Got into an accident today... fixable?

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astang
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Car: '98 S14

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Well first off, here are the pictures of what I'm worried about... btw its an 1998 240sx Kouki, I just finished disassembling the entire front end.

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Stupidly, I rear-ended a lady doing around 25 because I wasn't paying attention. It's my fault and I take full responsibility so please don't flame me. Nobody was hurt. I swurved right towards the shoulder so pretty much all of my damage is to the driver side of the car. I was wondering if there's any way to get that straightened out so I can replace the core support. The car drives fine, the police actually let me drive the car back home in that condition without a front bumper and all. I just want an second opinion on the damage to the car if easily fixable or not.


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nifares240
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Car: 1993 240sx Black-Project Car, 1993 240sx Red-SOLD, 1994 Sentra, 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R SPEC V-Daily, 1999 Toyota Camry
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yes it's still fixable. you'll need a new rad support. might be hard to straighten the fender frame.

astang
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any ideas on how to do that? or any good autobody shop could do it?

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nifares240
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if you're in nyc. I know a good body shop. they do a lot of 240's including mine.

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lil wax and buff it out

good as knew

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PyR0NiAk
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My grandfather and I repaired a 1st gen DSM in much worse condition than that... Of course, he has godly welding skills...

astang
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anyway i could possibly buy a new fender frame and weld it on?

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StryfeS13
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Car: 1993 Nissan 240SX
Location: Fresno, CA

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You could definitely fix that damage..
take the radiator support off...then you will see it is much more easier than it looks...

for example, look at my thread in my sig, i believe mine was a little worse than that.

EfiniRX7
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My old s14 was 10x worse off when I bought it, she fixed up just fine.

ChampionSound
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full tube frame in the front

or just turn it into a missle and track the s*** out of it :whistle:

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CRyan
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i was able to get a chain around it and a pole concreted into the ground. . .I pulled it out like that, but I also had some help from a body guy.


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