A moment of silence, please.

wylie-c · 2005-10-27 00:15:21

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10-26-2005, 05:15 PM

wylie-c

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A moment of silence, please.

10-26-2005, 06:06 PM

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DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

explain..........

insurance$$$$$$$$$????????????/

10-26-2005, 06:36 PM

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after new wheels too, **** that sucks.

judging from where its been hit, some ******* want paying attention?

10-26-2005, 08:21 PM

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Another one bites the dust. Man, this is getting too frequent. Are you all right? No injuries were there? What happened?

10-26-2005, 08:26 PM

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Jesus man! Sorry to hear about the bad luck. Are you going to fix it? If not...man that just sucks...maybe it's time to join me in RWD land.

10-27-2005, 05:36 AM

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Dude that sucks man...u wanna buy mine?was anybody hurt good or did you back into a pole....but hey it can buff out..haaha sorry dude..

10-27-2005, 08:00 AM

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Yeah, I was stopped waiting to turn right and this woman in a minivan just plows right into me, no braking just literally drove right into the max. She pushed it about 10 feet. No injuries except for the poor Max having a sore ***. It's a write off, and the insurance company is going to throw some numbers at me tomorrow. I do have the option of keeping it and taking a cash settlement and fixing it myself though. It's at my shop right now, and I already pulled it a bit, it will go. I haven't decided whether or not i'll keep it yet, I might look for a decent 300ZX.

10-27-2005, 11:17 AM

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10-27-2005, 05:50 PM

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that suxs.........

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10-27-2005, 08:04 PM

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I know of a 86 that with some TLC can be very nice for you my friend!

j/k

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10-28-2005, 09:22 AM

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that sucks..........how did i know you were going to say a lady in a minivan....

good luck with it. glad youre ok.

10-28-2005, 08:14 PM

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Mine went out the same way

, 2 years ago I got $2050 from insurance for my '88 GXE with almost 100k on the clock.

10-29-2005, 09:11 PM

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Sorry to hear it, glad you're alright. I know (from recent experiance) that it's painful...

10-30-2005, 07:06 PM

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That sucks, but with some time and effort you can fix anything. Good luck.

10-30-2005, 07:44 PM

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Well, they'll give me $1150 for it, bone stock without all the aftermarket stuff. That's about what I expected, considering it's 20 years old and still on it's original engine with 323,000 Kms ( just over 200,000 miles ). If I take a cash settlement, they'll deduct the salvage value of a whopping $150 from that and give me an even grand. So my logic says grab the cash and fix it. All I absolutely have to replace is a taillight, the rest is repairable.... stay tuned for the Return of the Max!

10-30-2005, 07:48 PM

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Good decision. Have fun pulling those dents out.

10-30-2005, 09:51 PM

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**** thats more then dent pulling, the whole unibody had to be pushed up about 2 inches in the driver rear....thats gonna be some harsh work

10-30-2005, 10:02 PM

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No problem! I know a very good bodyman and painter

10-30-2005, 10:34 PM

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Heh heh heh heh ya have some fun with that

10-31-2005, 10:31 PM

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A good buffing should take care of that.

11-01-2005, 03:45 AM

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i would just leve it for now

11-01-2005, 05:24 AM

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Instead of pulling it you may want to look into getting another car. Preferably a maxima

but that looks like a lot of work to get that back into specs.

11-01-2005, 06:25 AM

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Boy are you guys sure doubtful. It's already pulled, took an hour to strip it down and 2 more to pull. Pics coming later.

11-01-2005, 06:34 AM

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i demand pics, lol.

11-01-2005, 09:15 AM

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Wow, well show me the way. I would like to see pics of this. Not doubting, I just want to see how its coming along.

11-01-2005, 08:32 PM

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Here's the progress:

Stripped down and ready for pulling,

After chaining it down to the floor pots and a few pulls,

Now it just needs a bit of welding and give it a skim of filler. More pics as it progresses. It should be ready for paint this weekend.

11-01-2005, 09:52 PM

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Just happened to troll this forum for the first time to see this...that's amazing work. Good luck.

11-01-2005, 10:09 PM

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Nice, good as new! I've done the forklift trick before!

11-01-2005, 10:11 PM

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BTW, did you get an insurance settlement already?

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11-01-2005, 10:43 PM

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Yeah, they gave me $1000 cash.

11-02-2005, 05:04 AM

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Wow, nice work! Like Sarin said, Good as new. They gave you some good money for it too for your insurance settlement. Keep us posted.

11-02-2005, 12:34 PM

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now thats what i call an reincarnation

11-02-2005, 05:47 PM

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ya dude that is some GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

its amazing what can happen when you have a nice shop, and the right tools

unlike my backyard :-(

11-03-2005, 06:49 PM

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Very nice work.

11-07-2005, 11:40 PM

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Wow that came out great. Makes me wish I kept my 2nd gen

11-08-2005, 10:26 AM

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Damn thats amazing, who wouldv thought it would be able to look like that again. Good Luck with the rest of the replacements.

11-08-2005, 12:26 PM

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Thanks, guys! It's had a lick of filler and is sitting in primer now. I managed to get the bumper cover reasonably straight too, it was a bit warped in the first place. I'll snap a few more pics this weekend before and after I paint it.

11-08-2005, 07:12 PM

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hit myne in black also.... i wish

11-12-2005, 10:00 PM

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Time to put her back together! Here it is all prepped for paint:

And after a coat of sealer, 2 of colour, and 2 of clear, it's a Maxima again:

11-12-2005, 10:06 PM

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LOOK OUT THE SEMI BEHIND YOU IS GONNA SMASH IT AGAIN!

NEW PAINT...argh i am jealous...didnt expect a whole new paint job though but might as well eh

i must say though it is an interesting way to paint a car...alot of things you masked off i would have taken off

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