**Wanted: OS front and rear doors (Estate)**

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**Wanted: OS front and rear doors (Estate)**

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Message on behalf of Stuart Hedges, who's got no internet connection at the moment:

Some bloody twit has pulled out from a side road and pranged his mintylicious BX TZD estate :evil: :evil: :evil: I don't believe it!

So he's on the lookout for both front and rear driver's side doors, and if at all possible the means to spray them Olympic Blue.

Having had his lovely Mk1 BX completely written off last year, you can imagine how he's feeling... especially after all the hassle he had over the insurance payout.

Can anyone who's got good doors lying about let me know and I'll pass it on. He's still in Bristol until Sunday, when David R is helping him to move to his new flat in Surrey.

Cheers,

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Post by Philip Chidlow »

I'm off to Edwards Cit breakers tomorow - I'll have a gander.
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Cheers Phil.

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That's a bummer for Stuart. The Doc may still have all the silver doors from my previous estate at his barn, up the M5 not too far from Bristol , though possibly one may be minus a window. Don't forget that BX hatchback and estate doors are interchangeable though.
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Ah excellent - I was wondering about interchangeability! Thanks David.

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Pretty much 99% sure: the estate has that look that some felt to be a bit "clunky" precisely because it's only the rear wings, roof and boot floor that differentiate it in bodywork terms, from a BX hatch.
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DLM wrote:Pretty much 99% sure: the estate has that look that some felt to be a bit "clunky" precisely because it's only the rear wings, roof and boot floor that differentiate it in bodywork terms, from a BX hatch.
Definitely. The rear doors on an estate are the same as on a hatch.

I've a feeling I'm going to be changing some doors soon...

and spraying them too...
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I've located a pair of Olympic Blue driver's side doors in dirty but seemingly straight condition at Edwards. He wants £70 the pair, which seems OK to me.
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Philip Chidlow wrote:I've located a pair of Olympic Blue driver's side doors in dirty but seemingly straight condition at Edwards. He wants £70 the pair, which seems OK to me.
That sounds like the ideal fix, although £70 for a couple of doors seems rather expensive to me.

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Cheaper than spraying a pair. And better results too. I guess he might be up for some haggling. Sometimes is.

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Philip Chidlow wrote:Cheaper than spraying a pair.
Depends who's doing the spraying.
Philip Chidlow wrote:And better results too.
Again. Depends who mixes the paint, and who's doing the spraying. I know what quality of finish I can achieve.

I wouldn't expect to pay more than £20 for a door from a breakers.. even a perfect one.
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DavidRutherford wrote:I wouldn't expect to pay more than £20 for a door from a breakers.. even a perfect one.
Go find a pair of matching Olympic Blue ones then :wink:

But I guess you can always pay £40 for a pair in any colour, prep them up, paint them to match and save yerself £30!

How much is paint though? Offset by delivery costs I suppose.

Either way, if I could get a pair of doors in the right colour to save my car from being a wreck for £70, I wouldn't complain!
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Phil what model of BX are these from do you know? I could use a decent rear bumper.
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Post by Philip Chidlow »

I didn't see if there was a blue bumper there. (All the items are stored separately), but if you phone Edwards, Mark should be able to help.
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@Tim,
Have you seen this on the Bay of E?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0300369963

"Is this the rear bumper which you seek?"(sic) :wink:
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