The word of the day is "bugger" crashed my F

**Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:57 am

I managed to reverse my F into a post 2day at 10mph,,,, bent one of the connecting bars and the wheel is twisted,,, also damaged the wing,, think sus is ok,, just the front connecting bar,, anyone have any idea how much these are 2 replace,, God im pissed off

**Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:10 am

Bad luck mate

Hope you get it sorted soon.

**Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:11 pm

Bad luck mate

, which bar exactly you talking about ? you prob be able to get it from your local motor factors with any luck, if not scrappy is your best bet.

**Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:12 pm

bad luck mate :sad10:

christina.x

**Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:13 am

Comiserations dude, know how u feel, reversed into a post 2 months after i bought my car, cost £230 to fix

Hope you get it fixed soon, p'raps a pic might help diagnose the situation

**Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:48 am

Ooooh, bad luck mate.

Like Andy said, maybe a pic of the offending part would help.

Mark

**Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:10 am

Nasty.... unlucky mate - but at least you werent tanking it when you hit!

**Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:32 pm

Will take a pick 2morrow then post it,, it will help me if i new which part I need to get,, its the front linkage bar comming from the rear on the right hand side,, if anyone had any thoughts
Cheers guys

**Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:35 pm

Ok I think its possibly one of the control arms

**Joined:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:14 pm **Posts:** 4751

Certainly sounds like the control arm. Allow me to do a bit of searching and see what I can find, including prices....

**Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:59 pm

Ok it is the control arms,, I need to replace all three, both the width way one and the one width way one,, I better replace the sway bar as well,, but am going to order the sway bar from whiteline,, if anyone can point me in the right direction for the three control bars I will buy them a pint,,, i JUST WANNA GET MY BABY BACK ON THE ROAD...

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:13 am

There are some Mazda garages listed in the Discounts section for Gold club members. Might be worth going for Poly bushes while you're down there (we also have discount deals with these

). I didn't change my front ARB bushes because it was so much extra work

They'll probably be cheaper than OEM ones as well.

Mark

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:56 am

this is no lie.... i had a dream last night me and my paps were driving in my F on some windy road near a huge forest, and then i spun the car, flip it and wrote it off. jeeeez i woke up so pale :pale:

hope it aint a sign :crybaby:

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:44 am

Sorry to hear about that Phil.

I guess [u]FATE[/u] didn't listen when you said that you were out of 'funds' for the car; she only heard up to the point when you were still spending loadsa$$$$$$$s on it.......

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:50 pm

Good news,, Have found the offending parts and have ordered them up 2day from 247 parts,, £105 including delivery,, thats for all three control arms,,, am going to order the sway bar from whiteline,,, and I found my wheel locking nut key,,,, things are looking up,, am doing the work myself then taking it to a garage to ensure that the rear wheels are perfectly aligned.... With the cash I will be saving from doing it myself will have my bodykit and full respray done in sept october time,,,, was gonig to do engine first but now i have another dent better get it sorted,,, thanks for you help guys

The word of the day is "bugger" crashed my F

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