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Alright here is the story.....this is my girlfriends car. Her car skipped timing a few weeks ago and bent valves in the head. She had her car in the shop and just got a new head and other stuff done. She got the car back lastnight at 10pm and at 8am this morning she was on her way to work and a lady slammed on her brakes when a light turned yellow at an intersection in front of her going 45mph and she rear ended the lady. The lady i guess thought yellow meant stop. Here are pics...Does the car looked totaled?
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I'm going to say yes, especially because of how old it is. Hood, fender, headlight, front bumper, and probably metal pieces behind the bumper got bent up some.
You figure:
*New Hood
*New Fender
*Paint (they will have to paint the enitre passenger side to match)
That alone will be $$, not to mention the damage to the pop up housing
well paint is the last of our worries. If i could get hood and fender and all for cheap. I would fix all that myself. But does it look like the frame is bent. There are also like small lines that look ruined and elctrical stuff that i guess went to the headlights as well. And as for the pop up would that be hard to replace?
My main question is ..does this car look fixable if i got all of the parts? Or does it look like it is done?
Last edited by TsiBoosted4g63; 11-04-2009 at 03:01 PM.
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My main question is ..does this car look fixable if i got all of the parts? Or does it look like it is done?
Fixable? Yes. However, the price to fix it will be way more than it's worth. It'll be hard to find those parts that you need, especially electrical things. The hood, fender, and popup housing can all be ordered from the dsm graveyard I'm sure. The electrical connections you fried, probably not so much.
More than likely, it'd be cheaper to just let it go and find another car, unfortunately.
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I work for an insurance company estimating auto damage so.....maybe.
Hood - replaced
Fender - replace
Front cover - repair
Radiator support will need some work and likely a pull
I cant tell about the frame
They will only blend the right door to color match, they will not need to do the whole side.
Used parts should give you some room....its mainly gonna depend on the milage and overall condition of the rest of the car...
my guess...yes. Take the money buy the salvaged title and get it fixed
IMO if you asked an insurance agencie they will say that it is totalled. From what I can see it looks fixable. I cant really tell what all the damage is from the pics but yea if you can get the parts I would try to fix it. I hate to see another DSM end up in the junk yard or be parted out.
Tomorrow we are getting it towed back from the junk yard. I will take most of the front end apart and see how bad the frame/supports are and what was damaged. It's hard to tell from looking like that even in person. However i know that i can get the hood and fender for nothing
Insurance company totaled? Yes. Project car totaled? No. Find out if they'll let you buy it back.
getting it back isnt an issue....I am getting it out tomorrow and just paying the towing fee and thats it, again the car just got put in there today thats where they took it right after the accident
I have the fender, bumper, hood, pop up light (in the color of the car) and quite possibly the electrical pieces on that side of the car. PM me and we can talk.
I would definately work on fixing it. I have regrets for letting my Durango go that had minor damage to the front end. I am sure that I could have fixed it but i took the money and put it into another into car. If you let it go you will regret it.
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It is totally fixable. i have many friends that fix cars that are wrecked worser than yours. they specialize in that and can fix it with new parts for cheap. they fixed my friends 2003 Mustang GT for $1300 including parts and labor, and he had flipped over in his car. i can help you get it fixed if u are willing to come to NC. other than that, try to look around for the best price.
It is totally fixable. i have many friends that fix cars that are wrecked worser than yours. they specialize in that and can fix it with new parts for cheap. they fixed my friends 2003 Mustang GT for $1300 including parts and labor, and he had flipped over in his car. i can help you get it fixed if u are willing to come to NC. other than that, try to look around for the best price.
thanks for the offer but i am gonna try and go at it myself. I think that if the frame is still ok it will be fine
yeah man its fixable. your frame looks straight from pics, but underneath is different story. a guy said someone backed into the car before i bought it. it looks the same as your pics (before i pulled bumper and fender off) and frame looks decent. just pull your fender and check it out first. the bumper shock thing was pushed all the way in and back out, but parts look fine. i think he put it in a ditch at 30 or faster, there was about 4 lbs of dirt grass and shrubs stuffed in there behind fender. and the oil pan has a small dent on that side, and wheel bearing squeals, might be axle issue. i would fix it! get the money, buy it back, and fix it. no worries!
you may want to check your frame, after looking at the pic's i see how bad the radiator hose is kinked, it also rippled the fender preity good. see if the wheel and strut are off center as well.
Any thing can be fixed for the most part, insurance will total it out, but i would pull it aside and slowie work on it. sucks to see it sitting there like that!
I hit a deer @ 55mph and had no front bumper support because of the FMIC, it pushed the hood latch into the turbo and the lower rad support was touching the lower motor mount!! New hood, new fenders, new bumper cover, new fmic, new hood latch, and pulling the rad support with a skid steer, looks like new!!!
wow that thing needs nothing....totaled is the last thing that is
hood-45
fender-30
headlight unit-40 or so
bending the core support back straight with a truck and chain-priceless and fun lol
fix her bak up because the last thing us 1g boys want to here is about somone takin a awd tsi talon 6bolt motor and all and scrapping it....that is a no no
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the car is totalled only if u decide to take it to the shop and have they repair it which is retarded. junkyard is ## best friend when it comes to things like that. go to a junkyard and u can find those parts mad cheap then just spray them. i mean the cars a sleeper if it was stick and if i had the money I would buy it off u right now.
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wow that thing needs nothing....totaled is the last thing that is
hood-45
fender-30
headlight unit-40 or so
bending the core support back straight with a truck and chain-priceless and fun lol
fix her bak up because the last thing us 1g boys want to here is about somone takin a awd tsi talon 6bolt motor and all and scrapping it....that is a no no
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hey everyone thanks for the input , thats my car =[ and yeah i dont think i have the heart to sell it ilove that thing.. and i have so many new parts sitting in my room that i didnt even put on. i cant give up on that caR.. we will post more pics of the frame tomorrow when we take it all apart
yea yellow lights are ###....green means go...yellow means go faster...red means #### when ## goin through it lol but yea totally fix it especially if u got more parts for it in ## room
and another thing 1g awd+girl=sexy
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The frame is most likely bent judging by the rad support, rad hose and the fender... and being at 45mph. But that's just from looking at the pics. You never know until you pull it all apart. And if the frame is bent you could pull it apart and bring it to a nearby shop just for the frame, I'm sure they wouldn't charge much as it really doesn't take that long and is very easy depending on the frame machine they have. That way they can measure it and make sure it is perfect and the rest is just small repairs like swapping hood, fender, etc. which you can do yourself. The truck and chain method does work lol...but a lot can go wrong with that also, but hell it'd be free if your budget is low. If it were my car I'd def see if you can buy it back.
Does this look totaled?**Update**
. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL 1GS IN GREAT SHAPE IN THE LAST WEEK AT THE JUNK YARDS OUT HERE
