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How not to repair body of a car

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Old 05-25-19, 09:19 AM
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Radiator a bit bent and top mounts broken off. No problem. Put in it's place and secure with wire/rope.


A bit of hammering required

A lot of hammering required

Rad support tower bent

Washed my radiators and flushed it with water

Brackets got wrecked, trying to reuse them

This should easily straighten out

Apron miraculously unharmed

Straightened rad support tower

Need parts now to fit up

Rad support pieces removed for hammering

Air box broke

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Old 05-25-19, 12:21 PM
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Looks like a good time to replace the water pump!
I bought a Nippon Denso radiator from RockAuto, same as factory uses but much cheaper and fit perfectly.
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Glad youre alright! Pretty sure that will buff out! The good thing is that the frame rails are ok, a little bondo on that radiator support will do wonders to hide all the waviness.

Atleast this gives you a good reason to paint your bumper
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Ahhh shiet my CC doesn't even have enough money to buy all these parts at once.



At least It doesn't look totally crashed anymore? Trying to get parts but it's so expensive wow 500 Canadian for a used headlight, rock auto hood 350 fender 200 but shipping kills it($500canadien shell it out boii&#128518

Accident free oil changed every 5k

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Old 05-27-19, 08:04 PM
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ouch... at least your fine... why didn't you go through insurance for the repairs?
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I just have it so I'm not slaving for some fraudsters 500k $ payout

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