snewin
2nd November 2012, 08:28 PM
So I side swiped a roo the other day. Got off lightly with a driver's side rear wheel arch half knocked off. It's the bit that attaches to the back of the rear door. I gently peeled it back to reveal there's four places where it attaches to the door. The bottom three were neatly popped out and all in one piece as you can see from the pics. The rivets or plugs were cactus but the arch was not affected and the main top one was still holding. Bonza I thought. I'll get the bottom screw/plug/rivet thing, take out the door lining & fit the thing & get it back on.
Along comes the father in law and has a poke around the car. Comes back around and has the wheel arch in his hand. Says something along the lines of 'you can get these from the wrecker or from a Nissan dealer'. I went & checked his handiwork and he ripped it off and screwed the top bit of the arch, leaving half of it on the door - see pic. I'm not sure what happened next but it involved swearing, yelling and Dexter-like thoughts of Karmic revenge. The top thing on the arch is broken so that's stuffed my chances of getting it back on.
So fellow Patrol lovers, I'm guessing that its possible but expensive to get this from the dealer. I assume patrol a part would be the go. I might check eBay. I dunno. I'm leaving it for tonight & having a few cold ones & dream deliriously of murderous mischief.
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Effing dirty so-and-so. Landcrab driving Neanderthal. Fat piece of pelican poo. Stupid as a sack full of hammers.
Along comes the father in law and has a poke around the car. Comes back around and has the wheel arch in his hand. Says something along the lines of 'you can get these from the wrecker or from a Nissan dealer'. I went & checked his handiwork and he ripped it off and screwed the top bit of the arch, leaving half of it on the door - see pic. I'm not sure what happened next but it involved swearing, yelling and Dexter-like thoughts of Karmic revenge. The top thing on the arch is broken so that's stuffed my chances of getting it back on.
So fellow Patrol lovers, I'm guessing that its possible but expensive to get this from the dealer. I assume patrol a part would be the go. I might check eBay. I dunno. I'm leaving it for tonight & having a few cold ones & dream deliriously of murderous mischief.
21911
21912
Effing dirty so-and-so. Landcrab driving Neanderthal. Fat piece of pelican poo. Stupid as a sack full of hammers.