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SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby howsey » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:23 pm

When i collected my new sportvan i noticed a colour difference in the front wing, the dealer i purchased the van from did not have a body shop so i was given a letter to take to my local ford main dealer where the work would be carried out under warranty
Having taken the van into the dealership they contacted me a week later to say the van would be ready at the end of the week to collect, when i went to collect it the quality of the workman ship was awful and i refused to accept the van back in that condition, they phoned me a week later again to say it had been re-painted for the second but they had to remove the plastic wheel arch trim and was waiting for the new part to arrive that was the 23.10.07 its now the 11.11.07.. 17 days later and im still waiting. i am also told that they cant get the trim from FORD and suggest i use the van with the trim missing, until it eventually arrives!!!! Having spoken to FORD direct myself, they advice NO spare body kit parts are going to be avaliable for the sport van until the near future???!..... any suggestions?

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as you can see from the picture above the wheel arch trim is stuck on with silicon at the factory!
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby transitgeoff » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:47 pm

:shock: not good mate, this also happened with the street KA, where an outside company made the kit, there were loads of them in bodyshops waiting for unavailable parts, obviously the dickheads repainting it damaged the arch trying to remove it, my arches look like there stuck on with double sided, id say they stuck that silicon on there :?:
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby Nighthawk » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:12 pm

Sportvan dress up parts are in deed in short supply from the manufacturer MS design

Having said that, a great many parts lines for new Transit are also in short supply as the plants have added an extra production shift in order to try and meet the demand.
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby sus » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:23 pm

you can see if you look carfully on mine that they are stuck on with double sided pads
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby Neil » Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:38 pm

sure dont make things like they did way back my arches are bolted
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby 8skellerns » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:51 pm

Neil wrote:sure dont make things like they did way back my arches are bolted


I'd rather they were stuck on, afterall, any drilled panel has the potential to corrode around the fixings that go through the metal.
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby madmark » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:21 am

as geoff says i think this plastic arch had been off before as the wing was painted before delivery, :shock: :shock: but i would of thourt that ms could russle up a new one easy enouph :? :?
maybe if this doesnt get sorted out soon it might be possible to commit the van and get a replacement! :? :?
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby MrMPuk » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:51 pm

MS Design had better pull there finger out for when these go into full production next year!
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby WINDSCREENGUY » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:21 pm

love the way they painted over the glue id be doing my bollocks .

but then im a fussy bugger
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby Neil » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:14 pm

8skellerns wrote:
Neil wrote:sure dont make things like they did way back my arches are bolted


I'd rather they were stuck on, afterall, any drilled panel has the potential to corrode around the fixings that go through the metal.
wonder if they will be still stuck on 25 years from now :!:
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby rover » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:33 pm

Neil wrote:wonder if they will be still stuck on 25 years from now :!:


Now I know you are having a laugh, the question you should ask is how many of them will have wheel arches at all in 25 years :lol:

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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby madmark » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:44 pm

:) but the best thing about the plasitc arch is it will hide the rust! :wink:
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby Gavin » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:25 pm

years ago my dad had a ford cortina estate from new. someone dinged the front wing and a large lump of filler fell out of it. :?

a few years ago i found out why, when i had to visit the ford site at dagenham. the cars (did and still do) come in from germany on uncovered trains, and a fair number of them get damaged in on the journey.

theres a huge rectification shop down there with huge numbers of cars waiting to have panels replaced or repainted or glass replaced :shock:



i know the vans come from southampton, things may still happen in transit, as it were :lol: might explain the colour difference you found
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby howsey » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:05 pm

madmark wrote::) but the best thing about the plasitc arch is it will hide the rust! :wink:
i wonder how long before rust will appear ? :x has :evil: anybody got a 2-3 year old van showing the early signs of rust and were ? :evil: should i be waxoiling ? : :roll:
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Re: SPORTVAN WARNING

Postby madmark » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:08 pm

i have done mine, after seeing a few with rust around the 52 plates :wink:
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