Crash results, what to do? (56k dead)

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Vicious176
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If you saw my other thread, you know we have a zenki down.

zerothread/341375

That was more of a story of the night, heres the pics, I need to figure how bad she is.

(use to be lip)

Radiator harness(should be straight)

FrameRight side - good side

Left Side - Slanted

Also can't figure out whats leaking, thought it was radiator fluid but looks different. Cars still running fine aparantly. I'm worried about the frame the most. I'm pretty sure I'm going .5 sine I have to redo the front, but how much is damage and paint going to look like? I'll be buying my own paint and know people who do that kind of work.

I'll update after I scrap the front.


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jr_ss
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If you can do most of your own work you should be able to save that. You'll have to take it to a frame place so they can figure out what's tweaked and what isn't. Looks like the lower radiator support was a bit rusty... And keep it Zenki man, .5 just doesn't work on the body lines of the S14...

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1st- frame damage has nothing to do with how straight your fenders are.

2nd- buddys right if you can do most of the work yourself looks doable, but make sure you check the frame professionally before you buy any parts.

3rd- the other fluid could just be water from your busted condenser, i cant tell the pic isnt the greatest.

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I mean, i'll pay to have it fixed, but I doubt i'll keep it zenki. I'm having trouple taking off the front bumper. On the lower lip theres a part thats connected to a splash guard, it's rusted and stripped, plus hard to get to.

Also looking for a guide to get the head lights off, so far the bumper has been common sense.

im worried about the frame the most.

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See if you can hit up a junkyard for the rad. support, I know there's one by me but you kinda live hella far. It's savable it'll just require a bit of work. Also that fluid looks like dirty coolant, I'd see if it smells like it too.

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Buddy's dad has an adv auto discount and is getting me the support for cheap. Since I need a new radiator I was planning on going with a performance one.

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Swap your stuff into a shell?

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that doesnt look bad at all. i had a local shop test my frame and pull my rad support for $75. new hood, fender headlights etc... and youre good to go.

if your frame is screwed i would consider swapping parts (if any) to a new car or shell.

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looks fixable. strip the front off and re-evaluate it.

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I think I might part it out and try to go kouki. I don't know too much about partouts, stripping the whole thing could i get a decent buck?

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Vicious176 wrote:I think I might part it out and try to go kouki. I don't know too much about partouts, stripping the whole thing could i get a decent buck?
YES

sell me ur rear bumper!

sorry to hear man.. that sux...

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autoshadow wrote:Swap your stuff into a shell?




i presume you have a KA? what is the insurance going to give you.this happened to me also and I put my SR into a shell

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E7-S14 wrote:
YES

sell me ur rear bumper!

sorry to hear man.. that sux...
I'll send you pics, theres a couple minor dents, but pm me or Email me at [email protected]

What other parts are people commonly interested in?

I'm having trouble finding a nice zenki for my budget, so I may go black s13 fastback. It's crossed my mind but realistically, I'm probably going to get another zenki then eventually kouki it.

My insurance screwed me, all I had was liability, they didnt even bring up the option cause the car was so old, even though I requested collision repair, thought I had it, but didn't.


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