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Old 09-17-2010, 11:29 PM
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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

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Do you know how hard it would be for him to take the fenders and bumper off as an assembly? The hood would have to come off first. I'm thinking that mite be a good way for him to go. It's a shame he doesn't have more experience. Then the complete nose could be sat back on with only a few bolts if he had to drive it to the shop.
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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

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Do you know how hard it would be for him to take the fenders and bumper off as an assembly? The hood would have to come off first. I'm thinking that mite be a good way for him to go. It's a shame he doesn't have more experience. Then the complete nose could be sat back on with only a few bolts if he had to drive it to the shop.
i havnt tried to take the whole thing off in 1 piece it has crossed my mind tho i pretty sure it can be done but is gonna be harder for him to do so because the fender is damaged.

it will be easy to take it apart but he'll need tools.

1. take hood off remove the hinges from the fenders not just the hood
2. remove the plastic wheel well
3. take a 3/8 air ratchet with extensions to gain access to the screws that hold the nose to the fenders
4 .remove the screws that hold the header panel to the radiator support and the nose will come off with the headlights attached,
at last remove the screws on the rocker panel and door jambs and the fenders come off

but yea lil more experience and tools and he would be able to fix it up by himself... it looks like a piece of cake fix.
i would be more worried about structural damage if the rad support was damaged and windshield would have cracked

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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

so not matter what im better off taking the fenders and nose off myself
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Here are the measurements. The numbers in parenthesis are in inches
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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

what could they do in mexico i mean if its an auto body shop they have frame machines
then what could they do wrong the measurments u think i dont know
whats the difference between trusting the mexican guy down the street and the mexican guy in mexico
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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

also i cant view those measurments its start to load and then says error for both of the pictures
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Re: crashed drifting car doing bout 40-60? need repair help

Originally Posted by hasty88-and-89
what could they do in mexico i mean if its an auto body shop they have frame machines
then what could they do wrong the measurments u think i dont know
whats the difference between trusting the mexican guy down the street and the mexican guy in mexico
that logic is not gonna get u anywhere in life. will u trust a black guy selling jewelry on a stand on the streets the same as a black guy selling it in a jewelry store????

i've seen jobs done in tijuana when people want to save a couple bucks thats the only reason i said dont do it i believe i also said if u know the shop reputation then go ahead....

as for ur analogy, well the mexican down the street lives close to u so if anything is wrong than ull just go there and have him fix it, the mexican in mex lives far so if u had to go back there's ur 350 on gas and food for the 2 trips u had to make buddy.

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for the pics im able to see them on my phone and my two computers, something might be wrong with urs or ur internet connection
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