2g or 1g?

[Kyky819]

Hey everyone. I have a built 2g talon TSI awd and it was in a pretty bad accident. So far I can’t find any 2g awd shells around my area. I did tho find a decent 1g. My question is should I spend the money and fix mine, throw my parts into a 1g or wait for a 2g awd shell to pop up. The car is 6 bolt swapped. I’m located in the PNW.

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[Tyeler18]

Sucks to see a durango copper AWD go down, but that looks beyond reasonably fixing. I'd think finding an AWD donor in the PNW wouldn't be too terribly hard though. I have a few friends in the battleground area and they dont seem to have issues finding cars for their collection

 

[T bags]

Is the bottom frame damaged?

 

[Kyky819]

Is the bottom frame damaged?

I have no idea. I would assume the structural portion of the rear quarter is gone. Shop estimates 5-7k to repair if I can find a door and a full rear quarter. Also the left rear bottom control arm completely snapped so there may be suspension issues other then that

 

[NWHTanK]

It's fixable.

 

[jesse12345]

I'd dig right in.

 

[Clipsoe]

I too would dig in start taking stuff apart to see how bad it really is. Then weigh my options and cost's.
Don't know how good these guys prices are now, but if you call them maybe they'll have what you're looking for.

95-99 Eclipse/Talon-2nd Gen - Kannapolis Auto Parts

kannapolisautoparts.com

 

[Kyky819]

I did find a clean 1g gsx for 6500 so I may just do that. What are your thoughts? 7k seems steep for repairs and a rebuilt title

 

[Clipsoe]

It sounds like you answered your own initial question. People were suggesting to take a look at actual damage on the 2G, but you seem set on the 1G. I don't think it'll cost what you were quoted, especially if you do a lot of the work yourself, but then again I guess it depends on your mechanical savviness. But if you have a desire for the 1G, want it, and can get it....then why not.

 

[Kyky819]

It sounds like you answered your own initial question. People were suggesting to take a look at actual damage on the 2G, but you seem set on the 1G. I don't think it'll cost what you were quoted, especially if you do a lot of the work yourself, but then again I guess it depends on your mechanical savviness. But if you have a desire for the 1G, want it, and can get it....then why not.

I agree. This 2g has been my baby for 4 years and it’s the first car I’ve ever built by myself. The problem is I know nothing about auto body. I could replace the door no problem but I don’t have the skills to cut and reweld the quarter

The 1g I’m looking at looks extremely clean but it’s the classic “needs a tune” and that worries me a bit

 

[Mello]

I think your quote is low, a lot. My car got hit similar to yours like 15-20 years ago and took a lot of arm twisting to keep it from being totaled. When all was said & done price was around $10k to fix. Rear quarters are unibody & there's 3 layers of sheet metal wrapping around in the construction, the outer fender, inside for the hatch, and the middle layer that everything is tacked onto. Somewhere i have picture of it all. If i can find them ill post them up. You could see all ythe way through the back end while all the sheet metal was cut away. Good luck with what you decide.

 

[Kyky819]

I think your quote is low, a lot. My car got hit similar to yours like 15-20 years ago and took a lot of arm twisting to keep it from being totaled. When all was said & done price was around $10k to fix. Rear quarters are unibody & there's 3 layers of sheet metal wrapping around in the construction, the outer fender, inside for the hatch, and the middle layer that everything is tacked onto. Somewhere i have picture of it all. If i can find them ill post them up. You could see all ythe way through the back end while all the sheet metal was cut away. Good luck with what you decide.

Ya my gf and I agreed if it was more then 5k we would buy something else and part out. I’m going to get some more estimates tomorrow and see