Cheap 240...Rust On Frame Rails...Fixable??

Post by **__CURRTISS__** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:12 am

I've been waiting to get a 240 forever...this is my dream car. I just so happened to see one near my dads house at a collision shop. Anyways, this car is pristine man. There's only one dent on the front left quarter-panel. The guy is giving it to me for 200 bucks XD.Here's the problem.....from what i could see there are 3 good rust holes in the frame rail. Is this fixable??I've seen it done on build here, but I dont have any welding experience. Are there shops available for this?

Post by **__CURRTISS__** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:14 am

Pics will be up when its not raining lol

Post by **heartofaskyline** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:19 am

yes shops will do it, but it would be cheaper to buy one from down south that doesnt have rust and ship it too yourself

Post by **__CURRTISS__** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:01 pm

no, i dont think ill get lower then 200 dollarsi've seen it done extensively in different build fourms...so i know its possiblei just simply wanted to know if anyone know how much it was at a shop. So ill have a price to go off of

Post by **heartofaskyline** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:03 pm

ok so you take your 200 dollar car and fix the rust. 1k for rust repair, and now you have a 1200 dollar car. when you could just buy a 500 dollar 240 from the south and ship it too yourself for 300.

Post by **livinglegend2100** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:10 pm

find someone who can weld and buy them a couple cases of beer. im sure they wont mind cutting out the rust and welding a couple patches in

Post by **wishin_on_an_sr** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:42 pm

livinglegend2100 wrote:find someone who can weld and buy them a couple cases of beer. im sure they wont mind cutting out the rust and welding a couple patches in

do this but take the guy and a jack with you to see if there isnt more rot that isnt easily visible, and if the car isnt copletely garbage then buy it and go through the above steps and have yourself a nice 240 and for dirt cheap

Post by **Shabbernigdo** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:10 pm

heartofaskyline wrote:ok so you take your 200 dollar car and fix the rust. 1k for rust repair, and now you have a 1200 dollar car. when you could just buy a 500 dollar 240 from the south and ship it too yourself for 300.

i wanna know where you guys find these 500 / 1000 dollar decent shape / good shape 240's at Cuz so far there just lookin like myths to me like big foot or UFO's. people talk about em but ive never seen one.

All i have ever seen is 1500$ or so pices of s*** and anything under 1000 is a rusted out pile of crap thats looks like it was use for crash testing or was butchered and put togeathere by DR frankenstein.

im refering to s13's btw

Post by **gregfarz78** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:14 pm

$300 to ship a car from the south to michigan? I'd love to know what year you guys are living in b/c its probably more like $700+

I'd save up a little bit more money find a clean shell for around $1000 with less rust I know its hard in michigan but have patience

Post by **hbpignosePA** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:25 pm

gregfarz78 wrote:$300 to ship a car from the south to michigan? I'd love to know what year you guys are living in b/c its probably more like $700+

I'd save up a little bit more money find a clean shell for around $1000 with less rust I know its hard in michigan but have patience

im with him, sure anything is fixable but dont just jump for the first car you see

check my build for some welding work (note i didnt do it i found a friend who is a good metal fabricator)

and i dont know what i owe yet

soo

Post by **SirSilvia** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:05 pm

omg freaking yes buy it,

heartofaskyline wrote:ok so you take your 200 dollar car and fix the rust. 1k for rust repair, and now you have a 1200 dollar car. when you could just buy a 500 dollar 240 from the south and ship it too yourself for 300.

and where in the hell do you get $1k for that. you are getting into the price range of full underbody restoration. Rust can be fixed for a little. 200 for any 240 is a steal, unless it was in a firey blaze.

Post by **2fizzleforshizzle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:16 pm

Shabbernigdo wrote:
i wanna know where you guys find these 500 / 1000 dollar decent shape / good shape 240's at Cuz so far there just lookin like myths to me like big foot or UFO's. people talk about em but ive never seen one.

All i have ever seen is 1500$ or so pices of s*** and anything under 1000 is a rusted out pile of crap thats looks like it was use for crash testing or was butchered and put togeathere by DR frankenstein.

im refering to s13's btw

HEE HEE HEE! That is so true espically in michigan! Its sad to sad I see more 240 in the snow than i do in the summer. if you can find anything here its a good find rusty or not!!

Post by **gregfarz78** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:17 pm

Look this guy found one for $300 in the rust belt (aka the northeast US)

zer...st-no

it could take a while to find one, hell I probably overpaid a little bit for mine but its hard to find a rust free shell in this part of the country just keep checking craigslist and the classfieds here

Post by **hpmachine** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:25 pm

Screw all of your stupid answers. BUY A WELDER. get some scrap metal and teach yourself how to mig weld. Work at it for a few months and you'll be good enough to tackle most of the rust repair you'll need to do on that car. Why pay someone 1000$ to fix something, when you could buy the MIG for 600 and do it yourself. Then you can be the dude charging everyone else. It's valuable experience that will last you a life time. Then you can buy your 200$ 240sx and fix it for the price of the metal. Its win win win.

Post by **__CURRTISS__** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:13 am

hpmachine wrote:Screw all of your stupid answers. BUY A WELDER. get some scrap metal and teach yourself how to mig weld. Work at it for a few months and you'll be good enough to tackle most of the rust repair you'll need to do on that car. Why pay someone 1000$ to fix something, when you could buy the MIG for 600 and do it yourself. Then you can be the dude charging everyone else. It's valuable experience that will last you a life time. Then you can buy your 200$ 240sx and fix it for the price of the metal. Its win win win.

Yes yes, i'm thinking about doing that more and more. Its worth it, to be in michgan, and for 200 bucks, i'm not gonna left this fly by. If i cant find someone to weld it, ill just teach myself. I've did alot of research on it, and its been done. Just by a welder (practice first of course), get some POR-15 and Resto Grip, and I should be fine. I think the thickness of the metal was like 1/9 or 1/16. I forget.

I just have to win this war against rust no biggie. I'm NOT buying another car, its too perfect to pass up lol.And 1k was a big price range. I had no idea how much s*** was so I used that, guessing, that would cover all the cost of everything so chill out man lol.

Post by **gregfarz78** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:20 am

I'm pretty sure you can still buy new frame rails from nissan for around $75...try http://www.courtesyparts.com/

Thats the way to go brand new frame rail you can pick up a used welder for probably $300-400

Post by **__CURRTISS__** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:38 pm

Oh s*** thanks yo...and does anyone know where I can find a manual??im gonna go see it again...pics will be up tomorrow

Post by **MICRoS13** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:08 pm

Cool i finally found the snwer to rust im going to check for the frame rails and if not practice on my own someday

Post by **sebazztard** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:39 pm

we def need pics. the hatch i got in my sig i paid 1200 for included a new paint job, and coilovers and a few upgrades in the engine bay for the stock ka. the rims and tires didnt come with the purchase, but my car is from florida and has ZERO rust. you are going to sink more time and money into this thing when you can find a better start. it dont matter if it was free, ya know? but definalty show up some pics.

Post by **progman** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:07 am

Anyone know the part numbers for the frame rails?

Post by **kool-aid54** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:57 pm

I think this is it? Can someone confirm?

http://www.courtesyparts.com/2....html

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