Destroyed S13. Overwhelmed, need pointers, ideas to get things rolling again!

[StopStaringAtMe]

Originally Posted by AZRB20

Damn, here they're plentiful.. wtf is up with the east coast lol

It's funny you say that, mine is from Sacramento Ca. lol

[StopStaringAtMe]

Originally Posted by akaina240

go to college, major in computer science, get out with a 60k degree job, toss that shit away, and buy a ls1 s14 for 30k. problem solved.

LMAO this.

[hobbs]

I was going to offer to buy it but then you said spiders...

[92SEric240sx]

Pm me a price for everything

[Rustys14]

Originally Posted by StopStaringAtMe

$150 shell would be awesome. However, everyone in VA is stingy. I'd be lucky to find one for less than $1,000.

Not so, I've never paid over $600 for a shell here in VA and I got my coupe shell that I now daily for free. There is a really good scene here and good deals are easy to come by as long as you know where to look. If your seriously looking shoot me a pm and I can point you in the direction of a cheap hatch shell.

Also how damaged is the front bumper? In your sig it looks like a aero bumper and I've been trying to source one local.

[zurud]

Just hammer the hood and radiator support. used headlight. Glue lexan to the rear quarter window. Then drive away. Shit most of the drift car here look worse than yours. Unless you're looking for good look then spend away.

[collegekid]

New/used hood
Hammer core support or buy new one and go to a body shop. shouldn't be more than like $300-400 to put it on.
Get another headlight.
You could either get lexan and trim it to fit or you can get a new window.
Take out the interior and check for any rust.
Try to get rid of all the bugs and shit. I'm sure if you google it you will find something.

It really is less work to fix your car than to swap everything over. if you wanna fix it, you better feel like 110% and follow through. Otherwise whatever you do is gonna be a waste of time and money.

[chiboy002]

op, I was in a head on collision with a drunk a while ago in my s13 and the damage was a little worse than what you had. my total cost to fix at home, everything done properly, was around 800 ONLY cause I went with brand new fenders and radiator support. had I gotten it second hand, which is more feasible, price would've been at most half of that.

front end is salvageable, but ridding a car of weather and animal damage is gonna be a nightmare so even a 1500 shell is gonna be less than the time you spend fixing everything instead of making money

[mechanicalmoron]

Drama queens, trippin' on the interior....

Park it in the sun with everything open, rip out the seats and whatever else you feel the need to, go to town with a shop vac and wipe down the interior, shampoo the seats, and dry them completely before putting them back in. I don't know about you all, but I don't make enough to buy a car in a day... but I can wash car seats in a lot less than a day. Besides, I think he's exaggerating about the interior, if it was under a cover and only had a busted 1/4 window.

You could even take out the carpet, and have your interior cleaner than it's been it 2 decades.

[collegekid]

Originally Posted by mechanicalmoron

Drama queens,
You could even take out the carpet, and have your interior cleaner than it's been it 2 decades.

QFTFT

have you taken out the interior? Can you take better pictures of the front end

I'm speaking from experience when I say you will either fix it or you will "pussyfoot" the whole thing and waste your time.

Spend more time cleaning out the interior than on Craigslist. come back when you have better pictures. I still say fix it just because no one else is gonna help you fix the ghost problems on your new shell

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by AZRB20

Damn, here they're plentiful.. wtf is up with the east coast lol

Nothing but shieeeeet...

Originally Posted by Rustys14

Not so, I've never paid over $600 for a shell here in VA and I got my coupe shell that I now daily for free. There is a really good scene here and good deals are easy to come by as long as you know where to look. If your seriously looking shoot me a pm and I can point you in the direction of a cheap hatch shell.

Also how damaged is the front bumper? In your sig it looks like a aero bumper and I've been trying to source one local.

Scene? Only scene in VA are riced out fucking civics. Car scene out here feels like california in the mid 90s.

[StopStaringAtMe]

LMAO so true. ^^^^^^^

As requested, I'll be adding better pictures of the damage and the interior.
I'm not exaggerating about the severity of the mold.
Also, theres a screwdriver bonded to the carpet by rust lol.

[StopStaringAtMe]

Here is the link to my photobucket album, all of the pictures in the album were taken today.

http://s72.photobucket.com/user/_Sto...0Not-So-Silvia

[Kuma]

I keep seeing pics of mangled s chassis saying it got "backed into"... Were you hauling ass in reverse? I know they don't crumple that easy.

