My New old Car...Now Wrecked

got myself a white jetta 1.8 GL for a runner after having the Polo stolen, had the Jetta for 2 months and last thu8rsday, a lorry hit the back of it, and sent me spining and hit a curb at 30mph sideways.

some pics anyways, had big plans, but no more!
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the Night of the Accident

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rear Axle is snapped!!

thanx

Doesn't look that bad get her sorted yo!

unlucky mate but is it too much hassle for you to get a rear beam from a golf gti shurely cant be hard to get one from a breakers

thats what i thought, but i cant do any mechanic work, and the mechanic said it would be2-3 hours work, so i need to get the part, get the car towed 60 miles to the garage where i always go, have it fixed, and re mot it, and re register, as it is not a cat D insurance write off!

plus they say they are not sure if the car is even straight!

i'm hating it right now, i was so happy with it, had huge plans for it, low, simple and sopme sick rims!

was 1 owner from new, garaged all its life with dehumidifier, and always VW parts used and nothing else!

:-(

claim the lorry driver for personal injury get something back from the bastard

is it jaysteed thats after a wite one to re shell his gti engineering, could work for him he seems prety handy

Jay is sellin all the bits to the gti engineering i think but its worth a PM

Found out today, after having different quotes on the work, and parts and stuff, that the car is bent tio fuck too, so fixing it is out the window!!!

thats really unlucky

cheers peoples!!

On the hunt for another one tho!

wanna buy a w reg ka?

disco wrote:unlucky mate but is it too much hassle for you to get a rear beam from a golf gti shurely cant be hard to get one from a breakers

found out that it is not bent, so it can be fixed, so will a golf gti rear axle work? any1 got a part number?

gti axle only? or any golf axel?

any help will be much apreciated, got to find a part and make up my mind on fixing it by monday!! so please people help!!

thank you!

any golf axle will fit the only difference with the gti axle is the rear discs and yours i take it has got drums. straight swap bit of hard work but its worth it to get your jetta back on the road. hope this helps

how much work would it take to change over to disks? surely not too much huh?

i would love discs at the back, but happy enough with drums too!

how much labour should i be looking at?

all aspects of fixing need to be clear in my head before monday, so all you experts, i thank you for any help!!

really want her back on the road!!

if its another beam your getting its a case of disconnecting the handbrake cables from the drums and the brake pipes then there is 3 bolts either side to lower the beam but dont forget to take out the rear shocks from the beam aswell. once thats done it a case of out with the old and in with the new and reconnect everything you previously disconnected. sounds easy but its not. i reckon its about 3-4 hours work from start to finish.

so 3-4 hours work you reckon?

thats sounds a bbit long, but if you know, i trust you!!

even at a garage? would it still take that long?

going to make a few call now and try to find out.

thanx

if its being done at a garage they have use of ramps which i didnt have access to so it should be done quicker.
i was using jacks and axle stands when me and my mates fitted one. not a nice job under the circumstances.
hope the jetta makes a full recovery soon

after all your help peeps, the insurance wont let me have her back until the case is sorted!! which wont be soon as DHL are not accepting liability!!!

Bastards!!

you also need the hand brake cable replaced so ive been told

thats a proper bummer about your car insurance companies really p**s me off when they say things like dat