I met with an unfortunate accident of bumping onto a metallic fire extinguisher case which puncture the boot lid. Would like to know what are the options as well as the approximate cost of repair? Car is a 2004 model. Thanks!
Ford Falcon (2004) Bootlid Punctured
LJiggysquid on 17/04/2018 - 21:48
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Or duct tape at least.
Cut and polish, should buff right out.
thanks for joining OzBargain, your question will be answered by the next available smash repair specialist
Or troll
Didn't like the answers you got from Whirlpool?
$., but that is just a guess, could be a few dollars more or less.
LOL im going to use that line now
If anyone here says anything other than the same answer from there I’d be surprised.
Ie purchase bootlid from wreckers.
nice find……..
Perfectly decent answers too.
The repair would be worth more than the car, go to the wreckers and buy a new boot lid.
swap car for ex taxi ford falcon, will have good boot.
except for the screw holes for the bootlid billboard.
Use it to advertise ozbargain
Did you ever source one from the wreckers?
:PPPPP
agreed, its about $80
If you're shopping for a better answer than you got on Whirlpool, just let us know what answer you want, and one of our team members will be happy to help you.
Keep asking till someone tells them what they want……. :/
Would like to know what are the options as well as the approximate cost of repair?
Cost of a boot lid and labour to install.
If you want the colour to match, cost of painting if you can't find a boot lid matching in your colour.
There is no other 'easy' way to fix it.
I mean if you don't want it to look pretty, just get someone to weld a bit of sheet metal in there to keep it watertight!
Or the other super cheap option is duct tape and replace every month or so.
This is a fairly common car. surely you can find the same bootlid from a car being wrecked for spares? You might even be able to find one in the same colour too (saves you having to get it painted).
Fit a rear spoiler to cover the hole, and would improve high speed stability too.
Otherwise tap it back near flat, dress off the paint and apply a fibreglass filler.
Or buy an OUCH! Sticker to cover to hole.
I vote ouch sticker
Punctured bootlid on a 2004 Falcon. Total economic loss. It would cost you more to repair it than what a complete replacement Falcon would cost you.
Since you already asked on Whirlpool and got plenty of answers there, then I guess you are fishing for something else. So, in the true spirit of OzB, what you need to do is seek a lawyer and find out if there is a way to take the fire extinguisher box to court. You should have made a post about it not having insurance or that it had insurance and now the box is refusing to take responsibility for damaging your car…
As a question for OP, what were you hoping to find out here that you didn’t get from Whirlpool?
OzBargain may suggest OP could park in a loading zone, hoping a $80k high yielding car might run into the back of them.
probably end up with bikies fighting and damage the bonut though.
I'd try to straighten it out as much as possible, seal it with some silicone and color it in with touch up paint/texta/nail polish.
Add more and market them "speed holes".
Ford Falcon - just drive it to wreckers and leave it there
Mods pls close the thread op has had answers both here and on whirlpool :)
This won't help long term but at least for now, while you figure out your options, I'd go to Bunnings and get yourself some Sikaflex in a tube and seal her up so your boot doesn't become a pool!