I have an automatic integra with about $4,000 worth of damage maybe 3,500. Is my best bet to pay to have it fixed and get a manual tranny put it in or just buy a different car, my budget is 8 grand

 

Get a different car. If I had 8k I'd either buy an Integra Type-r or a down payment on a RSX type-s.

 

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Good luck finding a Type R for 8 grand buddy lol....

IMO, its not worth to fix the car, especially since its probably over half the value of the car to fix it. Invest in getting a newer model, with better resale value, and just in case they steal it, you can get some good hefty amount from your insurance...

If you have 8 grand, and you really really wanna fix your LS, then fix it, and with the remainder of the money, beef up the suspension, get some good wheels, and do a RELIABLE LS/vtec swap.

Some people ask me why i spent so much on my 2000 gsr, and i tell them all the time, they have to look at the future and not just now. If they were to steal my 2000 gsr, i would get a $10,000 check from my insurance. If they were to steal a 94 LS with a GSR motor swap, then you would just get like $2000....

See where im going with this....get something newer, better, and with better resale value.

 

Take the insurance money, buy the car from the insurance co. (couple hundred bucks) as a salvage. Part out car, you could get good money for the motor, not so much for the trans, but you could get something. The rear trailing arms/brake assemblies are worth a few hundred, as well as the front knuckes and brake assemblies. The seats are worth a couple hundred, then when its all parted out, get a salvage company to come with a flatbed and take it for another hundred or two. You should easily be able to make another grand this way.

 

If a buyback from the insurance company is an option, I'd definitely go that route an then, depending upon how much motivation you have, I'd try to find a rolling chassis that was originally equipped with a manual and go from there. Otherwise I'd try to find a clean, well kept car that is either stock, or slightly modded with stuff that you would have probably ended up doing anyway.

 

thanks good advice

 

buy it from the insurance company and part outtttttttt


if you can find a Type-R for 8 grand lemme know for sure