finaly got a car
 

just bought a 96 nissan maxima se of an auction for 2000
it's got all power options, no leathers tho, 5spd,
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Re: finaly got a car
 

looks like its got the crumpled door package as well

Re: Re: finaly got a car
 

rare factory option

^^lol, i got it under control, got a shop with everything i need. found doors on the jankyard already

how much to fix it

1000 plus doors around 500 for both so 1500

is the frame ok

i dout it but i got a machine that will pull it

i like maximas. they are nice cars.... good for you. are you going to paint it the same colour after getting the body work done?

i talk to the guy who can paint it for me for cheap he says if i can prepare it he will paint it and i get a good deal, but he says that prepairing it is pain in the ass, so he said just paint the doors and whatever else needs to be painted the same color. but i want to paint it black, but again don't feel like sanding it

there are tons of out of work body guys that will do it for cheap im sure

what's cheap? like i don't know the prices they charge, and he also says it will never be the same, might even chip, but i guess that depends on the guy who is gonna prepaire it

its ALL about the prep work i was told... cheap is a relative question... what is cheap to you?

100 bucks

i dont think thats gonna happen :D

loool i guess i am gonna stick to green

Go to Maaco... if you prep it for them its cheap...

My husband does prepping... (89SIHATCH?) when it comes down to it maybe you can shoot him some cash and he can prep it for you... thats what he use to do for a living lol...

But if not Maaco is still pretty cheap!

^^how about u ask him and then post the price here, i am in st,catharines

We are in Beamsville so fairly close... you want me to ask him how much to prep your car for paint... he might also be able to get you a good deal on paint... since hes worked at a ton of body shops. I will talk to him after work and get him to msg you. Then you two can talk about it :)

Connie

^^thnx

prepping
 

when we prepped my buddys truck we sanded the whole body down to bare metal..well down to factory primer or bare metal.. whatever it got to.. it was a pain in the ass... then we used a light grey primer and then we used some high build primer and had to sand that down..
the paint has been on it for like 4 and a half years now and it still looks like it did when he got it painted.. he used some house of kolors custom mixed color..i mean its stored inside and he doesnt drive it in the winter.. but thats the best way to do it.. takes forever tho..

so you sold a peice of crap and bought a peice of scrap :D hahaha

thats the only cheap way out man, just wait till i fix it, gonna be sick!! for the chrysler i just sold it was a piss of crap!

its so true!

God help your soul for buying a branded write-off.

Hope you plan on keeping that car forever, cuz you'll have a hell of time selling it, unless of course you decide to give it away for next to nothing.

for a few g's more you could have bought my 02 civic SIR with less frame damage and at least it should still have some resell value once I am done with it....

but the car u got isn't that bad, as long as u can fix it cheap......but i think u overpaid a little bit for that..

i'll sell just like i sold the chrysler had the same ****
plus u know how many cars i cam acorss there that had good titles but were smashed pretty bad "not branded" dealers jump on those fix wem and sell, so u never know u might be driving a car that was gucked up before

:dito:

how welld oes it run?

thats what i worry about... you have to have 3 panels damaged in order for it to go on the title... i bet you A LOT of people even in this forum have fixed cars and dont even know about it

you have to be pretty dumb not to know your car was smashed. it's easy to see non-OEM seams, at least to a car guy.

anyways, I was thinking the same, $2000 for a 96 wreck is pretty bad.

u havent seen " wreck" yet. this is nothing

ripped off, you paid 2,000 for a pos.....not a smart move on your part......by the time your done fixing that car you could of prolly bought one accident free

1000 to fix family friend doing it

you are right. I don't know anything

^^u want me to send u pics of wrecs from auctions????

I used to go to 2-3 auctions a week for a couple of years. I've seen it all. Used to work for a dealer.

oh ok but ya man i got all the **** fot it not gonna cost me more then 4 geez at the end

i know i could have goten a better deal but i got no time, need something asap

car is not a bad price.
looks decent.

just make sure that you get papers for everything you do.
so when you get your salvage done you can present all the documents to get the salvage clearance certificate.

items needed will be the following:
4 pics of the before
4 pics of the after
from all 4 corners

reciepts for all the work done
reciepts for the parts bought
insurance appraisal paper
have all the damage on the paper listed complete

safety and emissions
salavge safety certificate
alignment (structrual and wheel)

thats about it.
not bad figuring the avarage price is about 6 grand