Gouge to Mini roof - what the bloody hell has caused this?

[dazwalsh]

Thats gods way of punishing you for buying a mini

[Artey]

Blaster72 said:

I'd imagine that needs a new roof skin, shouldnt be off road for too long.

It's got a sunroof. Highly unlikely they'd want to fix that.

[Blaster72]

Yep, that wasn't shown in the original post. Still not the end of the world, just makes it more expensive to fix.

Depends on the assessor and how much they want to spend I guess. Perfectly achievable though.

[ThunderGuts]

Artey said:

Blaster72 said:

I'd imagine that needs a new roof skin, shouldnt be off road for too long.

It's got a sunroof. Highly unlikely they'd want to fix that.

As I said further up, mine had similar (but a bit less severe) damage.

They didn't entertain it.

Plus, with damage to a corner (structural?), You'd have query impact on rollover strength etc.

[Alistair1990]

mike74 said:

You could try saying it's been hit by a meteorite... you'd be quids in!

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/how-a-dent-ast...

Haha, let's hope!

[loose cannon]

I'd be fuming tbh, hope you get it all sorted out op

[Hungrymc]

Is that a skim of filler already or is it just very thick paint?

[V8A*ndy]

Alistair1990 said:

There is a nearby CCTV camera for a shop, but that's closed until Tuesday so for now I'm wondering what the bloody hell could have caused this.


Cheers

The shop just didn't happen to have a delivery by chance? Any other shops?

Bin lorry?

[ElectricalFire]

I had a roof skin replaced by the BMW dealers bodyshop after a block of concrete fell on it in a storm. The damage looked worse than yours, but the job was done in a week and a half for about £4500. Don't give up hope just yet.

[Blaster72]

ThunderGuts said:

As I said further up, mine had similar (but a bit less severe) damage.

They didn't entertain it.

Plus, with damage to a corner (structural?), You'd have query impact on rollover strength etc.

It's a job that can done without too much bother, the price will be the only sticking point.

[Dogwatch]

ElectricalFire said:

I had a roof skin replaced by the BMW dealers bodyshop after a block of concrete fell on it in a storm. The damage looked worse than yours, but the job was done in a week and a half for about £4500. Don't give up hope just yet.

..but on a 9yo MINI? I would think the write- off cheque is as good as written, it's cheaper for the insurer.

[ThunderGuts]

Blaster72 said:

ThunderGuts said:

As I said further up, mine had similar (but a bit less severe) damage.

They didn't entertain it.

Plus, with damage to a corner (structural?), You'd have query impact on rollover strength etc.

It's a job that can done without too much bother, the price will be the only sticking point.

The roof skin or the investigation and repair of any structural damage?

[All that jazz]

As a truck driver of a wide range of vehicles myself I can't see it being a truck/trailer given the height it's happened. If it was tail swing from a truck the damage would be at bonnet/wing/mid door height, not 5ft off the ground on the roof. I really can't think what else it could possibly be at that height though.

[dudleybloke]

Perfect height for boards hanging out the back of a scaffold wagon.

[daemon]

Eastern Europeans car wash.

[All that jazz]

dudleybloke said:

Perfect height for boards hanging out the back of a scaffold wagon.

Nah too high. Scaffy wagon load beds aren't that high. The planks or poles would've gone through low to mid windscreen or side window. Also the angle of the damage doesn't make sense considering the width of the road and where the OP was parked - I don't think it was any kind of truck reversing in to it. The way it's punctured and crushed the roof suggests to me that something heavy was dropped on it from above.

[PAUL500]

Insurance will write that off for sure.

Easy repair though, a good panel beater wont swap the skin, just straighten the ding, weld up the tear and a skim of filler.

It does appear to have had filler before, and the paint is thicker than it would have come from the factory.

Buy it back from the insurance company and have a good independant repair it, cheap motoring for years to come.

[David87]

Wow, that's a serious cut. Not seen anything like that since someone I know drove into the side of their van with a ride-on lawnmower.

[Blaster72]

All that jazz said:

As a truck driver of a wide range of vehicles myself I can't see it being a truck/trailer given the height it's happened. If it was tail swing from a truck the damage would be at bonnet/wing/mid door height, not 5ft off the ground on the roof. I really can't think what else it could possibly be at that height though.

Front of the trailer sticking out on a turn would be the right height wouldn't it?

[Blaster72]

ThunderGuts said:

Blaster72 said:

ThunderGuts said:

As I said further up, mine had similar (but a bit less severe) damage.

They didn't entertain it.

Plus, with damage to a corner (structural?), You'd have query impact on rollover strength etc.

It's a job that can done without too much bother, the price will be the only sticking point.

The roof skin or the investigation and repair of any structural damage?

I'm not sure what structural damage you mean, I can only see panel damage on the photo. A straightforward job to fix.