AL98GS400

Cool deal. Thanks for the info. My headlight housings are good. It took a direct hit bottom middle. I figured I might have to use my welder some but was hoping it was mostly bolt on.

vipers

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Dropped her off at the body shop this morning! Finally some REAL progress! They said they wont get started on it until Monday though. And will charge me less if im patient with the work. So from $600 to $380 to let it take a few extra weeks, im ok with that! The GS is an extra car anyways.

Was luckily able to throw the ECU, Radiator and MAF back on and fire her up, then drive the heavy beast up onto the trailer. Saved me and my friend a lot of hell! lol

vipers

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Not much of an update yet. Car is still at the body shop. They said i SHOULD have it back by Wednesday. But im not holding my breath. They did remove all the damaged parts and stripped down and dripped out all the spot welds on the replacements parts that came on the Aristo clip.

I did also get in a few parts in the mail. Some knock sensors, a replacement jumper harness for the sensors, and a K&N intake ( since i had to replace the airbox anyways)

vipers

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Sorry for the lack of updates! But shes come a long way since the last update! Ill finish the story off from where i left off.

pics of it still at the body shop, getting the subframe all situated.








Got everything buttoned up at the body shop and went to pick her up. Still had a long way to go!

vipers

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a few days later i started to get to work putting her back together. Was a very slow process as i kept finding small things i still needed. Like the hood release from the Aristo was different. Which i should have known. But failed to think about it. The TT radiator was also different, so i had to buy a new radiator as well.

Spent quite a bit of time cleaning what i could and running all the wiring back to where it needed to be.







Also did a quick test fit to see how well everything was all going to go back together. not too shabby.

vipers

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Also decided to paint the lower grille area on the front bumper, gray, like the upper grille. I think it gives it a cleaner look.





Final assembly. This is where she sits right now. Shes about 95% complete. I have slotted rotors, new pads, new fender liners, caliper decals and silver paint to paint the calipers still left to do. But waiting on getting my new wheels powder coated before doing all of that.

And just my luck, my starter also decided to take a dump on me 3 days after getting her back on the road! So i have a new starter, 2 new knock sensors, and the jumper wire that goes between them waiting for a day i have available to tackle that pain in the butt job! lol

vipers

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and a "before and after" pic.

dungut

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Wow! That looks real good! Good job on taking your time to do it right!

justim

Great job, that came together nicely

ThomasGS4

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Very nice! Have you wired the side marker to the turn signal?

Lutkis

Looks even better now. Great job!

CBGS3

looks good glad to see u bounced back...were there any modifications or "hacking" to get the fenders to fit I heard some tweaking is needed around the doors...correct me if im wrong looking to do the conversion myself thanks

AL98GS400

Nice. You got it back together looking good.

01gs3

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Great job. Gs's are hard to let go, glad you decided to keep and fix.

vipers

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Thanks a lot guys! Really appriciate it!

Thanks man! Actually i ended up wiring it to the running light, as California requires them. Personally i actually like it set to the running light, its 10x better looking than the ones we get here in the US. But i went back and forth on which way to wire them in. If i get annoyed or bored with them always on, its a pretty easy switch. So thats good


Thanks!! I agree! Figured if i was going to spend the time and money to put her back together, i wanter her to be better than before the crash

Thanks!! As for the fenders. Not a single issue was encountered. They bolted directly on. Just the wiring for the marker light needing to be extended.

appriciate it guys! Thanks!