Slavage vehicles??

[Barbicon]

I was wondering what is cradle damage on a car and how much are we looking to fix as in alot or reasonable costs to repair such damage?

[bertelli_1]

'Cradle damage' is not something I've ever heard in my 18 years in the auto trade. They could mean subframe damage?

[MX7]

It crashed into a kindergarten.

HTH.

[RetroTed]

The cradle is the subframe that is located on the underside of the car. It generally holds the engine & gearbox along with the bottom arms etc. Most are removable as they are only bolted on.
I would get one from a breakers and ask local garage for a quote on fitting it. I would guess £200 inc the part but it depands on the car of course

[GC8]

I would disregard any salvage sellers description of the damage. "Yeah: its had a tap on the corner Mate" usually means chassis leg into the bulkhead is FUBAR (but we gave it a half-arsed pull before washing it and advertising it, so it looks straight). Why do all 'honest' salvage cars have marks underneath from the jig clamps.....?

[TallPaul]

GC8 speaks the truth.
Many a time I've been to look at a bit of salvage that the yard has described as "very light" and always they've been hit hard and had a sneaky pull by them to try and make them look better. The days of finding a supply of profitable repairble salvage are long gone, unless you can get them direct from an insurance company, or want to "ring" them.

[Barbicon]

yes, thanks for the reply guys and yes it is the sub frame, it was an audi a5 3.0 tdi and i was thinking of buying it but the guy has all the parts, well most of the parts including the cradle, i was just wondering if it was worth buying with damage that extensive thats all, i currently have e46 bmw 330ci m sport and the air bag light is giving me a right head ache, first i had to get it diagnosed which bought up the pretensioners on the drivers side, so i got one from the scrappy and had to take the seat out just to change it, then i had to get the error erased. i drove down the road and the light came back on and now its the bloody battery expolsion thing and also i found out 2 out of 4 of my parking sensors is done in which is ridiculus cuz they were working about 3 weeks ago. not very happy! thanks for your help guys

[munroman]

Maybe worth checking your battery is up to scratch, and that all the earthing straps are in good condition and have a clean connection to the body, as it is not unusual for such 'faults' to appear, and the components themselves are fine, its low battery voltage or bad earths.