davey l wrx Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Bit of an adventure today heading to Elgin to drop the daughter off at home. Came round a corner to be confronted with a flooded road. Didn't have time to slow down to a crawl and went into it at a slightly higher speed than i would have liked. As i crawled out of the other side of ocean there was a loud scraping noise and things weren't right. Pulled into a layby to find the underfloor trim on the passenger side bent double (about 2ft of it) and now attached by about 3 fasteners. To sort it out i had to jack the car all the way up and kick the trim back into the right direction. Still flapping in the breeze all the way to Elgin and back to westhill. Luckily it was just some plastic trim and nothing more serious or mechanical. After much searching i think i've got the right fasteners from E-Bay on the way and the trim is tie wrapped up till they arrive. There was a flooded road sign coming from the elgin way but not heading too elgin for some reason. Link to comment
wrx kenny Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 That's unlucky davey cheap fix I hope . Kenny Link to comment
davey l wrx Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 just needs fastened back into place. It was the way it bent baco on it's self towars the rear of the car the only way i could get it back into shape was to jack it up fully. Trolley jack and axle stands on standby for when the new fasteners arrive Link to comment
g1983 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Ouch mate. This happened to a neighbour in their Honda and my dad and i repaired it as above for them. Standing water is lethal. Link to comment
thefastone Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Aye, I remember hearing someone had a similar problem with their Renault, but it wasn't plastic they had broke it was something more mechanical had broken as a result... definitly worth slowing down for puddles... :0 Link to comment
g1983 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Aye, I remember hearing someone had a similar problem with their Renault, but it wasn't plastic they had broke it was something more mechanical had broken as a result... definitly worth slowing down for puddles... :0 Prob a bit of both. As most mechanical things in a Renault are plastic. Link to comment
davey l wrx Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Fasteners arrived today, 5 minutes later all sorted. As a bonus i've got a crap load of fasteners for next time it happens Link to comment
thefastone Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 ha! Yeah, you are probably right there, I hate french cars... Good stuff Dave, worrying that you are talking about the next time though!!! Link to comment
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