friday night and i thought i would go out for a drive in the striker..........................

going round a roundabout and some idiot pulls out on me cant belive it did he stop er no !!!!!!! i now have a striker with a bent steering arm/rack bent chassis on passenger side where the idiot drove into me

so now what do i do

police turned up as i was phone to the police call centre they did ask all police cars in local area to keep an eye out for a damaged car (did not get the make or reg) and told me to report it to my local police station tomorrow

what the bleep do i do now i love my little striker

crash was in chelmsford in essex near a12 roundabout at boreham.


thanks
stirker-4age

Either claim on insurance, and take the hit on increased next year premium / loss of NCD etc.

Or... rebuild it youself.

Depending on the age of the car and the damage, the insurance Co might write it off, and leave you with no car and a payout less than what the car meant to you (I'm not talking car cash value here)

If you do go down the insurance route, DONT agree to anything, as the car belongs to you until you accept the Ins Co offer.

Just my 2d's worth.

:-( Steering rack is not so bad, bent chassis is more serious though. Likely fixable though, just a massive pain that it has to happen as the weather starts to get nicer.

Main thing is that no one was hurt.

Many years ago I was sat in the passenger seat of a friends striker when he decided to park it in a ditch. The front corner of the chassis was bent quite badly, but he said that they are easy to repair - so many of them get bent racing that to cut off the damaged bits and replace them is a well trodden path!

I wish you well with what must be an awful situation.

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Originally posted by rodgling
:-( Steering rack is not so bad, bent chassis is more serious though. Likely fixable though, just a massive pain that it has to happen as the weather starts to get nicer.

Main thing is that no one was hurt.

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would love to be out in it i use it at least once every week think there has only been about 8 weeks in the last year when i have not been out in it

spoke to steve at fury today so hopefully i can get it sorted

fingers crossed

NTDWM but if you need to move it, I've used a bloke in Chelmsford with a low-loader to shift mine who was REALLY cheap!
Braintree to Brentwood - £20 !

the damage not too bad but i love my little striker

Seem to remember somewhere in the second edition R.Champion book that he suggested whacking a tube which was fouling the diff with a rubber mallet to get it out of the way, even had a quote something like "...if it's good enough for rolls Royce..." (could be different, I'm working from a dodgy memory here).

Hope you can get it fixed without too much trouble, and hope even more that the ar$e that hit and ran gets their just desserts!

That should push out with a piece of 3x2 and a scissor jack no bother. The track rod would hammer straight as well proper locost repair

jus it it wiv a big ammer an a lump o wood, be alright an the mudguard ul polish

Visually, that damage looks extremely light. It really does.

Last time I had an 'off' at Combe, I had to cut the rear bulkhead-chassis section off in it's entirety, welding on a new rear half......

Fix it!

I do hope I can fix it I really love that little thing how hard is it to repair the damaged to section ?

Thanks for all your comments

If it was me would bend the chassis rail back, borrow/hire one of these 4 TON 4000kg HYDRAULIC HEAVY DUTY POWER CAR VAN JACK BODY PORTO REPAIR KIT NEW | eBay

Then replace the track arm and maybe all the joints and the bolts just to be safe.

Id also consider making up a brace to go between the top of the chassis rails just to strengthen the bent rail.

[Edited on 16-2-13 by loggyboy]

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Originally posted by loggyboy
If it was me would bend the chassis rail back, borrow/hire one of these 4 TON 4000kg HYDRAULIC HEAVY DUTY POWER CAR VAN JACK BODY PORTO REPAIR KIT NEW | eBay

Then replace the track arm and maybe all the joints and the bolts just to be safe.

Id also consider making up a brace to go between the top of the chassis rails just to strengthen the bent rail.

[Edited on 16-2-13 by loggyboy]

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I would place large panels of wood as a spreader on the other side of the engine bay and jack off the wood.
Attaching anything to the other side and pulling will just drag the car, you would need to brace against something.

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jus it it wiv a big ammer an a lump o wood, be alright an the mudguard ul polish

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I wouldnt want to wack it, even with a wood protection dolly I would be affraid of deforming the rail and weakening it further. A smooth application of force would be better IMO.

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Originally posted by loggyboy
jack off the wood.

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That would be a nice and easy fix but the front inboard shock has twisted round as well from where the top rail has pushed it off line ? Would this still be ok If I was to brace it ?

Kev give me a call tomorrow,

I can borrow a porta power if you want to have a go at it....

Gav u r a top man !!!!! Thanks m8

One interesting thing is that my chassis is a STM Phoenix (square tube) so is a close relative to Striker, already has a top chassis rail behind the front suspension. You might consider replicating this once you have massaged your chassis straight again as it could only help to add rigidity and you do seem to have the space for it.


ARB4

Sorry for the poor picture.

Matt

I would take the side panel off and attempt to jack it from the other side if it doesnt want to come back i would slit the bent chassis rail in the outer edge at the point where the bend is worst ( just the outer side of the square tube but through the radius of the top and bottom face) then jack it out and weld the slit up u could just do this bit with the engine in and use a car jack bottle or sissor jack and some heat on the rail, id then brace the chassis from the side rail to the front panel (triangulate like a mk indy r )

Do mk2 escort racks have removable track rods ????

They can be removed but its not easy.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=174264

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the damage not too bad but i love my little striker

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Do you have a contact number for retromotorsport please yes I think it may have been the front wheel I did shut my eyes so not sure

http://www.retromotorsport.co.uk/

Thanks m8

Phone number dead