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Well all they're gonna offer me is $5275 for my car... and the insurance company won't budge. I friggin had the BIGGEST argument on the phone with them and nothing... They say that all the work i did actually lowered the cars value. That the paint job would only appeal to a small number of people, and the body kit did add value but took it away. The kelly blue book on the car is only $4700 so they're really only giving me $500 for the $4000 i put into it... it sucks...

Well the Nationwide Adjuster came out today to look at my car. He totalled it... He didn't even finish writing the estimate and he was like "it's already at $6000, there's no point really to keep going". So that sucks... And the insurance company only offered me $5110 for the car! That's ridiculous! The car is worth at least $5200 STOCK, according to n.a.d.a. and kelly blue book. I've put $3900 into the kit, the paint, and the rims, so I plan on fighting them tooth and nail if i have too. $5000 is laughable in my opinion. I know parts depreciate, but I think I should at least get $7500 for it.

i'm not sure just yet. I'm so sure it's going to total... i'm just not sure what i want yet. maybe it's time for a new car... *sigh.... i don't know

Oh the memories:

Yea i remember you... I'm sorry dude i meant to write you back... i just havent been on the boards much recently and forgot... sorry bro

He said that he had just turned on the street and had reached down to get something when he "zoned out". The next thing he knew was that he was creamed in the back of it. He said he was so sorry. He was like "I remember watching you work on it in your front yard.." So he was genuinly sorry. I mean the cars has been keyed before, egged and everything, and that's what makes me mad. Jealousy and stupidity. People always think "O well his parents bought it for him and did all the work" and now they'll all think "that's what he gets for racing". I never raced it once. Ever. After doing all that work and spending so much $ i wouldn't dare risk it. And if it was a mistake then o well. It could've been worse, someone could have seriosly been hurt... oh well...

I've actually been on 6gc for years.. I just haven't been on much recently.

It's just a car. It's just a glorified peice of metal. Amazing, I was more upset when it was keyed than I am now, facing the thought of it being gone. The guy who keyed it did it out of jealously, this guy made a mistake, he made an accident. It's just a car. He's sorry. That's all I care about.

Well just so everyone knows: My car was hit less than 5 hours ago. As of right now, i'm not parting anything out. Don't be vultures here. I'll let you all know if i'm gonna part it out.

Jdog1385 Posted Today, 05:34 PM
<<<runs to go put his car on the driveway.


Hahaha Good idea dude!!

Yea he has insurance. And supposedly the insurance company will pay for everything. For the custom paint, the body kit and all. Which is great. If it doesn't total, then I may be able to take it to the body shop where I work, and get payed to fix my own car... But I have a good feeling that it will total... Even if it did I would get the full market value of the car with all the modifications included.

Here's a few more pics:


Look at how badly kinked my left rear frame rail is

His car hardly got damaged...

If you look closely you can see the black skid marks where the truck was moved forward.



Notice how the quarter has been mashed into my tire

Rims scraped

Well we got the guy. I woke up to the sound of "SOMEONE HIT YOUR CAR RYAN!!" I ran outside and two of my neighbors where already outside, the car that hit my car was driving back to my house. He's like 19 or 20 years old. I got his insurance info, the cops came, ambulance for the gash in his head. He claims he was only going 25mph and took his eyes off the road and "zoned out". My car hit my a truck that was parked in front of it. The impact moved both my car and the truck a full car length forward! 25mph.... please...

I've looked at the damage and i'm pretty sure it will total. I'm a body tech by trade and it looks grim. The left quarter needs to be replaced, as well as the rear body panel, floor pan, and left rear frame rail, hatch, both taillights, both fenders, and obviosly the bumpers, all the headlights are creamed... The front end needs to be pulled back around... I mean it has MAJOR frame damage...

It's so sad...

I woke up this morning to this sight:

Someone hit it while it was parked in front of my house.



You can see how far the car moved forward from the impact by the white skid marks on the road...


I think I'll go throw up now...

Just don't take a girl out while you're learning stick! I took out this beautiful pacific islander girl to a concert in the heart of Virginia Beach and I didn't know how to drive stick real well, but I didn't wanna seem like I couldn't drive... Unfortunately, I probably gave her whiplash so bad it wouldn't have mattered anyway. At every light I'd squeel wheels and ahh, it was terrible... Yea dude, just take the car out into a school parking lot on a saturday and practice for an hour or so. That's what i did. It's like riding a bike, once you get it, you won't forget it.

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Yea I agree with dustin. You better sit by your car everynight with a baseball bat if you want to keep those. People are gonna see that and wanna take em. That's typically why that's only done on trailer-queens.

Yea I've got a Limited Edition and I have those seats too.

yep that's all custom bro

I've got the same wing. I had to drill one more hole on each side of the car to put on my wing.

Your car looks sooo hot dude! Awesome work. It looks so clean and smooth, it's just plain sexay yo.

If your still thinking of the Lamborghini color, you may want to check out my celica. It's called Arancio Atlas from PPG. It's a tri stage candy orange from the '03 Murcialogo's.

Dude I got no complaints... It looks AWESOME bro! Very very very nice.

Yea it works, depending on how deep the scratches are. You may be able to use a cloth towel and buff em out by hand. Or you may need an electric buffer. Any questions, just ask.

Just to clarify, you don't pay $5000, the person that wants to learn how to do this for a living pays this. You pay him whatever he charges you. And the holes are drilled in the fender wells, or in the door jams or someplace hard to notice and are filled with color matched plasic clips.

Yea you have basically 3 choices:
1. Fill them and repaint
2. Get behind it with a spoon and try to push em out. Personally, I would get a professional to do this because if you push too far then you've got a high spot.
3. Call a Dent Doctor. They drill tiny holes in inconspicuous areas and use a secret method to pop out dents. I see them at the dealership I work in every day, so I know they work. I know they use CO2 somehow. The guys that do that work each have to pay $5000 just to be told how it's done.

When we have a problem like that at the body shop I work at, a lot of times the problem is called by a dead spot in the motor. Just pop it with you hand a few times and see what happens.