IS BUYING 2 CRASHED DAMAGED CARS CHEAPER THAN 1?? CUT AND SHUT SPECIAL!!... 

Definitely the right choice. Any rear ended car is always more work to repair especially if the rear floor and quarter has been crumpled.

This is the reason the old breakers yards were so good; you could break lots of somebody else's bits while removing the parts you needed at the same time finding how it all fitted.

ex-pat here in Canada, been watching since, well, close to the beginning I think. Really great to see how your videos get better and better with each one (as someone who makes videos for a living I give you mad respect for the work involved), And as a fan of VW and Audi cars, it's great to see you working on what we can't get over here, and makes me look forward to coming back there to visit family :)

Well done Dean….now that you are a fully experienced dashboard mechanic, some advice! If anybody asks you to replace the heater fan control valve on a Citroen C5 Exclusive then run away fast…it is an utter nightmare and men have grown old doing it. The design of that models aircon is such that you can see the dead valve and undo two of the bolts but the two more are buried under the alloy pipe work and firewall struts…you remove the entire dashboard to get any chance to undo the bolts and remove the valve. It took my Citroen dealers a week of hard work to get it all back up and running…they showed me the job half way through..what a mess! Good luck with getting yours back and working! 😀😀😀😀😀

the first 30 secs definitely something that i never know that i need. great video as usual, dean !

Dean dropping these videos like its a mix tape. Loving it!

Congrats on 200k subscribers Dean! Really great to see your channel growing. You are pushing out some great content thank you!

I love this channel spot on when I was younger I did two jobs. I was a chair maker and I also repaired cars evenings and weekends and I was gonna go in to my own small garage with another man but he got ill so it never happened. I would love to do what you are doing.

( I'm watching you for 2 year's now , this is my first comment) I appreciate u so much bro ( as a mechanic) unfortunately in my country we don't have something like copart, that just the logic thing to do as a mechanic, by one broken car fix it and sell it!!!! Is just the proper thing to do as a mechanic!!! Kudos for that !

Yet another brilliant vag group edition by Dean. I must admit i wait every week for these. Cheers dean. Far far better than mats channel. ❤

OK, that was the best intro yet!! This is a smart idea and when you sell the spares you should make out well! Great video. Can't wait till the next one.

Big Congratulations on the 200k subscribers Dean!.. 🎉👊👍😉

The reason they don't think about the dashboard fixings during the design process, is because it is all assembled on a jig to the dashboard frame and steering column with the heater and wiring loom pre installed. Then they lift the whole assembly into the car, do up a couple of fixings either side and plug in the dashboard loom into the main loom.

Yes I’d definitely repair the front end over a rear end, especially with that level of damage. We did the exact same thing with an A1 a couple of years ago. The cost of front end parts was fat more than the cost of another A1 (in this case rear 1/4 damage) we didn’t make much on the sale of the repaired one but make a substantial profit on the spares from the donor car! Still have a gearbox in the garage 🤣 We also weighed the shell in and had a good amount from the cat! Great video as usual! Keep up the good work!

Nice to see you again earlier mate (im the chap with the dog that wanted to get an old porsche lol) , loving the content and looking forward to whats to come 💪

Great video Dean as always man waiting on the mext one now mate see you then!. ✨👌✨👌👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Great video, Dean. Definitely the right decision to repair the bolt on front end. That boot floor and quarter would have been a nightmare on the other one. The front end damaged car will be spot on when finished!

Wow loving this one the dash was such a nightmare well done buddy love your Channel and never miss your videos 🎉 keep it up

A very entertaining video, plenty of swearing and chucking stuff around! Congratulations on 200K subscribers 👍

Really enjoyed this one Dean! Very satisfying!

jesus mate. how the hell do you remember where everything goes ? hats off to you 👍

I personally would of preferred to repair the rear end damage, most of that damage would of pulled out on a jig, even replacing the boot floor isn't a big deal. ....without the hassle of changing over all the interior/ front end parts and then selling the donor car. ....less outlay too. Good luck with the repair tho Dean. 👍

Loving this one! Get your windscreen man to remove the good windscreen from the donor and fit into the good car. Will save you a few quid!

Removing that dash looked like a days march and you have to do it again and then put it all back together - happy days!🙂 Great content to watch though and well done on the 200K.

Very amusing start and thank you.

