Rav Been In A Bump

[jibbbbbb]

sorry to say rav has been hit by a bus wife was not hurt at all , and not that much damage , rear qauter panel dented, rear wheel arch is f--- and rear bumper is gone as well , bus depo has admited it was there fault ( drivers fault) . and have offered to pay for the damage , my Q is Shell i take it to a toyota dealer , which might take time or does any one no of a good body shops in brum , looking forward to your reply . PART KING might be able to advise me on this one i hope

MANY THANKS :(

[Boro Sera]

not good news mate,

At least your wife wasn't hurt though.

I'd take it to Toyota to get sorted. The bus company is paying for the repair, so you may as well get a dealer repair with genuine parts etc.

Good luck with it !

[anchorman]

Glad wifey wasn't hurt. Probably shook her up though.

I would take it to Toyota too as they use all genuine parts. At least go and see what facilities they have. They will probably talk you through the process etc.

They will have all the info on cutting panels out if that quarter has to go. If you do choose somewhere else the Toyota website has all the bodywork details on it.

Good luck.

[jibbbbbb]

Glad wifey wasn't hurt. Probably shook her up though.

I would take it to Toyota too as they use all genuine parts. At least go and see what facilities they have. They will probably talk you through the process etc.

They will have all the info on cutting panels out if that quarter has to go. If you do choose somewhere else the Toyota website has all the bodywork details on it.

Good luck.

thanks for the replys so far, looks like toyota garage looks good so far , still waiting for part king though , as he does work for them

[Coles]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck. My wife crashed her one last month and unfortunately it was all her own fault. It could have been a lot worse (she had the two brats in the back). Basically she pulled on to a main road without noticing the oncoming Berlingo. She clipped the side of the van causing 3,000 euros of damage, but the Rav was fine... crumpled bumper, smashed indicator and headlight casing, wing shoved back a bit... just took a few hours to take the front apart and straighten it all out... boiling water on the bumper worked a treat but I'd prefer if she didn't crash it anymore...

[Parts-King]

Hi, sorry I missed this earlier, work was getting in the way, :D:

If you take it to a dealer, you are going to benefit from genuine parts and most dealers offer a 3 year paint warranty. The bus company may admit liability, but they will still need an estimate. Take it in for an estimate and your dealer should be able to explain everything to you. I can price parts if you want me to, however it will have to be either tomorrow (Friday 23rd) or week beginning 3rd Dec, it will be difficult to price the bits from Kenya

This is what we offer from our website

Kingo

[anchorman]

Hi, sorry I missed this earlier, work was getting in the way, :D:

If you take it to a dealer, you are going to benefit from genuine parts and most dealers offer a 3 year paint warranty. The bus company may admit liability, but they will still need an estimate. Take it in for an estimate and your dealer should be able to explain everything to you. I can price parts if you want me to, however it will have to be either tomorrow (Friday 23rd) or week beginning 3rd Dec, it will be difficult to price the bits from Kenya

This is what we offer from our website

Kingo

Mind you don't get eaten Kingo we need you

Oh er... I mean that would be terrible and a nasty shock to us.

PS Any chance you could just train up one of your colleagues to regularly visit the TOC before you go

[Parts-King]

PS Any chance you could just train up one of your colleagues to regularly visit the TOC before you go

One of the parts guys is going to check for PM's while I'm away, emails can be sent via this form fill on our website

I will put up a seperate post with this info I think

Kingo

[dave.m]

Glad the good lady is ok mate this happened to me about 6 months ago. Dont worry you will

get things sorted out, at least if bus co is paying to fix the Rav you wont have any R Sing about with

insurance companies like I did.

Good luck. ;)

[jibbbbbb]

Hi, sorry I missed this earlier, work was getting in the way, :D:

If you take it to a dealer, you are going to benefit from genuine parts and most dealers offer a 3 year paint warranty. The bus company may admit liability, but they will still need an estimate. Take it in for an estimate and your dealer should be able to explain everything to you. I can price parts if you want me to, however it will have to be either tomorrow (Friday 23rd) or week beginning 3rd Dec, it will be difficult to price the bits from Kenya

This is what we offer from our website

Kingo

many thanks kingo looks like im off to toyota in bromsgrove on sat, i will put some pics on here and put the price of repair , just to shock you all ,many thanks again for all your adivce .

jib :D

[bothwell_buyer]

Is Parts King going to Kenya??

Younger brother works for the UN and is based between Sudan and Nairobi. I assume they must be needing parts???? Mind and take a tent and your own vehicle with 2 bodyguards.

Younger brother has 2 armed bodyguards and what they use as vehicles not sure as theres only 5okm of made up roads....in Sudan

[Fujisan]

Glad your wife is OK Jib.

It must have been a terrible shock being hit by something as big as a bus.

Hope your RAV is fully repaired very soon

[Parts-King]

Is Parts King going to Kenya??

Sure am Bothy.........but only for a week, not planning in opening up a Nairobi/Kingo parts division

Kingo