vernk

from the way it looks I'm f88k, more then likely will end up with a savage title, along with having to pay to fix part of it, still waiting to see how much they are going to give me....

thetorp

I'm sorry to hear man! I hope you rebuild. It doesn't look that bad. I don't want to see this go to the junk yard. It's way too clean.

Hectic

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Who was the inattentive driver?

vernk

plan on fixing but might take me a while, will have to see how much I get for getting hit by some guy not watching where he is going....

I'm driver #1 he was driver #2

vernk

so Nissan says ....... 3,788.42 after tax, got info sent to his ins. company waiting to hear back.....

infinimax96

That's a total sir. This car isn't worth almost $4,000.

AllMaxxedOut

iTrader: (15)

Take what you can get, total vehicle and then buy back to fix.

Definitely clean and should be brought back to how you had it.

Good luck and glad that all things considered no one was hurt.

vernk

yep totaled, just waiting to see how much I'm going to get. yes I have all intentions on keeping her, hoping I get enough to at least get the parts paint is going to be a issue till I get a bunch of money (made $10900 this year) so if anyone has parts laying around please let me know. I did send the ins. guy this as a reference.....
http://www.carsforsale.com/used_cars...ma_164628370_3
along with a list of work that has been done for the last couple years such as timing belt and cv shaft, and such.....

I did tell the ins. agent that he might want to find someone else to work with since the guy that did the quote for them was dumb enough to try and open the door after the fender was pushed back, I was right there and I yelled at him in time enough that it just chipped the paint on the door.....

as far as no one getting hurt I did bring up the fact that his company was lucky it wasn't one of the kids from the hood riding their bike or something..... since the guy was driving though a residential area that has kids in it and where the roads are wide enough for 4 mid size car to fit in the road all at once.......


well keep tuned in to see what I do with the money that I get.....


PS. it seems telling a ins. agent that his company is forcing you to drive a unsafe car since it is your only source of transportation and you work till 9pm, seems to light a small fire under their butt

vernk

so I'm dealing with Fred Loya ins co.

http://monteslawgroup.com/in-the-new...al-insura.html

thetorp

I have a driver side door and can get you a fender and bumper for cheap.

vernk

my door is good, how much for the fender, think I have a line on a ground effects kit but have to see how much i'm going to get.....


having a bit of a fight with the ins company, the guy put thiings like pitted glass (windshild less then a year old), leaky hoses, grease and dirt in engine compartment, then offering me $1000 with a $300 buy back, when the cars they used for comparision were $1700 and $1400........ so yea

thetorp

its probably gonna be less than 50.

vernk

I'll keep it in mind, still working on getting money, last I check the uppullit had a 86 in but not sure if they will still have it when I get money, or if it will be in good shape........ i'll hit you up for pix when I get money



the ajustment guy is going to come today, will have to have him point out leaks and dirt/grease and a few other things he wrote down, "he needs to look at the damage that he done" when he tried to open my door looking at it the first time....... I need to get this taken care of this I have been pulled over twice already for headlight and I work till 9pm.....

vernk

well told them to send the check

vernk

and $330 at upullit later........

vernk

well got all the parts I needed, but they are GL parts, working on turning them into SE parts, so far have the marker light taped off and one coat of black primer on same with trim part, fender sanded down with a light coat of primer on, going to sand again tonight and make sure I have all the little dings taken care of, then on to the hood. thinking about keeping the Maxima badge on it, haven't decided on that yet I will have to pull it off to paint.....

CMax03

iTrader: (3)

Refuse the totaling of the car and let them fix it! Certified has some low prices on Oem replacement parts!!!!

vernk

can't really do that at this point, it was a fight to get what I got.


got a make shift paint booth set up last night and started sanding on the hood, I have to work for the next two weeks so it's just a few hours after work and it's still a little to cold to paint (under 50) most nights so I have just putting a light coat on when I get done sanding for the night so I don't have any exposed metal......

made a rockauto order and dropped $90 at partsgeek, can you guess what I ordered it's only 2 parts and it was $90 with shipping

vernk

makeshift paint booth



can you guess what one I grabbed for my car?

vernk

have hood and fender in primer have a few spots to touch up yet, have grill and trim sanded ready for primer, have to wait till it warms up again to be able to paint.... most of the parts I ordered are in still waiting on a couple things, think I'm going to pick up a clutch while i'm at it, if everything goes well think she will be on a lift on the 22nd being pulled apart and put back together with a bunch of new parts, going to try to do it all in a weekend, going to be in a buddys shop with a lift and all so should be able to. Not going to deal with the intake at this point that I need some time to clean up and make all shiny on the inside.

Hectic

iTrader: (20)

Keep it up man, been there before. Took me a few years until I found a matching front end in the same condition as the rest of the body. And in the meantime I got hit again at the B pillar.

vernk

well fender is about ready to go on, hood not far behind



hmmmmm think it's going to be surgery SCALPEL







time to sand it out and get it all sealed back up

vernk

So I need to make a choice, A friend gave me a set of S1 cams, now do I go find a extra set of heads to polish and put them in or do I sell them???????

thetorp

I have ported and polished heads forsale too

vernk

oooooooohhhhhhhh man, how much

thetorp

Make me an offer

vernk

getting things together









how do I edit the title of thread??????? would like to add "and rebuild"

vernk

Making things fit



Almost there, just a few small details to deal with

vernk

finally feels like I'm getting somewhere on her, time to order some of the replacement clips that didn't make it through being taken apart, thinking about stopping by the dealer and see if they have any and if they are about the same price as nissanzone...

vernk

then there is dealing with this stuff

vernk

parts clean up







heat please


a little better




my new spring seats/bearings

they don't list Maxima but they fit will take shot of it all put together when I get home
https://technotoytuning.com/

vernk

vernk

well not overnight from Japan but close enough


final coilover set up



up she goes


time to put new stuff in


So that was my weekend, replaced rack and pinion, clutch, water pump, timing belt, control arm bushings, struts, ball joints, drive shaft. Only had one little (but big pain in the azz issue) the rack that I had bought had a fine threaded bolt put in the high presser line for shipping, so had to get that strighten out to keep it from leaking (like as fast as you could put fluid in it was coming out) should have caught that before I put it all together but I think at that point I was at the point of what the hell did I get myself into I don't have that much time to get this back together so I can get to work....... there is not a 13mm tap in this town......


she seems to ride nice kinda stiff but not to bouncy, I'm happy with it so far, going to do the back in the next few weeks.

thetorp

Doooooo woorrrrrk

vernk

vernk

what came out of my right rear



rear coilovers in

thetorp

Let's get some pics of that thing dropped down on the ground.

vernk

yea yea will do, have to trim the front sleeves down for that yet, more then likely I will keep it so that control arms a parallel to the ground.... but as soon as I have the front end put back together I'll drop her down for some pictures....

vernk

got these in today, just a few more parts to wait on then will have the suspension all done

vernk

just waiting on the mail man for the last 2 packages......