[white-s13coupe]

good luck with it do what makes you happy. : )

[StopStaringAtMe]

Originally Posted by Kuma

I keep seeing pics of mangled s chassis saying it got "backed into"... Were you hauling ass in reverse? I know they don't crumple that easy.

Honestly, I wasn't going very fast at all. The corner of the bed just went through the headlight and kafucked the whole front end.

[SamsonS4]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Nothing but shieeeeet...



Scene? Only scene in VA are riced out fucking civics. Car scene out here feels like california in the mid 90s.

I laugh to no end with anyone tries to say anything positive about the south on something along the lines of 1900's VA.

The only important thing about that area is it had alot to do with american history.

scene and shops? none. just cars mimicing california 90's hondas w/ a bunch of outdated momo and bomex items.

diversity? none 71 white and 19 percent african american. It's also 1970 there w/ the racism and segregation to go with it.

Entertainment? no entertainer outside of a mainstream fm radio act wants to go anywhere there. You won't find anywhere catering to electronic music or trance. Just rap and top 40.

food? have fun eating nothing but american chains and soul food only.

I been there for a extended time myself and let me tell you it's not the ideal place to be. I do understand not everywhere can have the shops, cars, girls, weather, food, diversity, entertainment etc of california but VA is on another level of epic terrible.

I have zero care people can state register any jdm car there that they want. Sure you have a sought after car but then again....you are in VA.

follow below for more:

http://fallingmorningstar.blogspot.c...ate-south.html

[jamg]

gawd, dang...

bumper bars are legit useless.. even with an OEM one in use. i've seen so many accident pictures of cars with OEM and aftermarket ones, and they never work because the car is so low.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Yah, fuck that, my ass wouldn't attempt to salvage that interior...not much worth saving. I'm more turned off by that, than the front end smash.

[StopStaringAtMe]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Yah, fuck that, my ass wouldn't attempt to salvage that interior...not much worth saving. I'm more turned off by that, than the front end smash.

Yeah, I completely stripped all of the carpet and the seats. I found that the drivers seat was broken anyways. Not exactly sure how, but the back of the seat won't lock in place so that seat is garbage anyways. the passenger seat is about the only thing that is salvagable.
the dash is so brittle I can just about put my finger through it :/
So, now that the interior is gutted, I guess its time to figure out how the hell I'm going to to make my front end not so fucking ugly. Ill need to buy a comealong or borrow one from somebody.

[fliprayzin240sx]

That or get a ratchet strap and pull it out. Shouldnt be too hard to do.

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by SamsonS4

follow below for more:

http://fallingmorningstar.blogspot.c...ate-south.html

You must be fucking kidding. GTFO of here & quit taking the thread OT.

[SamsonS4]

dude va is terrible...what u mad about?

[simmode1]

^^^It might be. Just don't lump all of the South in with them.

[SamsonS4]

Originally Posted by simmode1

^^^It might be. Just don't lump all of the South in with them.

Tx isnt what people think of when it comes to the south

la, nc, sc, ga, va, tn, mi, etc

[simmode1]

^^^Hey, that's all I was looking for. I've seen some real heat come out of Louisiana, but the rest of those are pretty damn bad. And this is coming from a guy born & raised in TN. But there are little redeeming pockets of goodness in just about every state. I'm sure there are some decently tuned cars ripping up the Dragon's Tail at Deal's Gap and other places.

[Rustys14]

^^^ Not sure whats with all the hate for VA, northern VA isn't bad at all (can't really speak for the rest of the state). I grew up in Cali and I can honestly say that I prefer it out here. Different strokes I guess...

Back on topic, that front end really isn't too bad. A hammer and some ratchet straps against a big tree will pull it close to where it needs to be. That interior is disgusting though...

[russian]

tube it. not hard at all.

[StopStaringAtMe]

Originally Posted by Rustys14

Back on topic, that front end really isn't too bad. A hammer and some ratchet straps against a big tree will pull it close to where it needs to be. That interior is disgusting though...

I junked that nasty shit lol.
Anyways, I've got some ratchet straps from harbor freight, Just not sure where exactly I need to hook them to "properly" pull all, or most of the damage out. (I'm hilariously bad at bodywork.)
So I'll see if I can get my bodyshop buddies to give me a hand.

[Scope240sx]

Originally Posted by akaina240

go to college, major in computer science, get out with a 60k degree job, toss that shit away, and buy a ls1 s14 for 30k. problem solved.

hahaha not everyone is you!!!!