It appears that the short unintended off-road stint for my car resulted in what is essentially cosmetic damage to be repaired within the numbers acceptable to the insurers.
However, the estimator let me look around the car today whilst he went over his findings and noted his engineer has issues with running a suspension geometry check because the front right turret has a small cm long crack in it. His suggestion is that the use of ACS suspension parts without a front strut bar reinforcing above may have caused it over time.
Now I'm embarrassed to note that I'd missed this when buying the car. There's a degree of rust along the crack and it clearly predates my purchase. He seemed surprised that it passed a BMW AUC check - but I can't find specifics on the 100 + point check that would cover (and I'm guessing BMW warranty folks will have small print to cover it as wear and tear/buyer beware)
The whole wheel-housing element can be replaced at a cost of of £1400 which obviously they're happy to do for me ;-)
Could use some second opinions though.. does it need doing sooner now or can I get it done later?
Is a weld fix not a good idea as estimator indicated?
I've decided in light of the "lethal in wet" and recent experience thread I'll be looking at going on the track to push the handling a little so it may see a few track days when I get it back. A strut bar seems to be a recommended handling improvement.
Would a strut bar on top of the wheel-housings in its current state hinder it developing a problem or actually aggrevate it.
Cheers
However, the estimator let me look around the car today whilst he went over his findings and noted his engineer has issues with running a suspension geometry check because the front right turret has a small cm long crack in it. His suggestion is that the use of ACS suspension parts without a front strut bar reinforcing above may have caused it over time.
Now I'm embarrassed to note that I'd missed this when buying the car. There's a degree of rust along the crack and it clearly predates my purchase. He seemed surprised that it passed a BMW AUC check - but I can't find specifics on the 100 + point check that would cover (and I'm guessing BMW warranty folks will have small print to cover it as wear and tear/buyer beware)
The whole wheel-housing element can be replaced at a cost of of £1400 which obviously they're happy to do for me ;-)
Could use some second opinions though.. does it need doing sooner now or can I get it done later?
Is a weld fix not a good idea as estimator indicated?
I've decided in light of the "lethal in wet" and recent experience thread I'll be looking at going on the track to push the handling a little so it may see a few track days when I get it back. A strut bar seems to be a recommended handling improvement.
Would a strut bar on top of the wheel-housings in its current state hinder it developing a problem or actually aggrevate it.
Cheers
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