Not that I’ll ever be taking my Mk3 TTs to bits, I’m enjoying watching

Perfect engine in the donor car for the octavia??? Win win Dean??? Love the content as always mate! Keep it coming 👌

Wow! You are good! So much stuff to do to get where you want to. How on earth do you remember how to put it all back together! I was gobsmacked at your skill levels. 👏👍

"Arsehole bolts" haha, love it. Despite the pain of the interiors it looks like overall you made the right choice, and better than having to cut and weld up a bunch of panels at the rear (dubious safety?).

Wish you all the Luck in the World Dean with this project ! It seem to me that it will be logical to having a donor car witch after you are taking all the parts you need, still can make a lot of money on stuff like engine and gearbox. I am only wondering why airbags not put in a special part of the dashboard, so they only can be replaced instead of removing the whole dashboard...why not ? Love the video and like i said Good Luck !!

Congratulations on the 200k subs Dean cracking channel & content I watched you from the start. Keep up the hard work buddy 💪

Great video.. I can see why cars are written off once airbags are deployed. Would not have the patience to swap over a dash.

Congrats of the 200K subs Dean. Well deserved a great channel 😃😃😎😎

great format on the videos dean i love them...

Thanks, looks a swine of a job on the internal trims etc. Hard way to make a profit, especially with all the risk involved, but I love seeing stuff rescued and recycled, good luck. I am an engineer , not automotive, Chemical,and lots of stuff I designed worked very well until it failed, and then the lads on site gave me some serious grief.

Dean, this looks like a great challenge, more excellent content you are putting out on RU-vid, and it looks like it is going to be profitable.

Nice, love a TT especially MK3. The parts car for £4300 was a bargain!

200,000 subs well done🎉🎉, Great project you have here too

Love the videos, congrats on 200k. If you add the Mk3 TT dash repair in description, will it give you more hits?

Congratulations on 200k subscribers Dean !

I just rebuilt 2019 20th edition Audi TT Quattro. Similar damages as yours. Nice find with yours.

This should be good to see where you end up profit wise Dean.. kinda gives an idea of how a parts car stacks up against buying individual parts

I once removed the dash of my old 2018 S3, while there is a lot of information online, since those are quite common cars with tons of fans, it was still a pain in the ass lol.

This is going to be a interesting series

If the windscreen needs replacing, take it out 1st. Fit new dash then put it back. Makes it's a lot easier

Oh mate, the TT mk3 is a dream of a car to work on! Great video! Currently rebuilding a crash-damaged one myself and its so much fun!!

I'm glad to see the acting lessons are finally paying off Dean 😎. Love this channel by the way, I've watched it for years and I think this is my first comment

Dean good idea that pal buy 2 cars and swap the parts over repair the least with the damage

Great find, you r becoming Audi specialist by now hehe . Big Up!

Probably worth more in parts 👍. Like this one Dean, something a bit different

Genius idea got to work out cost neutral in the end (less labour) looking forward to end result 💪

Put the other engine in the Octavia 😉😉😉😉

Fantastic video again. Since havng cancer in the last year I have been watching a ton of RU-vid during chemo and hospitals visits, I do love the tt. But as a 52year old I'm in to my meds, it's a family thing

Usually on a modern Audi the pyro fuse will blow causing the airbags to go off. Unfortunately on Audis this can happen at as low a speed as 8mph, which can be a real pain, as we unfortuntely know in our family. You can simply bypass the pyro fuse with a length of wire to get the car started, if you don't have a spare pyro fuse to hand

Hi Dean. There's a nice bit of damage to the front of this Audi. Great video again, Alex 🙏👏👏🇮🇪

love the start... gotta have a bit of fun with it. I have been in a TT as a passenger years ago, felt quite rapid to me but i dont know what engine it was or if it was even a quatro.

OMG, that's one hell of a massive jigsaw puzzle.

Nice mk8 golf r in background 😊

200k subs. 🎉Keep growing bud.

seems worth it still would have been a lot better if the 2nd one was a similar price to the first

Awesome episode .. love these rebuilds thankyou..

