ok guys here it goes. i bought a 2003 ww evo 8 with 33183 miles on it friday for 8500 with a clean title. it was in a front end crash and this is what needs to be replaced
front bumper
hood
passenger fender
radiator support
radiator
fmic
crash beam
both headlights
both airbags
and the passenger frame rail either needs to be pulled or replaced
my body shop estimated the frame and radiator support installed at $2931. plus all the other parts. i want to keep the car white so if you know anyone selling white parts let me know. the car has some upgrades full apexi tbe megan 02 housing hks bov hks cams dyno tuned 333whp and came with a second set on enki wheels and all the stock parts. now i need your opinion on weither i should fix it or just part it out. the car still runs and drives as ive moved it a few times. ill post a link to my imageshack for photos. thanks again guys


car just got back from body shop and i had the motor completely rebuilt so its basically brand new now. total cost=under 16k. ill post old photos 1st then after the body shop. bumpers and final touches are going on now


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these are pics of turbo and exhaust thats going on white evo


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Sounds good. You can get good used parts if you chose wisely. Honestly for that price I would build the car and come out on top. Thats real low mileage so the motor should be in great condition.

 

 

 

Not a bad buy for the low miles. Good to see title is still clean. I see pleasant valley...in poconos??

 

 

 

pleasant valley in hudson valley. it was a one owner car, owner was 52 and took religious car of car (even washed and waxed it after he crashed it)

 

So far I'd say u got a winner as long as there aren't unforseen issues

 

i would have bought that for sure. nice find

 

if you can spend less than 5-6k total...I think you did pretty well...33k miles is very low

however, I think you'll have some trouble spending less than that

 

it is just impossible to find white body pieces anywhere. wheres the best please to buy the rad support and other oem parts. i got a estimate at a local body shop and they wana pull the motor take out the right rail replace it with a new one and a ned rad support. the parts are 800 dollars and they want 20 hrs of labor to do it. which is insane, 8.2 hrs is installing the rad support? figure that one out

 

It's not a simple bolt and go procedure. The frame is going to need pulled, aligned, re-pulled, etc... to get it back into place and straight. That way everything lines up. Without all that work the geometry of the car will be off. It's not just a simple let's remove 4-bolts and re-install.


Also body shop labor rates are usually much cheaper than other shop labor rates.

 

Low miles, I think it's a great buy..