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Old 10-07-09, 06:03 AM
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well, for sure i'm going to keep it, it just that i never have done any body work on cars so i don't know how to fix body damage and paint
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Old 10-07-09, 11:58 PM
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dang. at least your wheels are ok... wonder if that has some mild frame damage.
Old 10-08-09, 12:00 AM
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get that fender off, get a new bracket that goes by the headlight, and get to work on that ****
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my and my buddy are going to start on it soon. my insurance company is only giving me 1100 to fix the damage
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does it look like it has frame damage?
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well so far it doesnt look like major damage... i doubt theres frame damamge...but. you wont be able to really tell till you remove the fender and bumper
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btw if you need a headlight + motor/bracket for the head light. let me know.. you can have it from my old parts car
Old 10-08-09, 02:16 AM
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coo! i'll hit you up if i need one then. Thanks!
Old 10-08-09, 12:19 PM
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Old 10-08-09, 12:51 PM
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oh **** I remember this car. I believe I sold you a undertray a while back. it was CLEAN and you had a nice corvette too if I remember right. but yeah damage doesn't look too bad. new fender and bumper probably going to run you like 100-150 on this forum+ so you got ~1k for paint or whatever.
Old 10-08-09, 10:18 PM
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ya, you sold me that undertray. Ya, i'm going to shineautoproject to get that bumper again, then just have to find a fender that local.
Old 10-09-09, 01:32 AM
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The real challenge will be to get the paint to match. A 1st Class painter is where you'll want to direct as much of that $1100 as available for that reason.
Old 10-09-09, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jmabo205
ya, you sold me that undertray. Ya, i'm going to shineautoproject to get that bumper again, then just have to find a fender that local.
that bumper is fixable.....dont toss it
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yeah. if your gonna toss it toss it my way :P
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It is fixable, but i don't want to fix it because something made a small hole in it. So i have to get another one. don't want to spot weld it
Old 10-10-09, 06:40 AM
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you can rebuild her make her stronger, faster give her the power to rip them damn cabs apart
Old 10-11-09, 06:42 AM
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Make sure you give the insurance company all the info the want so the cab guy's insurance pays not yours. If you just want to be able to drive again, you can unbolt the fender and pop that dent right back out with a wide blunt object, maybe even just push it out with your hand. It'll look like an aluminum can where you dent it and push it back, but at least you can drive until it's fixed. But don't do anything until you're 100% sure the insurance folks don't need to look at it any more.
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Originally Posted by jmabo205
It is fixable, but i don't want to fix it because something made a small hole in it. So i have to get another one. don't want to spot weld it
how the hell do you spot weld fiber glass?
Old 10-12-09, 02:23 AM
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Do a barrel roll.
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Originally Posted by DarkEvilDrifter
how the hell do you spot weld fiber glass?
I'm not spot welding the fiberglass, it the front clip of the car i'm doing that too. It got pushed in a bit.
Old 10-12-09, 05:50 PM
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also, my insurance is not paying for this, the other people will. i just found out not too long ago
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