Check out the end of page 6 and beginning of 7 for updated pictures!


I got a new project in the garage. Picked this up from the salvage auction last friday, lots of work to be done. But, I know it will be worth it in the end! I can hardly wait. My previous car is an eclipse gs (4 banger), so this is a drastic step up. This forum looks pretty sweet and with useful info, so ill be around for awhile. Its an 06 base model MT.


The hood is popped open, it fits





P.S. ill keep looking in the marketplace section, but if anyone has a full exhaust system, even stock, or a shift ****, let me know!

 

nice....hell of a job ahead...

How much did you get it for if you don't mind?

 

i hope you didn't pay more than $500 for that car frame is bent for sure unsafe to drive

 

You afraid to get your hands dirty? Some people just like the challenge of fixing cars... and all Z's deserve a second chance. They're precious creatures. Just kidding with you...

As for the build... good luck and congrats! Keep us informed of you progress

 

Now that is one hell of a project!

 

Ouch, I'm not sure I would have bought that

 

the frame is absolutely bent, yes, but we knew that going into this. the frame work is the only task we cant do in our garage, so we take it to a frame shop.

King - We paid $6,600 for it. It has 32k miles on it with new springs (who knows which ones) and "silverline" exhaust. half of the exhaust is missing from behind the y pipe and back.

 

and thanks for the words of encouragement people, ill be sure to keep you updated!

 

WOW you plan on flipping it? GL with that since its salvaged

 

Congratz on the purchase homie!!!

Im lookin for project Z as well, good luck w/ the build, and keep us updated id luv to see what u can pull off

 

we are not flipping it, im gonna drive it duh!! we have fixed up plenty of cars and generally have no problem selling them with salvaged titles. currently we have a mini cooper, eclipse, and 3 mazda 3s, all of which we bought wrecked. anyone need a daily driver?

 

Obviously you know what your doing...can you take pictures along the way...I would really like to see the how the **** you going to fix the quarter panel...

I want to get to that point in life where I can fix that kind of damage...

Good Luck again, and keep us posted...

 

yes, we want to board the epic journey

 

well youll have a pleasant surprise in a couple weeks! ill be sure to keep you guys updated! shoot, it already looks different from those pictures, as ive gutted lots of parts out of it to prepare for the unibody work.

 

Should be a fun project. All that work ahead and your concerned about a shift ****?

 

hahaha i figured i would throw it out there!! im excited, give me a break!

 

That frame looks pretty jacked up. Hopefully the shop can get it straight, but even if they do the car typically never drives the same again. I'm not one who would buy anything a salvage title unless I intended to make the car a trailer queen. Good luck with the project.

 

yes, the frame is jacked up. we just successfully sold our salvaged title mini cooper last night, so that is a plus. and youre very wrong about straightening unibodies...this is probably the 8th car we have had frame/unibody (there is no frame) damage on, and all of them have passed alignment with flying colors and driven like normal cars. shoot, when i took my eclipse in for my last alignment, nothing needed to be done! anywany, thanks for the good luck, and ill keep you all posted!

 

I used to have a neighbor who bought totaled cars and then rebuilt them in has garage. It was amazing to see the wrecks that went into that garage and the beautiful cars that emerged a couple weeks later. Wish I had those skills.

 

THis one might take more than a couple weeks...but its the same idea! hey youre from the lake st louis area? St. Charles here