Cat C Bodywork Damage - Advice Please

[pilchard8]

Car was involved in a hit and run, got the car back as a cat c and started work on the bodywork. Bought a front bumper and plan to respray the wing. Upon closer inspection the car has been damaged underneath. Now im no expert on this but from the following pictures does this look repairable and will it pass through a VOSA check?

Its on the front drivers side wing/bumper.







The pictures may be unclear can send more if needed. The bar in the picture is bent and the smaller bit ripped away from the car. Cant really describe it as I dont know what it is.

Just want to know if this is repairable, will pass a VOSA check and a MOT.

Thanks

[wildoliver]

It will pass a vic check as it's just an identity check.

Whether it passes an MOT depends on if it's structural or if it protrudes a sharp edge outside the car, if it's what I think it is (poor photo) it should be absolutely fine but I'd still straighten it out.

Is it a MK1 or 2, if it's MK2 (or 2.5) I've got a donor car I'm going to be scrapping in a month or 2, I'd happily do a front cut for you.

[pilchard8]

Its a mk1 im afraid, thanks though.

The insurance said it was a VOSA check, looking into it now, it got changed last year and now i need a VIC check. So as long is passes the mot it should be fine.

From the pictures does it look like a bodyshop could fix this?

[SportsCarShop]

pilchard8 said:

Its a mk1 im afraid, thanks though.

The insurance said it was a VOSA check, looking into it now, it got changed last year and now i need a VIC check. So as long is passes the mot it should be fine.

From the pictures does it look like a bodyshop could fix this?

I do a lot of insurance repairs on sports, classics and glass fibre too. It's a little hard to see quite what's going on there but it looks quite repairable. Cat C damage means nothing really, there is little science in categorisation, it's more about the nature of the claim and the deal done with the client. A four wheel alignment done by someone competent will determine how true the car is post accident. Odd geometry coupled with poor panel gaps indicate more to do!

[pilchard8]

It seems to drive ok, taking it to bodyshop at weekend and hopefully it will be repairable. Will it pass the mot without a wheel alignment?

[SportsCarShop]

pilchard8 said:

It seems to drive ok, taking it to bodyshop at weekend and hopefully it will be repairable. Will it pass the mot without a wheel alignment?

If there is really wayward alignment then the tester should fail it, but, as we well know...

The body shop you visit really need to be a good setup to guide you properly, be careful

[BigBo]

SportsCarShop said:

pilchard8 said:

It seems to drive ok, taking it to bodyshop at weekend and hopefully it will be repairable. Will it pass the mot without a wheel alignment?

If there is really wayward alignment then the tester should fail it, but, as we well know...

The body shop you visit really need to be a good setup to guide you properly, be careful

any proper set-up will have a car bench with measuring equipment caraliner etc. again hard to see from the pictures but doesn't look too serious from what I can see, looks like the corner of the front panel got flattened

[Pit Pony]

pilchard8 said:

Its a mk1 im afraid, thanks though.

The insurance said it was a VOSA check, looking into it now, it got changed last year and now i need a VIC check. So as long is passes the mot it should be fine.

As long as the Vehicle Identity Check, by VOSA doesn't find out that it was a previous ringer, it can be put straight back on the road and MOT'd when the MOT is next due. It might be that an insurance company asks for a new MOT before they'll insure it, it might be that they want an engineers report, But if it were my car, I'd want a full 4 wheel alignment done and corrected.

[SportsCarShop]

Pit Pony said:

pilchard8 said:

Its a mk1 im afraid, thanks though.

The insurance said it was a VOSA check, looking into it now, it got changed last year and now i need a VIC check. So as long is passes the mot it should be fine.

As long as the Vehicle Identity Check, by VOSA doesn't find out that it was a previous ringer, it can be put straight back on the road and MOT'd when the MOT is next due. It might be that an insurance company asks for a new MOT before they'll insure it, it might be that they want an engineers report, But if it were my car, I'd want a full 4 wheel alignment done and corrected.

Without a doubt four wheel alignment is the easy way to find out where everything is, you don't need a.body shop for that. Measuring using a carbench or caraliner just subjects you to an unnecessary loading and measuring charge where it may well not be needed