Citroen C5 X7 Exclusive door handles (or doors?)

[Argos69]

Hi everyone.
This isn't a "for sale or wanted", this is a heartbreaking story! I was in a restaurant in france having a meal, when I returned to find my car had been side swiped by someone who didn't care to leave his/her details!
I suspect it was a very large circus trailer, as they were arriving in town. Nobody saw or heard a thing (really?).
I did have a walk around but couldn't see a likely candidate.

Ok, so the damage (pause to wipe away tears), the front passenger wing has a mild scratch. The passenger door mirror was torn off and laying in the road. The front passenger door handle is destroyed and pushed in to the panel. Same thing for the rear passenger side door too. A nasty crease on the front edge of the rear wing, where it serves as a door shut is there too.

The car is a 2013 white Exclusive Tourer (estate) with the glass roof and I absolutely love it. The insurance company said it was a write off. But they're a bunch of b'stards, who didn't want to give me a hire car and a proper valuation of the car, so they would say that wouldn't they. Didn't even want to see it, just a photo of the side of the car. Not going to name names, but I didn't want the whole thing to turn into a saga.

So, I'm going to fix it myself as a long term project (too many other plates spinning at the moment, to spend proper time on it).
I bought a new door mirror for £60, which is fine, but in a "contrasting" colour. However, I need both front and rear door handles. They're the ones with the chrome inserts but if I can't get any, I'll change all four to something else. The doors either need some expert work or to be replaced.

Firstly, does anyone know of a front and also a rear door (no internal door cards required) I might obtain?
Secondly, does anyone know where I might get some door handles?
I've checked Fleabay to no avail a couple of days ago.
Also, I'm after any advice as to the best approach to take from anyone who has been there before eg Is the panel immediately behind the rear door edge repairable or do people generally replace these?

In a beautiful, ideal world, I'd find some in white to match the car, but paintwork is inevitable, so let's go "patchwork"!

I have, naturally, cursed the driver with the following: "May the fleas of a thousand camels, infest your armpits"

Any constructive advice and help will be most welcome, so thank you in advance.

[Dormouse]

Copy your list of wants to the For Sale/Wanted thread. It doesn't turn over so quickly so if someone looks at it some time later, it will be there as well.

[Jay-Bruce]

Shame to hear what happened to your C5, but glad you're sorting it. I'd suggest making a donation to the forum, and putting in a parts request number for the door handles. On the exclusives you've also got a lower chrome trim piece that is unique to the exclusives, do you need to replace that as well? Also, have you checked the doors open and close properly? Reason I ask is if the doors have been pushed in that much, you might find the A or B pillars have also been twisted which would render the car a Cat S write off, and way beyond the capabilities of an amateur tinkerer to fix as this needs jig and or welding equipment to make it right.

If the door windows glass and the aforementioned trim pieces aren't broke, there's a fighting chance that a bodyshop could save the doors? Posting pictures of the damage would help me see what has been mangled, so as to enable me to advise you on how to save the doors?

Presuming the doors are beyond saving, here's the contact details of a breakers that has a listing on eBay for an X7 tourer with exclusive trim, although their car is red metallics, but as you say, "paint is inevitable":

Business seller information
Sherburn Motor Spares Ltd
Philip Peacock
Moor Lane Trading Estate
Sherburn-in-Elmet
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 6ES
United Kingdom
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Phone: 01977684222
Email: [email protected]

[Ross_K]

I bought a new door mirror for £60, which is fine, but in a "contrasting" colour. However, I need both front and rear door handles. They're the ones with the chrome inserts but if I can't get any, I'll change all four to something else. The doors either need some expert work or to be replaced.

Hi, I see you list your location as France - sorry if I'm stating the obvious but surely you can find any number of white C5 Exclusives in French scrapyards? ->>>> https://www.opisto.fr/fr/auto/pieces-oc ... eak/page-1

EDIT: Here's a white 2011 estate with intact doors:
https://www.opisto.fr/fr/auto/fiche-pro ... -c5-2-2011

and another...
https://www.opisto.fr/fr/auto/fiche-pro ... -c5-2-2010

[Hell Razor5543]

Try giving A1 Car Spares a shout. I don't know if they would have a C5 X7 in, but I have seen them thee in the recent past.

https://www.a1groupuk.com/car-spares/used-car-parts

[Argos69]

Huge thank you to all who've replied and suggested parts sources & ideas!

I think (hope?) I have a possible source of a set of doors, but I'm still negotiating what is included.
I need to get something as "plug and play" as possible, as I'm in the UK at the moment and my lovely tool cabinets are in France, so I'm down to a socket set and cordless drill!

I don't think I'll go the part numbers & new parts route, as I'll probably double the value of the car by fitting a new door mirror!

Anyway, I'll come back with any developments, but in the meantime, thank you all once again for your help and input!

[Argos69]

Just a quick update.
I have just ordered a pair of doors (in a contrasting colour!) via ebay, so fingers firmly crossed.

I think I actually did dodge one bullet though. I advertised my requirements on one of these part finding websites and was contacted by a vehicle dismantler in the midlands who said he had "exactly" what I wanted. He said he had a white pair (correct paint code) from the same Exclusive model and the same 2013 year too! However these were £850 delivered.....but if there's no paintwork or faffing about with trim removal etc, I was tempted.

I asked for photos, which took him 3 days. When they arrived, they looked just like a car parked on the street. One shot showed the numberplate, which I looked up. The car had recently passed it's MOT and the tax had just run out. It looked neither crashed nor broken. However the car wasn't an Exclusive and was a 2010, not 2013. The model variation meant the door handles would be wrong.
So I checked up on the company. Seems they've never filed accounts, which are overdue and there's no capital or property listed. Also, they've applied for the company to be struck off the register.......Worrying? Ever so slightly......
Needless to say, I declined the doors. I just had a bad feeling

[Ross_K]

Ha ha run away. Someone's car will be stolen to order for those doors.

And £850 for the pair? They having a laugh? You could buy the correct doors from the French site I linked to, have them shipped to the UK, and still save money

[Dormouse]

Ha ha run away. Someone's car will be stolen to order for those doors.

And £850 for the pair? They having a laugh? You could buy the correct doors from the French site I linked to, have them shipped to the UK, and still save money

That is the truly scary part. I would be reporting this one, I am truly worried that that is exactly what might happen.