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Sway	05-29-2019 04:57 AM

Damn man, sorry for your loss. I’m sure it’ll all work out though.

Brendan

05-30-2019 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3856214)

On I-80? If so you never had a chance with an overpass only every 5 miles or so, ugh. I'm headed that way on a road trip next week and **** like this gives me a badness feeling.

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yea, just keep a eye on the radar. I wish i had.

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Originally Posted by Sway (Post 3856241)

Damn man, sorry for your loss. I’m sure it’ll all work out though.

Thanks dude. Its gonna be fine, just a lot of work getting the parts off the old car and on to the new one.

Rusty

05-30-2019 10:55 PM

You pick out a new one yet?

BettyZ

05-31-2019 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3856837)

You pick out a new one yet?

This. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5d91ef7230.jpg

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Brendan

05-31-2019 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3856837)

You pick out a new one yet?

I still need to get parts off the old car but I found a few red ones to check out once that's done. So far I have all the suspension off as well as the random Nismo bits I had on the car. The spoiler is toast though lol. Next week the old car will get all the stock parts thrown back and then I will need to find a space to swap the diffs over. Moving in the right direction for sure.

Brendan

05-31-2019 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Baronsmokes (Post 3856211)

How much for buy back?How many miles on car?
I would fix.I have done body work on cars that had hail damage on every inch of the car.

Its got 38000 miles. I'll sell it privately for $8000 once I get everything I need off it otherwise the insurance company can have it back. The car will run and drive when I am done, but I won't be putting the sway bars back on and the oem exhaust wont be installed perfectly either. Great if you want to replace those things anyways.

As far as the body damage is concerned, it will need a new roof, hood, doors, fenders, roof moldings, deck lid, windshield, tail lamps, head lamps, fuel door, and then a good amount of conventional repair on the qtrs. Thats if you want it to look good, but if you like golf balls it's ready to go lol.

BettyZ

06-01-2019 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Brendan (Post 3857004)

From the description of the damage, that experience sounds terrifying.

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JARblue

06-01-2019 09:09 AM

Actually, the golf-ball-like dimples are good for aerodynamics. I'd just leave em.

Like the Mythbusters car :icon17:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...1298004530.jpg

Sorry for your loss. Hope you get made whole again soon and back on the asphalt :tup: :driving:

Brendan

06-02-2019 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3857141)

Thanks dawg. I'm hoping to have a new car soon. I got the old one back to stock today. All that's left is to swap the diff over.

Brendan

06-04-2019 09:49 PM

Flying out to pick up my replacement car next week. If it works out I should have it ready by the end of this month. During the down time I also picked up some 18k springs for the front and I will be moving the 13k to the rear. I also grabbed some adjustable front endlinks. I'm not gonna let silly things like not having a car stop me from finishing my build :D

Brendan

06-18-2019 07:41 AM

Picked up my replacement car over the weekend. It's pretty much what I had but fewer miles.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X6...i=w834-h625-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oO...r=w834-h625-no

Started swapping over parts last night and also installed a few upgrades. We put a z1 high capacity diff cover on to get the car ready for eventual track stuff. During this week I will attempt to get the suspension sorted in preparation for local time attack series. I'm hoping to try out the new adjustable front endlinks and my new 18k front springs.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zX...c=w469-h625-no

ZontheRocks

06-18-2019 09:15 AM

I like this build thread!

:driving: :tup:

Brendan

06-20-2019 07:37 AM

The new/replacement car is most of the way there. All that is left is to install and set up the coils, corner weight the car, and install some of the random interior bits like the steering wheel and engine cover.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dz...h=w834-h625-no

While I had the diff out, I installed a Z1 high capacity diff cover. Fun fact: it will hit the Greddy single exit exhaust if not modified. The solution wasnt pretty but I had to break off the interfering fins for clearance. This wasnt as hard as I thought though. I started by sawing them off until i realized i could simply snap them off like kit-kats.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rP...6=w834-h625-no

Rusty

06-20-2019 07:54 AM

I had to trim the Z1 cover too with FI pipes. I used a 4" cut-off wheel on a die grinder.

Brendan

06-20-2019 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3862328)

I had to trim the Z1 cover too with FI pipes. I used a 4" cut-off wheel on a die grinder.

I may go back in and clean it up. I'm just eager to drive again :driving:

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