Need Some Advice With Cefiro

[rayj]

Hi,

Well my Cefiro was broken into, well pissed off, but anyway now I go to get it sorted...

The pics below show the damage.

First pic is of the break in damage. Mangled lock and door dented around lock.

Second pic is of the same door, unrelated to the break in. Shows paint bubbling from a previous owners dodgy paint job.

So basically, would I be better off buying a new door, which includes a lock, and getting it repainted and calibrating the lock to suit my key?

Or should I just buy a new lock, get it calibrated to suit my key, and get my current door fixed up?

Thanks for any help

Ray

[Curmi]

either one could be cheaper depends what quotes you get

i say get new lock and fix the door.

[VRdrift]

I say get it repaired, being a panelbeater myself, it looks like an easy repair, and that paint touch up is no biggy, it just moisture under the paint, and those ug series 1 door moulds have to go while your there :-)

[Lum]

Oh bloody hell. Someone broke into my first car, and old Ford Escort, like that, and made a right mess.

Does the actual door locking mechanism still work even though the barrel is knackered? If so another option would be to fill the hole with fibreglass or something, paint over it and rely on an alarm with remote central locking to get in and out.

The downside to doing this on a Cef would be you'd have to leave the boot with it's lock still there, and unlike on my Escort where I then just climbed through the rear hatch to unlock the doors from the inside, you'd have to extend the lock/unlock button to a button hidden somewhere in the boot.