saving a salvage
 

just finished repairing a 09 salvaged 370z, she feels like new. guy wrecked her with just 7,000 miles.
thought people would be happy to know theres one less wrecked 370 out in the world :P

Holy cow! Great job saving the car. :tup:

Strong work! A bit personal but I'm curious. How much did you buy the wreck for and what do you pay to fix her up?

Beautiful job. It warms my heart when a Z is saved.

bought it for 11 i think...and i think in total i paid 22 for it... a little more than expected but still, for a 09 w just 7k miles it was worth it

nice

wow very impressive. 22k is a good price.

yep

Holy cow was exactly what came through my mind also ! great job ! :D

put 300 miles on it as of today... cabin sounds great.... feels just like the one i test drove 4 months ago..and visually its impossible to tell anything was ever wrong... I love it haa

What? No rear fog light?!?

Seriously, really nice job. Looks great!

Very nice, lord knows the paint job you have on there will be better than factory!

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I lol'd so hard at this because I know it's true :shakes head:

Love a good save! Congrats!

Nice job, hope you are thinking to keep it for a long time.

Because even that you saved all that money, it still will be a Salvage Title.

Wow, that is a fantastic turn around. I really respect the work that goes into this type of a task, good job!

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sometimes just letting go is the best thing :( just let go and never forget. Like Rose and Jack on that ship ;)

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That is what Steve did! :bowrofl: :roflpuke2:

bwahahhaha

Congrats on saving a Z!

I'm more curious to see what it looks like UNDER the rear bumper cover. That looks like it needed every panel on the rear end replaced, crazy work

haa yea there was a gaping hole in the rear half way through.. ill put up pics tomorrow for anyone whos interested. and i intend on keeping her for a loooooonnnnngggggg time...i put 700 miles on her in the last 36 hours haa...only problem so far was we forgot the clips underneath the engine for the plastic cover so whenever i break 100 it scrapes... not that i do that often of course....haa

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Naahhhh!!!!!!!!!

we pretty much cut out the entire mid section of the rear and replaced it

wow looks like tons of work.

Awesome save - looks great now. It breaks my heart to see a Z all banged up like that.

Has anyone seen the Salvage Black 370Z on Autotrader.com for $18.5k? It's been there for ages, staring me in the face. They've reduced it from around $21k iirc. (Oh, it's in West Covina, Cali, I'd post a link but the site's down right now).

$18k for a 2009 Sport/Base with 7000 on the clock. Mmm... I wonder why no one's snapped it up.:icon14:

18.5 sounds high for a starting point :p. Is it rebuilt?

wow..fantastic work..looks perfect..after seeing the crash pics, seems like it would be impossible to fix

The best thing about a salvage car is who cares what happens to it. Especially if you salvaged it yourself. Drive it like you stole it. If you bang it up you can always fix it and say "Cars been there done that" LOL. Nice job on the fix. :tup:

lol i refuse to bang it up...love it too much already

they did a great job but was there any frame damage?

slight frame damage. Was on a frame machine for slight work

It's been fixed already, if that's what you mean. It looks great now. Other than that I don't know much about it. It says "no frame damage" on the post, so it all seems fine. But no one's bought it yet, which is telling. I did call them up a few weeks ago - the guy couldn't tell me which packages it had on it, was a bit of an impolite ***, and ended up not calling me back anyway.

Here's the link though: Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan 370Z in COVINA, CA 91722: Coupe Details - 288130319 - AutoTrader.com

it took me 3 months to find my salvage. its hard work... but if he dropped the price from 21 to 18.5 i feel like theres something hes not admitting...and sorry i meant slight frame damage on mine..idk about the one you're referring too :P