Prognosis?

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CaptainTrips
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So tell me doc, how bad is it?

(and might as well, here's the guy's car)

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Razi
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Nooo!

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Hijacker
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Poor coupe :(

It's fixable, but you'll be paying for it. I can see the suspension was moved slightly by the buckling of the body skin forward of the rear wheel. I'm sure a good frame shop can pull the unibody back out. They hit you in the weakest part of the rear: direct center. I would take the car to a frame shop and let them tell you how expensive it'll be, or if they feel confident they can do it.

But to give you some hope, a friend of mine was rear ended in his MX-6 on an interstate off-ramp. Accordioned the rear of the car up to the rear glass. A shop was able to pull it out and he auto-crosses the piss out of it still.

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krash
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Looks bad man, Like Hijacker said, its got some mean unibody damage. I'd look for a cleaaaaaan shell and swap everything over, unless you've got a sentimental bond with the car.

GOD that coupe was clean dude. :frown:

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breadbox
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:( another one down.

milto0n
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So sad.

Mercury_Hg
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I vomited in my mouth a little. Then I saw the others guys car and felt better.

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240sxAli4Life
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This is how i feel! So whats your plans now???? If that were my car... the dude that rear ended you would not be breathing! :mad:

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240sxAli4Life
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breadbox wrote::( another one down.
Another clean, mint, cherry one down! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

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CaptainTrips
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The guy wanted to settle without insurance involved, so I gave him a number and he declined. :P Insurance it is. Honestly, I'm relieved that virtually all my parts (especially my front end) are in tact, or I would've ripped the guy's head off right there. I'll probably try and find another coupe and swap everything over. Still, the car has a ton of sentimental value. :(


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