well my car was found, or at least the shell was. there is no hood/motor/tranny/radiator/exhaust....i couldnt find any cut wire harnesses, but i think that there are a few harnesses missing from the strut tower areas. is it possible that some of them are just attatched to the actual motor and not the ecu harness? also, the metal line that runs hydraulic fluid to the clutch slave cylinder and the metal line that runs fuel into the fuel filter have been cut. are they hard to replace? my insurance company is gonna give me a few grand for the car, im just not sure if i should buy it back, swap and then attempt to turbo, or just take the money and bounce....

 

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well if the body and suspension are fine, I would attempt to rebuild. you can start all over with a sweet setup that you can work with from the beginning. you can pick whatever motor you want, you could build a beast all motor b18c1 or turbo a b20 (low c.r. + boost = fun). of course, we all know how project cars can be with reliability, so if you got another ride, dont sweat it. but if your life demands reliability, think about getting another car (a Honda of course).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by burningwrek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well if the body and suspension are fine, I would attempt to rebuild. you can start all over with a sweet setup that you can work with from the beginning. you can pick whatever motor you want, you could build a beast all motor b18c1 or turbo a b20 (low c.r. + boost = fun). of course, we all know how project cars can be with reliability, so if you got another ride, dont sweat it. but if your life demands reliability, think about getting another car (a Honda of course).</TD></TR></TABLE>

i got a daily driver. i just dont wanna get into rebuilding and realize im missing wires and crap. also, how hard is it to replace those metal lines that i had that were cut?

 

Just need to find a set and they are not hard to replace. I am doing it right now.

 

to tell you the truth, just about everything on the chasis can be replaced. wires could be quite a challenge but its not impossible, same goes with the metal hose for the clutch cylinder.

i would rebuild if the body is undamaged. you can basically replace everything and anything if need to.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCtorTHRUST &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">to tell you the truth, just about everything on the chasis can be replaced. wires could be quite a challenge but its not impossible, same goes with the metal hose for the clutch cylinder.

i would rebuild if the body is undamaged. you can basically replace everything and anything if need to. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i think there is one new dent/scratch, about the size of a snapple bottle cap on the passenger door. the car had its fair share of little scratches to begin wiht. the interior had the drivers window down for a few days, but i put a tarp over it.

the part of the passengers side motor mount is bent a little, but i think that some vice grips will bend it back.

 

well it sounds like its in pretty decent condition for a theft recovery. I'd rebuild it definitely. and if I had another car to be my daily driver, it wouldn't be a question.

 

i don't think it's worth it.... it's the little things that will suck up all of your time and money. on top of that you don't have an accurate idea of exactly what all is missing, and what is required to replace them. it still depends on how much money you'll get and what it will cost to buy it back, but i see it becoming more of an issue than it's worth. maybe buy the chassis and sell that, and then move onto another car...... either way, it's time to crunch some numbers and give your time and labor a price value.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Team 4R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i don't think it's worth it.... it's the little things that will suck up all of your time and money. on top of that you don't have an accurate idea of exactly what all is missing, and what is required to replace them. it still depends on how much money you'll get and what it will cost to buy it back, but i see it becoming more of an issue than it's worth. maybe buy the chassis and sell that, and then move onto another car...... either way, it's time to crunch some numbers and give your time and labor a price value.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i completely hear this side of the arguement too. my friends are pretty much taking this stand on things, not to mention that if i do rebuild, it almost definately wont be running again by the end of the summer, where if i buy a car i at least have another honda to drive around. the suspension (arospeed springs and kyb agx struts) is still in the car too.

 

well if you already have a daily driver, whats the point of buying another car that you'll have to most likely make payments on (unless the insurance company gives you enough to pay straight up cash for something) and pay insurance for. if you work on the theft recovery vehicle, you dont pay insurance on it for a while, dont make payments (unless you still owe on it, and if you do, it'd be dumb to buy somethin else you still owe on), and can still work on it and get it to run like you want it. I'd think it'd cost much more to purchase a new vehicle rather than work with what you got. build what you can on the recovered car and pay someone else to fix what you can't. just do it in your leisure so you dont work yourself broke.

 

well....i decided not to buy the car back. it was 201 bucks to buy it back, but to get it towed to my house(2+hours away) would be hella expensive. my insurance company is giving me 4 grand for it, which is no where near what i had invested in the car, but is enough for me to get another car and project going.

this time around im leaning toward ls turbo in either an ej1 or a da9. we will see what comes of this in the future....

 

Rebuild!







If nothing else I would have bought it back and sold it as a shell to some racer...$201 is dirt cheap. That red car is getting the cage fabbed in about 2-3 weeks...then it can live the rest of its life going fast Better that than some parts for a junkyard.

 

Few grand? not enuf i say scrap what u can part out whatevr door panels say to someone who needs them try ot make a somemoney back and jus get a clean start go out there find cheap honda and start a new project neverless sorry to here bout the car

 

the car would cost at least 800 dollars to get back to my house. and then after that id need to buy almost everything again( i dont even have a rad or linkage or anything. also, my steering rack is in the process of making aweful noises and going bad, so id have to replace that too.

if i did rebuild, i dont want to have a car with a salvage title, because if something were to happen to it i wont get **** from insurance cause it would be already totalled...id rather look around for a newer car or one with the motor i want already in it then have to start all over again(plus my car had more small scratches then bill gates has dollars)

 

shoulda just got a friend with a truck, rented a trailer and towed it yourself. less than a hundred bucks right there

 

insurance would send it to the junkyard? id assume they would try to auction it off somewhere else? unless thats not the normal thing to do.. i would have bought the shell.. always want shells! you don't have to take everything off the car, the thieves already did it for you! helps a lot when you want to re-paint the whold car inside and out..

 

go to uhaul and rent a trailer man. bring that home. $200?! you could make that back selling parts of the car dude.

 

try to build it bro!!
sorry for the lost!!

 

Move on to Bigger and better things ? perhaps a S2k

 

u haul would be mad loot- i went and id have to rent a truck(all friends with tow hitches wouldnt help me) and then a tow dolly on top of that- dont forget its over 150 miles one way to my car from my house

 

REBUILD NEVER GIVE UP