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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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Congrats on saving her. Nicely done on the repairs.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Nice painting...
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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trust me its an ssl lol...I guess the quality is the reason to blame for not seeing the sunroof (camera phone pic)

also I replaced the drivers side headlight with an 03 headlight non-hid for the mean time because it was all i can find at the time of me repairing the car. If you look at the pass. side you will see the headlight is factory hid with fog light
hehe, ok, i see it now

had a friend who bought an "SSL" evo, but I knew something was up when I sat inside it...the leather felt pretty thin and cheap. Then I see weird buttons for the sunroof....and then a reflector where the fog lamps are supposed to be. Aftermarket leather and aftermarket sunroof. I thought you might have had the same thing happen
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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So you just called around various shops to find a downed Evo? Money for an VIII is not really an issue for me, but if I could get one downed, and work+save a little cash it would be cool. I've been considering one like this but I'm weary of copart, IAAI and other various salvaged car auctions.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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im glad another one is saved...if i had money id search for another one and fix it up then build the motor and make it a beast. props for giving inspiration to those that are looking at the evo!
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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good work my friend.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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thanks for all the postive feedback. I was eyeing copart for a while but alot of those cars are hit or miss and didnt want to get myself into something fishy so i decided to look around local and test the car out and see the car in front of me. I lucked out, i paid $6000 for the car with 30K miles
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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hehe, ok, i see it now

had a friend who bought an "SSL" evo, but I knew something was up when I sat inside it...the leather felt pretty thin and cheap. Then I see weird buttons for the sunroof....and then a reflector where the fog lamps are supposed to be. Aftermarket leather and aftermarket sunroof. I thought you might have had the same thing happen
here's a pic just for you now we can see the headlight and sunroof
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by millsyy17
thanks for all the postive feedback. I was eyeing copart for a while but alot of those cars are hit or miss and didnt want to get myself into something fishy so i decided to look around local and test the car out and see the car in front of me. I lucked out, i paid $6000 for the car with 30K miles
Salvaged title? Lucked out for sure. I have one in mind, but its a front end crash. Kinda sketchy. + its FAR away. I'm ganna start calling around. But I'll probably end up with this VIII for sale here. We'll see.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by millsyy17
thanks for all the postive feedback. I was eyeing copart for a while but alot of those cars are hit or miss and didnt want to get myself into something fishy so i decided to look around local and test the car out and see the car in front of me. I lucked out, i paid $6000 for the car with 30K miles

Playing the waiting game helps, You got a hella deal........
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Salvaged title? Lucked out for sure. I have one in mind, but its a front end crash. Kinda sketchy. + its FAR away. I'm ganna start calling around. But I'll probably end up with this VIII for sale here. We'll see.
well it was stamped "salvage" in CT but never really got a "salvage title". As of right now it has a NY title and in small letters it says "Rebuilt salvage"

but hey when its a good deal its a good deal period.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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Playing the waiting game helps, You got a hella deal........
Sure does. I literally looked around for almost 2 months until a light popped in my head and that's when I started calling shops around the tri-state area that worked on evo's.
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 07:24 AM
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good job.. Blue Evo looks good ..
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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love to see stories like this !!
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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great job man!
what color was your srt before?
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