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Old 03-02-2012, 03:30 PM   #1
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Unhappy Well the TI met a tree and lost RIP :(

Well it happened, dark raingy night, i was driving around an s turn on the back roads of nj, a deer came right infront of me so i turned to the left, missed the deer but put the car into a death drift that rocked back and forth. I looked over out the side window and saw i was approaching the ONLY tree in the area, I attempted to hit the breaks but the car back tires hit the grass and i side whipped into the tree. Suffered minor head injury but the TI was not so lucky...
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http://s901.photobucket.com/albums/a...0318ti-%20RIP/

So I wanna know what you guys think I should do, the motor and everything work perfectly but the body and side back are damaged, I really dont have money to fix it so basically i either part it out, sell the whole car, or buy a second TI and swap the parts.

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Old 03-02-2012, 04:42 PM   #2
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Part out would probably yield you more money.
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Old 03-02-2012, 05:10 PM   #3
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cars are a dime a dozen, but your life is the only one you have. As long as your ok and can walk away, glad your ok buddy.
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Old 03-02-2012, 06:17 PM   #4
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Meh... That will buff out.


Seriously....:sorry for your ride but its good your ok. I agree with parting out.
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Old 03-02-2012, 06:55 PM   #5
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Sorry to hear/see, but glad you're OK.

Looking at the damage, you're better off starting over and using this one for parts.
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Old 03-02-2012, 09:19 PM   #6
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Sucks to hear man. You're local, I PM'd you.
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sorry to see that, even if you could afford to fix it, that's the kind of damage where the car is just never right even after the repair, I'd part it out and scrap the shell
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Old 03-03-2012, 12:01 AM   #8
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yeah, these pictures are hard to look at.
sorry for your loss...glad you're ok tho.
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Old 03-03-2012, 12:18 AM   #9
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Sorry bout that dude. I pray everyday that this won't happen. Sorry again for the loss of your ti
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Old 03-03-2012, 12:24 AM   #10
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sucks.
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Old 03-04-2012, 02:53 PM   #11
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yea, may be a while till i get my next TI, possibly going up for sale soon.
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Old 03-10-2012, 06:40 PM   #12
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Glad you're ok, sorry about your TI, never a good thing...

Good luck in finding your next fun car...
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Old 03-10-2012, 08:09 PM   #13
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Anythings fixable with enough time and money. These days most of us have more time than money so how much body work have you done before? If you like the car and don't want to replace, or can't find a replacement. Start by taking all the broken parts off. If the structure (frame rails) are bent you may need to take it to a body shop with a frame rack and have them rough it in. This shouldn't cost more than a few hundedrd dollars. The rest of the body work is more for looks than anything else. Get yourself a porta power and a body hammer and start working the metal. You should be able to get most of the 1/4 to within a 1/4 inch of where it was before. At that point it's all body filler. This is tricky the first time but if you mess up you just sand it off. The other option to save it would be to clip it. That would need to be done at a body shop and involves finding another ti with a good rear and cuting it off and doing the same with the damage of yours. Yes repairs may run close to what you could find another ti for. It appears there are some bargins out there on ratty or ill maintained ti's, good luck.
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Old 03-13-2012, 06:30 AM   #14
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Sorry to hear about your loss. Good to know you're ok.

Good luck with your next car.
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