After looking through several for sale ads, I came across this injured beauty. It's a 2007 Z with 65,000 miles on it, manual, with custom painted interior. The obvious problem is that it was in a wreck. From the standpoint of getting my first Z, I think this would be a perfect project for me. What would it take to get her back on the road. Working from a budget of about $2,000.

Thanks Everyone! -IH2BM

 

Wow.
I'm not the expert here but it looks like someone slid into a curb at high speed. "What would it take" depends on your definition and goals.
The bad-
$500+ on salvage yard parts if you DIY. It probably has frame damage that may or may not let it drive straight. Consult an auto frame shop for an estimate. Lastly, if you want to correct the driver rear 1/4, I've heard these run $3-5k.
The good-
If you just want a driveable Z and have some tools and skills, great. Buy cheap tires until it drives right. Good luck!

 

That looks like a good time...

Looks like the rear coil bucket broke off the subframe, and the shock broke off the top mount, all that stuff looks fu¢ked sooooo

New subframe, hopefully with all its guts... Basically





Once you find that hopefully the pins that hold it into place are not bent to shitola

Hopefully the frame area is strait enough to mount these back into place




Because honestly those didnt go back into place easily even on a not totaled car...

But once thats all squared away new quarter panel bumper side skirt and a paint job and hmmm

10k $ later it will be mint.

Hopefully you can find the parts in a junk yard and do all the work yourself and you might get it driveable for your 2k$ budget.

Good luck,

how much was your project?

 

not by any means an expert on repairs like this-

but - hell no way to repair that on a 2k budget. in addition to the points mentioned by the folks above-
i would also question as to what condition the diff and driveshaft is in... forget about the custom painted interior if that is having any factor in your consideration of this wreck.

so - you got the story/video of how this car ended up this way?

 

Another resurrect-from-the-dead dream....

JUST body work alone is already well past $2000. More like $3k+

If you have a $2000 budget for a Z, better get a pristine one that needs nothing but an oil change. And I'm guessing that's out of the question if yer looking at junk like this.

 

Ah, it's the weekly "I don't know **** about cars and should I buy this wreck?" thread. They all end the same way, don't they?

 

The rear panel alone will cost you more than 2k . Nuff said dude

 

true story, when i got rear ended it barely buckled the quarter, the total repair came to 4k

because the are "balla's on budgets"

 

Welcome- as everybody else has said, there's no way you'll get that Z back to being straight on a $2K budget. That being said, this begs more questions about you. What level of mechanical skills do you truly possess? Do you have automotive tools to work on such extensive damage? How about a garage that you could tear down and build your project in for a few months?

BTW- there's a reason that Redline Z was put up for sale in the first place. The owner certainly can't fix it, or if it's salvage, the junkyard is just fishing for a better offer than what (s)he'll get at auction.