For those wondering, her she is and here's the story, Sad day, extremely upset Options

[Fastbird]

ouch, that sucks man, but art is right, you can save a ton doing alot of that work yourself.

good luck man, hope it all works out for ya.

Yup. About $2500 of the work though is paint work. Top notch paint work though.


Thanks for the support everyone! This is a huge reason why I love this community so much.

2,500$ to paint a hood and bumper?
I paid about 500bucks to have mine done.
For that much money, you could get the entire car repainted at a higher end shop.

That's for hood, bumper, both front fenders, passenger side door, A-Pillar on the passenger side. The $2500 is a rough estimate. There's prep time worked into that, as well as assembly time and such.

[richee3]

D***, that sucks!!! It's not even your fault, but I hate how insurance plays out like that where since you hit her it is automatically your fault. It'd be nice if they would look at accidents impartially to see whose fault it actually was. But what can you do? It's a shame to see your projectors smashed like that, and that's if you ignore everything else. I've had 2 wrecked Celicas, and repairs are freakin' expensive on them. Hope everything works our for the best.

[joehernandez]

omg!!! broken projectors!!!!
thats like a nightmare to me!!!!

[Fastbird]

Well, good news is I've got a new (Used) projector low on the way with only a broken mounting tab (fixable) and a very minor chip in the glass that I'm going to have fixed. It was half of a new one so worst case scenario if it's not up to par it'll work to get it back together.

I'm leaning towards going new on the Fender and Bumper because what I've been finding is either dented with some spots of rust, would take entirely too much prep work, or in the case of the bumper I've found the holes in the bottom for the speed nuts have all had the backs ripped out. But......if I can snag the bumper ultra cheap, I'll probably give it a go because a little bit of fiberglass work and a drill would make that all batter.

Every time I look at the car it just kills me.

[Fastbird]

Projector came in looking great, and picking up a fender and hood on Saturday. Still hunting for a facelift bumper and high beam from a projector set.

[GriffGirl]

I have a busted-lensed high beam if you want it, in the event you can't find a JDM high beam. You can probably get just one lense from Rayme - although it won't be glass, of course.

[dustin15brown]

i have a gauge cluster for you? idk, that's the word on the street

[Fastbird]

I have a busted-lensed high beam if you want it, in the event you can't find a JDM high beam. You can probably get just one lense from Rayme - although it won't be glass, of course.

I'm planning on just ordering a single JDM clear high beam if I can't find one, which is the most likely situation. Thanks for the offer though.

i have a gauge cluster for you? idk, that's the word on the street

Heck of a rumor there. I'd like to see it backed up.....

Oh man, I'm ticked though!!! There was a white bumper that would have most likely worked like a champ on ebay that ended last night, free shipping even. I COMPLETELY forgot about it until about an hour after the fact. Sucker went for $82 SHIPPED. I'm pretty mad at myself about that one.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Dec 2, 2008 - 3:50 PM

[GriffGirl]

Which side high beam did you need again? Here's a left side one on eBay (yes it's JDM )

http://cgi.ebay.com/JDM-6-Gen-OEM-98-Celic...0QQcmdZViewItem

Buy it now is $139, shipping is $46, but it's also Make Offer and I hear he's a great seller and also takes offers.

[Fastbird]

Which side high beam did you need again? Here's a left side one on eBay (yes it's JDM )

http://cgi.ebay.com/JDM-6-Gen-OEM-98-Celic...0QQcmdZViewItem

Buy it now is $139, shipping is $46, but it's also Make Offer and I hear he's a great seller and also takes offers.

Thanks for the heads up!!!! Unfortunately I need a right side high beam.

NO ONE PAY THAT FOR THAT LENS!!!! IT'S A RIPOFF. NEW THEY ARE $101 FROM TOYOTA. Just an FYI.

[stephen_lee]

Which side high beam did you need again? Here's a left side one on eBay (yes it's JDM )

http://cgi.ebay.com/JDM-6-Gen-OEM-98-Celic...0QQcmdZViewItem

Buy it now is $139, shipping is $46, but it's also Make Offer and I hear he's a great seller and also takes offers.

Thanks for the heads up!!!! Unfortunately I need a right side high beam.

NO ONE PAY THAT FOR THAT LENS!!!! IT'S A RIPOFF. NEW THEY ARE $101 FROM TOYOTA. Just an FYI.

what lens?

[Fastbird]

I meant High Beam. Don't know why I said lens.

[easternpiro1]

damn bird! im sorry to see that! i hope you get her up and running in no time!

[TheMadScientist]

That totaly sucks, I feel your pain. Hope you get it fixed

[trdproven]

If you are replacing the damaged parts there is no body work needed, just paint the whole car. Even still 2500 is too high for the whole car unless again a high end shop.

[celicaST]

i have a hood i would give you if you were not so far away

[Fastbird]

Oy.......that was a LONG day yesterday. Left St. Louis (Collinsville IL actually) at 0620 in the morning. Wasn't expecting weather, but with my limited availability I it was a "had to do" situation. Head for Indiania, accidents everywhere. 6 hours later, finally make it to West Lafayette to meet up with the man himself, Dustin15Brown. Picked up a couple of custom pieces from him (pics to come eventually), then back on the highway. Start heading for Chicago to get on 80/90 to hit South Bend. Made good time, was there at about 3 or so IIRC. Met up with Slow_Yota, picked up a fender and hood for the rebuild, and snagged a couple of interior bits too (thank man!!!). Head out of South Bend on 80/90, heading for Ft. Wayne to drop off the last of the parts needed to resurrect my Corvette to my friend that's doing the work. Finally got headed home at about 8 PM..........and at 1 AM pulled back into my driveway.

I simply can't believe that we actually got everything accomplished yesterday given the weather. I'm down to needing a facelift bumper. I think I've also decided to to strip the car myself and have the body shop do the fixing of the stuff I can't (radiator support, fender support, check straightness, ect), then I'm going to hang the body panels myself, ensure alignment, and then like mentioned shoot for having all the rear section blemishes taken care of (dents mainly) and have the entire car sprayed. We'll see though.....

The shop I'm using is NOT a budget shop. They do very high quality work, and you have to pay for that. $2500, even $3500, isn't enough to get a quality and solid paint job on a car the right way.

[dustin15brown]

The man himself huh? I should feel honored...? haha joking of course! Good to see you and Katie even though I wasn't exactly awake and alert! Ahh, the joys of being in college

[Fastbird]

So in the downtime, I'm thinking about what to do to the front end to make it "different" when it goes back together. Given the red black theme with the only chrome looking stuff being up front, how do you all think it would look if I had the coves around the headlights and foglights painted in flat black to accentuate the shinyness of the chrome?? Would be different, but could make the car look like it's got a black eye too......

[bmj67]

I would say find a good pic of the front and photoshop it in black before you commit then you won't have to repaint if you don't like it

I think this is what you mean i did it up quick in photoshop here

I dont know where photos are normally hosted so i put it in my profile let me know after you see it and I can remove it

This post has been edited by bmj67: Dec 12, 2008 - 5:37 PM