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post Aug 18, 2007 - 3:47 PM
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Today I rear ended someone, and was left with a warning for "following too close". No collision on my car. Basically i have to pay for the damages myself. Heres the thing, to my knowledge my whole front end basically is unfixable so i dont really know what to do. i did this like 2 hours ago and the hood is wedged into the bumper so i cant even look to see what it looks like under the hood. The car runs, and the airbags did deploy (smashed my windshield in the process of this "life savor".) I have around $2,000 availiable to my name, im a hard working 17 year old just trying to have something to get around, but i am thinking about getting a kit. I have little knowledge on the body work area and was hoping that you guys can give me some better ideas on what to do. Maybe try to scavenge a bumper and hood? another thing is i can barely open my front door, like litterally my whole front end wedged into the middle of my car. I was already planning on getting a kit at some time but im also freaked out because of what happened, so should I spend some money on a body kit, or somehow fix this so its drivable. I love my car i was hoping u guys can look at the damages and give me some ideas on what to do.
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post Aug 23, 2007 - 8:00 PM
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All is good! first.. the front bumper and drivers side fender are replaced with parts from a local auto shop. They are black right now.. my car is white but it will be painted. Will be ordering the Erebuni 404 lips around the time when my car is going to be painted. I got my low and high beams from the same shop for cheap, and my step dad banged out the hood with nothing but little dents that can easily be fixed. The pushed in reinforcements in the front end were fixed using some type of little handy crane which made it so the new fender fit properly and my door can shut with the normal gap between the door hinge and the fender. Airbags will not be replaced as of right now, but maybe in the near future. Only thing now, i need to search for a steering wheel (pref stock) because the airbag ripped it a little, but its glued right now lol. And i also need to fix the dash were the airbag popped from, along with the necessary paintjob of both my front bumper, fender, and lip kit. hmm maybe ill get myself those spoiler blocks to give my car some more features.. in case all of you were wondering the price of the fender, front bumper, low beam, high beam, towing of my car, and new windshield was $600. No labor was needed because my step dad actually works on cars and hes damn good at it so no money for labor was needed. The kit should be about 500 shipped and the spoiler blocks maybe 100-200? (PM IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR SALE AND/OR STEERING WHEEL). MY CAR IS SAVED.. thanks for the help guys

Edit: Pictures will be posted with the process

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- Tcel95   Need help >> crashed ST   Aug 18, 2007 - 3:47 PM
- - goferris   sorry to say but it is probably totalled. you say ...   Aug 18, 2007 - 4:24 PM
|- - Tcel95   QUOTE(goferris @ Aug 18, 2007 - 9:24...   Aug 18, 2007 - 4:27 PM
|- - kerosene   QUOTE(Tcel95 @ Aug 18, 2007 - 4:27 P...   Aug 18, 2007 - 4:52 PM
- - Tcel95   theres no way im taking a total loss.. it seems li...   Aug 18, 2007 - 4:33 PM
- - OOBE   Why are you asking us? Get your ass to a collision...   Aug 19, 2007 - 12:00 AM
- - Tcel95   theres no frame damage, im gonna get ahold of a dr...   Aug 19, 2007 - 1:09 PM
- - tonytutino   he's got the GT-Four hood... and unless you go...   Aug 21, 2007 - 12:31 AM
- - dtlwrc   This is sad, but dont give up everything can be ma...   Aug 21, 2007 - 11:30 AM
- - Mabthera   Dude, I completely agree with OOBE. You are 17, ge...   Aug 22, 2007 - 8:40 AM
- - giang723   i hate to wanna see the cost in fixin all that mat...   Aug 22, 2007 - 11:10 AM
- - 97Celica   That looks like very minimal damage. and with the ...   Aug 22, 2007 - 5:48 PM
- - black13   well to my best knowledge, if you look around the ...   Aug 22, 2007 - 7:51 PM
- - purplegt4   airbags are expensive as $h!t. that might...   Aug 23, 2007 - 7:36 PM
- - Tcel95   All is good! first.. the front bumper and driv...   Aug 23, 2007 - 8:00 PM
- - jason   as far as your door getting stuck, re-adjust the m...   Aug 23, 2007 - 8:09 PM
|- - Tcel95   QUOTE(jason @ Aug 24, 2007 - 1:09 AM...   Aug 23, 2007 - 10:13 PM
- - Tcel95   its getting there guys   Aug 24, 2007 - 11:26 AM
- - dtlwrc   These are very good news my man, keep the good wor...   Aug 25, 2007 - 5:08 PM
- - Tcel95   ITS FINALLY DONE!!!!   Oct 11, 2007 - 4:30 PM
|- - goferris   QUOTE(Tcel95 @ Oct 11, 2007 - 3:30 P...   Oct 11, 2007 - 8:57 PM
- - xs94st   nice man! how much was it to paint the entire...   Oct 12, 2007 - 4:37 AM
- - 6strngs   I was scrolling through the thread and I saw the p...   Oct 12, 2007 - 2:13 PM
- - Tcel95   it was macoo paint job costed around 550... not in...   Oct 12, 2007 - 2:36 PM
- - Jared95   asd   Oct 12, 2007 - 2:39 PM
- - 95CelicaST   Wow. It looks great. I guess I missed this thread ...   Oct 12, 2007 - 2:50 PM
- - ScoobyDooCruiser   Fast turn around... August to October. After I rea...   Oct 16, 2007 - 7:00 PM
- - kerosene   550 for a paintjob?? You took the cheapest....with...   Oct 16, 2007 - 11:07 PM


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