The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

If you do get the new bumper I'd be interested in the broken one... (regardless if it has damage or not)..

I've already been PM'd by someone looking the bumper. I can understand why there is interest in it now, not many floating around! I'll see what the story is once I get it off.

mcgon1979 wrote:I'll see what the story is once I get it off.

fnarr!

Lad's I've got one way worse than any of ye'r stories!!!! Me being Me crashed into one of the feuding family member's of Limerick No wait!!!! I put that wrong THEY crashed into me!!!!!

No word on the bumper. I kicked up a fuss with AJKs and they had the Castlerock motors dealer (who ordered the part) call me. The part was ordered on Sept 11th. They have had NO word back from Japan about when it will be shipped. I also emailed the main mitsu-ireland site asking about the part. got this reply. I'm wondering is it available at all. The guy in castle rock said something about Japan not returning their emails etc. god damn it.

Dear Sir,
In reference to your email dated 08th October last, I can tell you that this part can be ordered through any of our main dealers. Although I have been advised by our parts department that this part could be some time coming into stock. One of our dealers ordered this very part back in mid September and it's still out of stock, with no exact date of supply.
However for your convenience I have attached a copy of our dealer network list. As I said, Any of these dealerships will gladly assist you. The part number you require is MR344296.

Best regards,
Aisling.
___________
Aisling Farrell
Receptionist / Admin
Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi House
JFK Drive, Naas Road
Dublin 12

mcgon1979 wrote:No word on the bumper. ......

If I was you I'd have spent the money on aftermarket DC skirts and bumper - It would likely not work out any more expensive than buying an OE bumper from a main dealer.

Something along the lines of Daves last FTO -

To be honest, I really like the standard face lift bumper. Plus I was getting the car fixed through insurance, so not sure you can 'mod' while replacing OE parts. I'll give them another month I suppose.

you could always pay the claim back if it wasn't too much and then look after your own car....

mcgon1979 wrote:To be honest, I really like the standard face lift bumper. Plus I was getting the car fixed through insurance, so not sure you can 'mod' while replacing OE parts. I'll give them another month I suppose.

I'm sure there wouldn't be any problem if you just mentioned that the OE parts were not available and you had to go with an aftermarket supplier for the parts - as long as the price of parts would seem similar I don't see how they could have an issue. The labour will be more or less the same.

mcgon1979 wrote:Hey Daz,
Yeah I'm hoping its just pushed back. no signs of any damage to it inside or out. The assessor wasn't even going to entertain possibly replacing it anyways I'll get AJKs to examin it when (IF) they fit the new bumper. they said they might need to realign the wings and bonnet. yawn. Hopefully it will all be good before crimbo.

Hope it all works out for ya.

Daz...

hey all, anyways... the saga continues.... I enquired up north and guess what, they can get the facelift OE front bumper next day!!! I have been waiting 6 weeks so far down south with no word back from japan.
I told AJK I will source it myself and they said they will be charged anyways? surely there is a limit. I mean if a part is taking longer than a month and has not been dispatched surely you can change your mind without being charged. this next day stuff from Donnelly in Dungannon sounds great.

can u not get the garage to order it from up north??

Muad_dib77 wrote:can u not get the garage to order it from up north??

waiting for the repair place AJK to call back. The last time (10 days ago) that I told them I'd source it myself they got all freaked and said "eh, well, we will be charged" etc etc. I doubt it though. If the Irish Mitsu dealer site has not had word that its available yet or dispatched after 6 weeks Im sure they can cancel it. Your man in AJK was probably just saying that to me.

These boys in Dungannon are dead sound so I'd prefer to take them up on the next day availability etc and order the bits through them. When AJK call back I'll see how flexible they can be. In fairness I cannot wait indefinitely even if it is through the insurance.

AJK decided to go with the bumper from Dungannon. They had it 48hours after ordering it. And its the right one Facelift OE bumper.
SO, now the dublin crowd are saying, "eh eh it left japan yesterday, so you'll be billed" haha.. yeah right. for the past 7 weeks its been "eh, we don't know, there are no emails coming in so we don't know when or if it will be ship, etc etc" Ah well... We'll cross that bridge later. So hopefully the car will be back good as new in a week max. touch wood. Pics to follow then of course. I'll probably be without the Version R sticker off the front bumper will be the only thing, but that doesn't bother me tbh.
I don't care if it takes 3 days or 7 days now. The fact its gone in to get done Im over the moon.

