s_vares

Well hit by a dodge ram, $5600 body shop estimate and a little sore bodies, ive decided to fix the bad boy so hes my adventure. Good times
Steve
Feb 8 06, Located all parts to fix $750 plus paint... hrmmm not bad


Pic of damaged side B-pillar back, good shape


This is the car night after wreck


This is pulling the fender off to see if its "Worth it" (how deep damage is)


Pics of the spot welds snapped on impact. (upper rocker needs replacment as well as B-Pillar)


This is the "still good" side with my EG SUMMER CAR covered in salt DAMN

Will post more as I get pics, Parts list is
-Complete pass. Door
-Windshild
-Fender
-Rocker molding
-A-Pillar from roof to rocker including new rocker Section

Keep you good guys posted
Steve


Modified by s_vares at 4:35 PM 2/8/2006

mRek9R

ouch....g/l! 8)

1SickEG

y fix it?

s_vares

Hrrmmmm Why.... 4000 to replace...
Less than 800 to fix
Wonder why???

spoonracer84eg

My opinion is the car is done

s_vares

Guess I dont Have as much money to thow away... what year is your car, where do you work?

s_vares

Sorry guys you might not know something about my background. I buy cars, I fix them I sell them, well Ive done this 100 times over
96 sebring paid 1000 estimate 6200 fixed for 1500 total cost

2500- and week of off work, work time, sold for 5200.
Profit you think?
I fix really broken things for cheap to make money how I do

bluemax189

not too bad of a way to make money. just dont let a project take too much time. and honestly, if insurance would scrap that, it would be more beneficial to you.

pinoyboiwonder

i also do that ^^

s_vares

naw guys i work full time, I just work a few hours here and there after work or days off. Its all good. but i like body work and cars, so I will fix things as long as I have hand!
thanks some of you for your support!
(p.s. i dont make 60-80$ an hour like the body shops, making it worth while as long as the body is straight is easy!!)

SIRIUS EJ8

Homeboy don't trip..just keep doin ya thang..all civics are worth being fixed...my civic...with 1500 worth of damage...i fixed it myself for 500 so far...all i need if my fender painted...which imma just let the whole car get re-painted and coated glossy...
<p>IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/Absolutjay86/P1010070.jpg[/IMG] The night i got hit...
<p> I used some bondo and it's now prepared for sanding...
<p> This pic shows the alignment of the fender to the bumper..looks good to me...
I used the 500 to fix the transmission and axles...because the axles got broken in that accident a day later they completely gave out and the car wouldn't move anywhere Boom..just like that..

the moral of this story is..fix that **** yourself...give a damn what people gotta say.

SIRIUS EJ8

> that's a pic of it when it got hit.....it needs to be sanded down and primed and painted of course..

JeffBro

yeah thats not a bad on the side hobby. I have a friend at the auto shop I work at who does that. He bought a ford bronco for 900 and sold it for 4 grand and it cost him like 800 to fix. His best so far was an older Mercedes SL450 that he got for free spent like 1000 in parts to fix the motor and sold it for 9 grand. 8 grand profit!!!.

HATCHingMN

if you bought it that way it's a good way to make money but if that's your own ride than it's not really worth fixing.

Get the insure money and buy something better

s_vares

Well hell if you can get a car for 500 fix it for 500 and have a $5000 car for a grand, your styling, my goal is to have my 4dr winter car fixed by spring and drive it while i park the eg.

fwdtamiya

In CA, that car is salvage

s_vares

Here is one I did back in the summer, body shop said $6500 or so fixed it for $1200 alright. body work is an art

Banned HT Member

body work is definately an art, good ****

Ej1_coupe

whoa, that is some good work man

J Rob

Props to you Body work is a good skill to have and making money off it is even better