wanna add diff + diff carrier to that list since if you've bent the trailing arm it's more than likely you bent the two metal joins on the carrier the RTA is linked to and the diff bearings too.

Spoke to the guys that have this car Z4 Breaking just the other dayand they have most of the rear end left. you got my number, lemme know if you need a hand...
 
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
 
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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x2 It's a nice car, no matter how good your indi' is if it's not 'properly' repaired (in the buyers mind) you will struggle to sell for a fair price when the time comes, which will be sooner rather than later if you don't feel right about the car.
 
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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Looking at that tyre, i really doubt going through insurance is an option. :cry: I'd repair it cheaply and consider whether you want to sell it and start again. Sorry that's just my opinion of course
 
Ewazix said:
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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x2 It's a nice car, no matter how good your indi' is if it's not 'properly' repaired (in the buyers mind) you will struggle to sell for a fair price when the time comes, which will be sooner rather than later if you don't feel right about the car.
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It will be properly repaired though... Or are you saying that because I'm not getting it repaired via BMW buyers will think it's not repaired properly?

SGR1913 said:
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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Looking at that tyre, i really doubt going through insurance is an option. :cry: I'd repair it cheaply and consider whether you want to sell it and start again. Sorry that's just my opinion of course
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The tyres are legal (2.8mm)... they don't look as bad as they do in the pics (camera phone).
 
peddy said:
Ewazix said:
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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x2 It's a nice car, no matter how good your indi' is if it's not 'properly' repaired (in the buyers mind) you will struggle to sell for a fair price when the time comes, which will be sooner rather than later if you don't feel right about the car.
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It will be properly repaired though... Or are you saying that because I'm not getting it repaired via BMW buyers will think it's not repaired properly?

SGR1913 said:
ksher said:
After reading all advice, you're better to have it done properly by BMW bodyshop with new OEM parts through insurance.
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Looking at that tyre, i really doubt going through insurance is an option. :cry: I'd repair it cheaply and consider whether you want to sell it and start again. Sorry that's just my opinion of course
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The tyres are legal (2.8mm)... they don't look as bad as they do in the pics (camera phone).
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There is no doubt you won't be happy till everything with it is correct, BUT:

Potential buyers might see this thread and worry about this still.

It might take a while for a damaged diff crown wheel to show it's damaged for example. BMW might strip it down and replace everything needing replacement at once on an insurance job. You might end up spending lots of money getting back in to replace parts each time that could all be done at once if a full assesment was done now, or precautionary fixes etc...


My worry is that long term you might spend more doing it DIY.


Not sure on the ECU airbag thing. It sounds like a bit of a myth thing to me. It might need a simple SIM reset once the associated parts are replaced etc... it seems strange that a diesel car ECU can fire out 48v all day long, yet a trigger signal for a pyrotechnic would render an ECU dead?! Maybe they have a fuse that needs replacing?! Hmmmm, deffo need to be 100% sure here as you could waste money fixing it!


Not trying to be a negative person here, I'm just trying to be the voice of reason that if costs do escalate away from this 'best case' scenario, it might work out more costly for you, and more detrimental to the cars resale value/appeal, to do this job DIY. The biggest single cost will be repeated labour/diagnostic time, and having to possibly use the car in a non-correct state for a long time before it is fixed properly.

That said, if I went via insurance I'd 100% want it at BMW. I guess the nature of the damage might necessitate that anyway vs just a body shop?!

Dave
 
Car's back on the driveway... :D
Couldn't actually drive it back up the drive due to the snow, so two neighbours kindly helped push it up. hehe
Car drives perfectly with absolutely no issues and doesn't pull in any direction, etc. Obviously I'll be getting her aligned after I get the new set of wheels.

Costs so far...

Parts - £290
Labour - £260

Things left to do are:

* Replace door trim (Thanks Pawnsacrifice :thumbsup: )
* Reset airbag light - http://www.gilbertsforbmws.com/
* New tyres when I receive the new set of wheels - http://www.camskill.co.uk/
* Full Alignment - http://www.wembleytyres.co.uk/
* DIY refurb the old set of wheels

It's taken longer than usual, but considering I managed to source the parts quite cheaply it was worth the wait. I think all in (after selling the extra set of wheels) I'll be looking at around the £600 mark. Not bad me thinks considering the great work put in by my indy. However, I'm an@l and I like to have a 2nd and 3rd opinion, so I'll get Gilberts and the alignment place to inspect it.

P.S. doesn't look like I will need a new airbag control unit. :thumbsup:
 
glad its sorted and you didnt suffer too much down time..... its very frustrating when your pride and joy is off the road
 
Glad it's sorted did a similar thing with mine hitting the front alloy, lucky the airbag didnt go off but it still cost £700 and the worst thing was I'd turned the traction off.. Idiot boy
 
navid.v said:
well done Peddy,glad to hear you are sorted :thumbsup:
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Well that's thanks to you and th30d0r3 who helped me source the parts and also Pawnsacrifice for the door card. :thumbsup:
 
glad she is back on the road and all ok !


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Nicely done Peddy! Really pleased to hear you got it all sorted before xmas and fairly cheaply too :thumbsup:
 
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