Well after a LONG LONG time I finally stop being ____ed off enough to actually work on my car. It drove yesterday, pulled to the left a bit but it drove. The original body shop had told me 6 grand just to get it to roll again, however after a lower control arm with ball joint priced at 260 bucks and a rebuilt axle for 67 dollar at hub auto, the thing ran like a champ.

Now onto the bodywork. I need to have quit a bit of things done. Maaco (yah i know its cheap) gave me a quote of 2g for everything which I suppose is fair I need a passenger side front fender as of now the rest can be popped and fixed. If anyone has any kind of hook up for that let me know please.

Thank you.

Steve

 

fenders are only like 167.00 brand new from toyota. i wouldnt trust maaco to do body work. why dont you have a good shop do it? it is an insurance job right ? you'll also need an alignment and hopefully your tie rods arent bent.

 

One of the tie rods was bent I already replaced it awhile back I forgot how much that was. Maaco is doing it cause the car is going back to the exwife as soon as its fixed and to be honest... i dont really give a $%*# what it looks like as long as it looks like a car again. If anyone on here has a body shop and wants to take on a project I would rather have you do it, just let me know.

Steve

 

Also I forgot I need the stock parts for the rear, the spare cover thing and the foam inserts, and a spare but I can do without the tire. I have a autometer cobalt 10k tach and shift light like new, with 6 other gauges for trade. If it comes with the spare I will throw in a varad led underbody lighting kit.

The tach is like new and so is the air fuel meter, the rest of the gauges are missing the harnesses and the pins on the back are slightly bent from the accident but can be bent back with some patience. Still a good deal the tach was 285 or something like that then I added the carbon fiber cup cover thing. The light kit is slightly used but still works, changes colors and all that stuff.




this is what the tach looks like