i swear there is some kind of lil demon pushing too many oops buttons this year..

good to hear that car will be fixed, hey can you get me a price to paint the front bumper on my NBM trans am?

wtf did you do to yours?

nothing it was scratched up when i got it

saw the pics on facebook...wtf is goin on lately!?! glad ur ok too! now everyone stop crashing please lol

^^^ what she said!

well thats cool navy atleast you dont have to start from scratch again

Hey Navy what should I rename the thread? Seeing as it is now officially NOT over!

And +1 on a price for painting a front bumper!

i rolled my ankle yesterday... thankfully i didn't crash anything. i just almost got hit by a car at work and tried to jump back onto the sidewalk and then rolled my that shiet.

i dont think navy"s body shop fixes ankles, just saying. glad to here the cars not totaled and u know the body guys so they wont screw u. that would be my biggest fear is having some body guy 1/2 ass my car

Chef and Alex absolutely. You guys just want the bumper painted or fdo you want to do the whole deal (blending the fenders and hood, repairing or replacing the bumper covers, etc).

Mark(feather). wtf HAPPENED MAN???

Oh and Alex......SHE WILL SURVIVE!!! should sufice.

I think BP opened a vent on the interstate on ramp. The statey that stopped did not find my at fault but road conditions. It probably didn't hurt that he knows how they handle. Happened to be the statey down the road with the red LS TA

Lucky man bro!!!

Being in uniform doesn't hurt either ;)

This is sooo true.

Honestly I'm really not sure whether it would need to be blended or not. I do know it will need to be stripped though, it's got spider cracks. I don't think there is anything structurally wrong with the bumper though.
Dun!!!

thanks

you never HAVE to blend but the color will be alittle different from it being fresh paint and the rest of the car not

BLEND IT!!!! it will look stuck on if you don't. So mike what have you decided? paint choice crazy paint scheme Do something JUST KEEP IT BLUE!!! for fuck sake!!

i do not need blending, just strip and repaint, if your guys are good they can match the paint via the VIn and paint code they can look it up and get the "alternates" and it will match

let me know how much

Exactly what happened to me. What I thought was going to be a little fix turned into "write it up for everything it could possibly need fixed." Control arms, front shocks, 4 new wheels, frame adjustment, new complete radiator support, steering rack, abs module, the list went on. Could you imagine they totaled this:

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so they totaled it, I bought it back for only 700 bucks replaced just the lower portion of the radiator support, frame was flawless they spend 2 hours measuring everything and it was fine, got kyb shocks and struts the z06 wheels didnt need control arms, had the whole car repainted with the ss spoiler, so then re registered it and they said it doesn't need to have a reconstructed or totaled title. Still has a clean title. Free mods Navy free mods <3

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I also got a new foamy underhood insulator hood thing to replace the messed up one as well^
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I don't care how good someone is. Even the paint reps will tell you the variant deck is just a tool to get you in the ballpark. They aren't always 100%. Blending is the right way to go that being said though dark blues usually match fairly well regardless. Now if it were white, silver, pewter... Those are another story entirely

Kevin, yours didn't need a salvage title/reinspection cause it was over 10 years old. Anything newer than 10 needs salvage/reinspection if it's totaled.

And yeah Navy, it's real easy to find an extra thousand to wipe a car with a hit like that. But, after buying it back plus salvage title and reinspection you'd only be screwing yourself since they already gave you 7g's. Isn't it nice knowing and being cool with your body guys so they can save you from shit like that lol?

I understand what you are saying trust me. My guy i usually use painted my 01 ws6 nose with 100k on it and it matches mint!!! but to be honest he did do a test panel and made a adjustment to the color to make it match though but it was VERY close before he made his change.

i am looking to sell this car SOON so close will work for me if the price is right:jackson:

Aint that the truth lol

any update on the car??

Good to hear navy.

When it comes to body work you get what you pay for. My SS was keyed and scratched up pretty good from a carport falling on it. For a sand/fill/prime/paint with the flames it came out to be almost 5 grand that the insurance gave me to fix it.

I took it over to Rt 28 Collison in West Bridgewater. They did some work for me before and while my car was there the did a 20k job on a 2008 dodge Viper. And it was unbelieveable and when I saw the Viper blue color, I knew it was it right there.

hows everything going

Slow. lol. Im waiting for an opening on the frme machine right now. The guy thats gonna do the work is the shit but as always when you goto the best you have to wait in line. Once she comes back from the frame machine I will start the search for the front suspension rebuild and all the body panels I need. Then finally she will goto paint.

As I said in the beggining.If you have to pull the frame the car will never be right. I've seen it numerous times.Car is pulled straight but the metal is weak in that area now. Put the car on a lift after and let it sit.The frame always starts to bend again.Only correct way is to cut the front frame off and weld on another.Alot of work but it's the only right way.

And while it may seem redundant to pull it if you're just going to cut it all off the proper way is to get it on a machine, pull it/measure it to make sure it's square again, then cut off and replace whatever was really crunchd

Which is exactly what is gonna happen. It is going on a frame machine to square it and then a new front rail will be welded on. The car will be just as strong as it was when it rolled off the showroom floor. I trust the guy that is going to do it and anyone around here that KNOWS me knows that for me to trust someone means a shitload.

That is the correct way. Just never seen a shop actually replace the whole rail.They ussually pull and keep it at that. To do the rail right I think the motor has to come out along with the AC box ect. I hate body work.

Slow and steady is the way to get it done right.

You are correct sir. The motor is already out. We pulled it last weekend.

good then get that paint off that Conte put on it