Fantastic own a white mk 3 TT s line myself great content as always 👍

Crazy to see these for their price, I live in Aus, repairable write offs arent a thing here, its not legal other than a few loopholes, they cost anywhere from 40k to 60k Australian, literally 20-30 thousand pound equivalent for an average mileage example

In many places, halfing cars to make one good one is actually against the law. The term we had in Quebec for it, as an example, was "making a box". You just couldn't do it and get away with it. If both cars are marked as rebuildable salvage, you would have to show where all the parts came from, and when you get to showing chipping a car in half, well, the game is over and the car is marked for scrap.

I love this video D. Keep up the good work.

If you need repair methods I can help you out with manufacturers methods like getting that dashboard out Love the videos and happy to help👌

Hi loving this build, can not wait to see the next video and to see if you can make a profit at the end. Best of luck & hi from Prague.

Good choice buying the diner car saved yourself small fortune 👍🏽

Get a strip of metal, drill two holes in it. Bolt it in place of the pyro fuse and start the car.

Keep calm and carry on disassembling thanks for the vid and vids to follow good work

Modern jaguar cars do the same thing on the hidden bolts of dash make me laugh take a car apart half a day but takes 14 days to put back together haha got to love it

Grest vid Dean cant wait for next one !

Absolutely the right way to go well done.

In my experience donor car has always been worth it, especially when selling all the bits you don’t need on eBay a fiver cheaper than the others so they fly out the door!

Still don’t know why manufacturers don’t make a separate panel for passenger airbags, spare parts vehicle is always way forward if price is right, plenty parts afterwards

You have a lot of guts doing this. Why they design the cars that way is crazy. Now I see why they total it if the airbags pop. Great video. Love your commentary. I am a retired engineer and I agree, why would some asshole design it that way. Looks like it might be easier to install the dash with the windscreen out.. Looking forward to the rest of it.

awsome work bud keep up the dope builds man you legit inspire me 👊

A rear-end collision can trigger all the seatbelts to lock, even if no one is seated there.

Great video - is there any gain to be had by taking the windscreen out of the 'rebuild car' before replacing the dash? Good luck

Enjoyed that one 😂 keep it up mate!

Might aswell do the pollen filter as the dash is out. Access looks a pain with the dash in.

Love the work, I think you need a partner to help you with some bits though!

Looks like taking out the windscreen would make the dash reinstall alot easier

Look forward to the other videos. 👍👍👍👍. What is happening with the Defender?/

Dean you need to get some of those unfinished projects out of the workshop and into some of those green containers to give you more room in that ever shrinking workshop mate that would really piss me off not having enough room ideally having both of those cars side by side in the workshop would have been better

Great video, and an interesting theme.

Tavarish likes buying stripped donor cars... 😂 - Good luck with the next stage Dean.

Don't you think dashboards nowadays are made to be remove with the metal support bar and disconnect the main connection down?

With them speakers wires just attach string to them and feed the string through the holes they need to go through in the dash during installation, as for them 2 top dashboard bolts they will have been installed before the windscreen was fitted on the production line, designers aren't interested in how someone's going to remove them during its life time, I don't know why manufacturers don't just make the passenger airbag as a separate unit so dash isn't destroyed.

Man said minor rear end 😂😂😂 the rear ender is mangled to hell 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I use too buy 2x XR3I OR XR2Iin 1988 both damaged front and rear end none sun roof id chop them in half you couldnt see the join in the middle ever my welding was good .then my paint man was good ,then i sold the newest registerd one ,

Couldn't you use the spare engine in the Octavia that you took the rs3 engine back out of

I bought a Vauxhall Cavalier way back in the 80's and it turned out to be a cut and shut job. It seemed to go round left handers better than right handers and I kept checking tyres and suspension but in the end it was two write off's put together. ( Before internet and checks)

personally, i find kinda surprising someone just sold away for scrap a running and fixable car like the first one. the other one, while being more expensive, to me, looks much, much harder to fix and there's a lot of bended metal

The sigh of relief after a torturous dash removal then the realisation of doing it all again....carefully....ARGGGGH!!!

Love the content

One of, if not your best videos Dean, so lucky to get two identical cars, looking forward as always to the next instalment, the ID4 must wait!

I love the intro, very funny!

It looks like you cut out the old airbags? There are some companies that recharge those and they are either cheaper when you hand in your old ones or they may even pay money outright for the old ones. Worth looking into I think.

many years ago we bought a car a vauxhall 101, my husband kept saying , its making a terrible noise going round corners, turned out was a cut and shut. 😕