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funny you say that, within a week from when i bought mine what do I see rolling down my street ?? A dark blue 3rd gen TL. I thought someone had stole my car lol
thats funny steven...a buddy of mine who I haven't seen in a long time just got a 04 wdp (saw some pics) anyways, my gf was walking to work one day (not far from our apt) and my buddy drove by and drove her down to work. she msgs me later in day saying ohh babe your buddy has a new car and its really nice lol.. I respond by saying did you happen to recognize that I happen to have the exact same vehicle LOL ..... Women
ahhh I got about 8ft-10ft of snow drifted up on my back deck fml. gonna be a while longer before the TL sees the road.. got all these parts just sitting here waiting to put on, I'm going crazy up in here
my gf works with a girl who does photography on the side so she said once the weather clears up she will do a photo shoot for me (she does some really great work).
car needs to be resprayed in certain areas, primarily the front end , so that will be getting done ASAP , along with the abundance of parts i have sitting here that need to be installed.
Prob won't be until end of april early may.
Unless you guys want some pics of the 10ft of snow in my backyard LOL
^^ aww yea. thanks! taking her out of storage next saturday, then its off to the mechanic to get all my parts installed.. then gonna send off the headlights to bruce for customization....then off to the body shop for respray in some areas that are not so great looking lol.... a lot of "thens"....going back to school here in a cpl weeks as well.. gonna be a busy next cpl months but I'm excited to see the progress.
well just took her out of storage today!! she fired right up on the og battery which kind of surprised me. drives good, could use a alignment tho
took off the front license plate bracket and luckily for me there was no third hole drilled in the bumper (thank god) I looked in the glovebox and voila the 2 RBP bumper plugs were in there (sweet)
off to the mechanic this coming week to get all my parts installed plus she needs some paint attention(respray) in some areas. Ill post pics of the areas of concern in a day or so when its not raining
hope someone here can give me a rough idea at what ill be looking at for cost on the resprays so I have some sort of general idea going into the body shop so i don't get fleeced LOL
hood not in the best shape, faded pretty badly, white specs everywhere
pretty nice scrape there on the drivers side skirt
drivers side wheel well, bubbling and rusted. I assume this won't be a cheap fix, I want it done the right way
All in all car is in good shape, no rust underneath, it drives great but the paint is def in need of some attention.
I will be going to body shop on monday to get a quote on what this will all cost........... you think 2 grand will cover it???
There are some lil scratches on it here and there in addition to these areas shown but will buff out or can be touched up with a pen.
Ill be getting the shop to give it a good buff to blend everything in.. what do y'all think... car is super dirty in the pics as it rained yesterday and we still have snow melting so everywhere in town is filthy lol
also the front plate has now been removed
Last edited by Oh Sickest TL; 04-11-2015 at 04:56 PM.
thanks buddy.. yes ouch for sure, But i bought it like that knowing that id need to get it corrected so no biggie. I don't mind puttin up the cash to get it fixed i just hope its not some outrageous number
anyone wanna take any stab at the cost here.. I have the quote...
so......front bumper, hood, left and right front fenders, both mirrors, drivers side skirt and that pesky rusted wheel well, drivers side quarter panel.. plus all of blending that needs to be done. materials, paint and clear cost etc..
Last edited by Oh Sickest TL; 04-13-2015 at 03:26 PM.
I'd say at least $1000 for the whole front respray, and about the same for the wheel well. The side skirts and mirrors shouldn't cost that much to repaint, maybe $300? (I had my whole A-Spec kit painted for $400).
original quote was 2800 but I said ill pay cash so he will take 2400 cash for the whole deal! I'm pumped to get this done... It'll be going in at the first of may.. Going to take 10 days...I had 2 grand put away in anticipation for this but the extra 400 is not a deal breaker so I'm going for it... The work will be done by the best shop in my town as well, no corner cutting, it'll be showroom quality..
Also he will be taking the headlights out during the process so Ill be sending them to Bruce while they're out
02-11-2015, 08:49 PM
..... Women