Excellent news, congrats.

mcgon1979 wrote:AJK decided to go with the bumper from Dungannon. They had it 48hours after ordering it. And its the right one Facelift OE bumper.
SO, now the dublin crowd are saying, "eh eh it left japan yesterday, so you'll be billed" haha.. yeah right. for the past 7 weeks its been "eh, we don't know, there are no emails coming in so we don't know when or if it will be ship, etc etc" Ah well... We'll cross that bridge later. So hopefully the car will be back good as new in a week max. touch wood. Pics to follow then of course. I'll probably be without the Version R sticker off the front bumper will be the only thing, but that doesn't bother me tbh.
I don't care if it takes 3 days or 7 days now. The fact its gone in to get done Im over the moon.

Just a thought if they try to push it that they want you to be charged then say ok charge me and i'll collect it tomorrow, if they don't have it, which is what i think you suspect they will come up with another excuse then you say due to the time wasted waiting till now and the further time wasted with whatever excuse they have given you for not having it tomorrow say you will now start charging them(it should work both ways, i'm sure a judge would see it that way if they tried to sue) so much per day for not having it, For the inconvenience and for them forcing and harrasing you to pay for something you no longer need due to their inability to do simple task of ordering a part. Needles to say one of two things will happen. 1) they will say ok leave it or 2) you will get it cheep and come on here and sell it, i'm sure you'll get takers.

Daz...

Job Done!
at last!!!

Nice Job - looks like a good fit!

Yep, I am very happy with their work and would recommend. And I am a VERY picky person when it comes to attention to detail. They got it spot on. bonnet perfect, and inside behind bumper is very tidy, mesh etc, all looks like factory work. spot on. hehe

So you'll be going to the next meet....

Bernard wrote:So you'll be going to the next meet....

with bells on

looks great. at least there's no bad workmanship to keep reminding you of the whole incident.

yeah, it had to be done right. Even if it meant me shelling out myself, thats the reason I went to AJK. Good reputation. Ended up having to foot the bill for rental of a car for 2 weeks though ARGHH.. Quinn would not pay it because I didn;t go with 'their garage' to fix the car. ah well. alls well that ends well

Great job done on it, very good indeed

UPDATE...

Anyways, the badge flew off in the rain one day last week. So I rang them up monday morning just gone. The guy was straight up honest and said they had ordered a new badge for my bumper and had it here, but someone hoovered it up or something so they had to use my old badge last minute with double sided tape?!?!?! No wonder it flew off. Not what you expect for a 3k job. Anyways, he said they would get one in for me asap and sort it. heat gun the area to dry it out and stick on the new one.
I said I would call back friday (today) to confirm I could drop in on Saturday morning and have it affixed.
Rang up today, receptionist said the guy was not there right now. Told her the story. She rang back 30 mins later saying they could not get that badge down south and it needs to come form the north and could I ring back this time next week. I said WHAT?! this time, like you mean NEXT FRIDAY?!
She was like "eh... yeah, you see its an FTO and the parts are hard to get and rare and blah blah blah" basically tired to BS me. Bare in mind your man told me weeks earlier that the badges are generic and he could get one no hassles. (as he did the first time!!!..or so they say?).
So I told her to forget it, I'll try and source it myself. (as I did with the bumper, which I got in 48hours!!!). she said "ah right, so you'll take care of that then and drop in with it to be fitted is it?" WTF? Im expected to pay the 30euro or whatever for it now? Im not pleased. I was happy with the work etc, but small hiccups like this have made me a little unhappy.
I emailed the guy who I got the bumper off in the north, Im sure he can get that badge for me tomorrow. Think I might just fit it myself? I think they are just peel and stick badges, no adhesive or anything required.
anyone know it it really takes 2 weeks to get a "generic" mitsu badge?