Okay, as most of you know a deer hit my car and then the clutch went out, well I've got the clutch fixed, the clutch and flywheel feels awesome, and the car drives perfect! thanks to BlueR But she's still all crappity smacked up.




Here is my delima.

I have to pay $1,000 of the repairs because of my deductable. Luckily, the insurance company's check is paying for a new tire, and a new passanger window. I am going to get a tire off tirerack.com and save some money, and I'm going to go without replacing the window (because it only has a few scratches on it). Where it becomes tricky is this.

My front end was repainted earlier and it doesn't match the rest of the car, it really bugs me to look at it, and I've wanted to get it fixed for a long time.. nows my chance. On the flip side however, I really want to go with a JDM front end, and nows my chance for that as well!! here are the options, as I see them.


A) Pay to repair the rear quarter, door, and fender. Leave the front end the way it is, and be happy with her back the way she was before the Deer. (Probably the only thing I can afford right now without help, I'd just have to learn to deal with the front bumper being a tad off color)

B) Pay to repair the rear quarter and door ONLY. Skip the fender and front end, leave the car with a huge dent in the fender, and an off color front bumper, save money over the summer and purchase JDM front bumper, fenders, and hood this winter. (Most expensive option all together, I would have to go close to a year without her looking beautiful, and I'd have to driver her around with a big fuggin dent in her, http://img159.imageshack.us/im...9.jpg on the flip side, by next year.. she'll be everything I've wanted her to be)

C) Pay to repair the entire damage from the deer, and also pay extra to get the front bumper repaited at the same time. Which will put the car in immaculate condition once again (most expensive option for me right now, but instant gratification)


Modified by LunchboxZT at 7:00 AM 5/14/2007

 

It is YOUR car....ball up and let them drop and make your own decision!

 

My mind is pulling me in three different directions on this one!

 

How come leave it as is and track the hell out of it isn't an option?

 

Because the bank still technically owns the car. ^_^ I need a few more years before I'm ready to make her track only. For now, she's my Weekend Warrior / Show Car

 

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It doesn't really work that way. Your name is on the title, the bank just has a lien against it until they get their money back.

 

its obvious what you REALLY want, and what you will eventually do


so get the rear quarter and that replaced, leave the front dent and bumper as-is, then get the JDM front swap done later


cos you KNOW that if you get the front repaired you'll only do the swap anyway

 

go with option 2... fix all the stuff minus the fender and the front bumper. take off the fender for now and just punch/pull out the dent. put dented, but better looking =p fender back on. save up money. buy jdm front if that's the way you want to go and sell off the parts for the usdm front to someone who wants to "upgrade" from their 94-97 front. why would you want to pay to repaint the front bumper right now only to sell it or, at the very least, take it off later?

 

Well, if I can get my USDM front lookin sharp again I would leave it on there, I love both front ends and if I ended up going JDM I'd probably buy a Back Yard Special bumper, and blow all my money and be broke as expletive, lol!

I dunno, I think I'm going to flip a coin and see what happens.

As for the bank portion Mugen-Mike. I know that I'm the title holder and everything, but the car needs to have full coverage insurance on it at all times because of the lein holder, if I were to make it a track only car I would be paying like $260 a month for insurance on events that wouldn't be covered by my policy

 

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I dunno, I think I'm going to flip a coin and see what happens.

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I bet you have a problem deciding what skirt to wear each morning too eh?

Seriously... i hope the flip a coin comment is a joke.

 

Haha, yeah it was


I'm pretty sure I'm going to sell my Recaro's and pay to get the front bumper repainted and everything, I'll keep the USDM front and keep heR in good shape.. do you think it'd be a good idea to get that extra armor clear coat on the front bumper? I'm not sure what it's called but I've heard about it, helps protect against rock chips or something...

 

USDM &gt; JDM

Save the money and get some tracktime! She can be a full interior-ed Weekend Warrior, show caR AND a track giRl.

 

Honestly, the only time I'd consider doing a JDM front end on my car, is if it was smashed hard in the front, and the insurance company was willing to spend $3,000+ to repair... Then I'd probably consider it.

Keep it USDM, that's my opinion. Not saying JDM front end doesn't look sexy as hell, but I just like the USDM front end.

I'd say go ahead and save up some extra money, or get your parents to loan it to you (Sounds like they're willing?), and just get the entire car back to mint, get it all painted, and fixed up.

Or just do what you think you can afford.

 

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Then pay to have the dents taken out and paint if needed..........Sorry about the dear, same thing happened to me in High School with my Neon. Right after i had gotten it back from the shop, dear jumper over my car going 45mph and dented the side about half the size of your dent.

I used a hammer and hands to push dent out and rocked it like that til the car passed in 2005 from T-Boned.

good luck

 

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This is exactly what I am doing.

I am selling my JDM Recaro's this weekend and will be getting everything fixed back to mint condition... This works out best for me, because I think I've decided that I want Black / Yellow Reacro's anyway. So I can save up and buy those down the road.

I'm sticking USDM, and I'm going to do my best to keep her sexy.

 

oh its you dude, see my PM on itr-dc2

 

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This is exactly what I am doing.

I am selling my JDM Recaro's this weekend and will be getting everything fixed back to mint condition... This works out best for me, because I think I've decided that I want Black / Yellow Reacro's anyway. So I can save up and buy those down the road.

I'm sticking USDM, and I'm going to do my best to keep her sexy.

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Good plan.

 

Option "C"

http://www.capitalone.com/cred..._SEM2

 

Its just going to get stolen anyway, so i wouldnt bother doing anything.

 

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Wow...

 

cant you get that dent on the fender popped out?