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[Throwed-off]

How's it goin. I just recently bought a 90 tsi awd for 600$. It has some body damage though and i was wondering where could i find a passenger rear fender, bumber, and passenger front fender. Someone told me that the car has a uni-body and the whole body would have to be replaced?

 

[dsmnate]

Originally posted by Throwed-off
How's it goin. I just recently bought a 90 tsi awd for 600$. It has some body damage though and i was wondering where could i find a passenger rear fender, bumber, and passenger front fender. Someone told me that the car has a uni-body and the whole body would have to be replaced?

When someone says unibody they are refering to the structure of the car...meaning that it doesn't have a frame like most trucks do. This however, in no way, means that you cannot replace body panels individually.
Whoever you were talking to doesn't know what they are talking about.

The rear bumber and front fender could be replaced easily. Check out DSMTrader.com or a local junk yard for these parts. If not there the is a place called M&S recyling which is a big junk yard for Mitsubishi's and Saturns. I can't think of their website right now but just do a search on the name and you should be able to find it.

As for the passenger rear fender you will have to have a body shop pound it out or if it is really bad they may need to weld a new one on. The rear fender cannot just be removed and replaced without doing some cutting and welding

Hope this helps,
Nate

 

[Throwed-off]

I would just like to say thanks for the info