Scratched my RS2

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Cheers fr38ky!

[K Simmonds]

Car now totally stripped, every useful component removed, took a bit longer than normal to get the job done due to extent of the damage, I've dealt with a few crashed Audi S2's etc and this one proved to be by far the most difficult to salvage parts from. The rear subframe has a kink in the centre, both nearside tie rods are like banana's and the shell itself is twisted in a most unusual way. One bonus, and something I've not seen before is the sheering of all but one of the near-side ball joint studs which fortunately means the forged wishbone survived.

Though an RS2 has sadly met it's demise Charlie and Holly are both fine, which is the most important thing, the car did a good job of protecting them.

I took a good whack on the head while undoing the rear suspension, my own fault for being a little gun-ho, still it's just a nasty bump and a bit of a sore neck.

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I'm just writing it up pictorially now.

And it's 'gung-ho' not 'gun-ho'

[Bowie69]

Maybe he was using a rattle - 'gun' ...

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That was awful, bow your head in shame.

[Bowie69]

Got my coat, and....

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Some good progress yesterday with top thanks to my Action Kit. I started in the early sunrise removing the side skirts which were a bit of a nuisance thanks to some adhesive used to the rear end piece. The less said about the mangled nearside the better:



And how unfortunate that a fold in the roof made getting the headlining out in one piece impossible:





I'd then raised it on axle stands to look at the exhaust and at some point around midday Kit arrived so we could motor on:







Kit removed the front struts and some things called 'drive shafts' and 'propshafts':





Disconnected the engine from anything tying it to the shell and then lifted the car over the engine:





And with the rear subframe disconnected we were good to turn the car on it's side:







Here is the kink in the rear subframe Kit was on about, must've taken quite a shunt to do that:



And here is a bent track rod:



Holly looking for jobs to do:



Then after a long day it was time to right the car on some pallets (is that Kit performing Reiki on the car in the vain hope of repairing it?):



Something's missing...:


Huuuge thanks to my very own Action Man, Kit without whom the car would most likely remain a wreck on my driveway

[K Simmonds]

[QUOTE=cardcrash;915751And it's 'gung-ho' not 'gun-ho' [/QUOTE]

Bloody auto correct, wish I had been able to use air tools, would have speeded things up considerably.

The two smashed CV joints are quite impressive as well, you really did knock the 5h1t of it!

Anyway glad to be of help, plus I've got some useful parts for mine.

[Error404]

Love to see Action Kit in error, well... Action

As its not RS2 specific, am I allowed to ask for a piece off the shell?

[Audi J]

whats it being dismantled for if the insurance is paying out / yet to pay out?

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Cos the parts are worth £££

[Trist28]

"I'll have it stripped in a day" he said

I thought that was optimistic

took a bit longer than normal

[david1980]

don't forget this plastic bumper bracket, I spent a while finding one a while ago.

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The one on the other side was removed by trees and foliage and such, I did however manage to remove off-side one without much fuss:

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And here is the dismantling site from my bedroom:




...just for fun