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Your picture is a little small but is the driver's side damaged from the front all the way back to the rear quarter panel?

 

Yeah the drivers side door was damaged until the end. i believe thats where it hit the rail.

 

Ehhh looks messed up. Who knows how much work it would take.

Base model, who knows how it runs etc

 

I would consider it. However, I wouldn't pay near $4k. Maybe half that.

 

not worth it.

Too many damaged parts on the surface...wait till you get the parts off to find what else is broke.

 

The guy said it drives perfect condition just body work needed. Also said he could get me the bumper fenders and hood for 500$ but I would have to replace them and paint.
the door and rear quarter panel idk about. They seem a bit expensive to fix.

 

front passenger body rail about wheel looks mangled.

 

Does this Z have a clean title, or is it salvage? Even if you repair it, that would make a difference in resale prices. Having worked on Zs for years, I wouldn't want to put the time and effort into chasing this car.

 

The guy said it has a clean title.
How would I go about to bargain for lower price?

 

a. Estimate the cost of repairs.
b. Double it
c. Add $4,000 purchase price
d. Thats how much you will have invested in the car.

 

No..don't waste your money. By time you get done fixing that you could have bought a clean one in the same year. I don't know where you are in NY but there's a few over here for around 8k+ on craigslist.

I could do the repairs myself and I still wouldn't buy it. Doors up here will run you around $600/each at a salvage yard. I haven't looked into the price of a door shell yet. I can't tell how bad the quarters are, but they are like $650 plus the cost of installation. Getting your frame rail inspected/repaired would $50/hour on the frame rack. Then the shops are going to charge around $35/hour to perform the repairs, then paint time which is more $/hour.

 

Only thing I would do is buy and part out

 

Dont do it! Save you money and buy a clean one!!!

 

So he probably didn't have any collision insurance and isn't claiming the accident. That allows him to keep the title clean.

Without more expertise (on your part) with the repair, you probably don't have much bargaining power. If you had the skills and experience, you could present a detailed estimate on what it would cost to repair the Z and a comparison of what the used price would be. Without that, the seller certainly has to try to get as much out of it as he can, so maybe the best strategy is just wait and see if time softens his asking price.

 

I can tell from here that theres frame damage. That's at least $1,500 to fix

 

Does it run? Secondly have the owner take pics of the hood up! In parts it's worth more...hassle but could make a profit.

As a DD car I wouldn't recommend it without more pics of damage

 

yup the car runs he said he took it to the mechanic.

 

shoots... didn't see all that damage to the rear...

DO NOT BUY

 

If I were you I wouldn't. Who knows if there's damage underneath? Plus it's auto...get a m6! :P