Happy New Year! I have a Charcoal '92SE Beauty and the front got creamed in a parking lot. The fenders are unhurt but the hood, hood latch, radiator support and grille all got destroyed. I started calling around and everyone is quoting $375 for an unpainted hood alone. With the grille, other parts and finish work I'm looking at $1200.00. Again, that's with NO damage to the fenders. Anyone know where there might be an online swap or someplace I could get decent used parts? I'm in Austin, Texas and believe it or not I called every yard in the book and only one place anything and that was the hood. It was almost in worst shape than the hood I have right now. Austin sucks for ANY car enthusiast.

P.S. Insurance isn't an option... my wife backed into me!

Thanks!

 

check out http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1685262179

as for the other stuff, I would try a local junkyard first. good luck!

 

Thanks for the lead on the radiator. That's a great price (so far).

 

http://www.ninfiniti.com/

Give them a try

 

if i were you i would go to a junk yard, for two reasons. Their prices will be dramatically cheaper, and you can always beat it down even more. Also because they might actually have the hood you need in the same color of your car so no painting would be needed, saving you alot of money. As for the grille, same thing..that shouldn't cost more than $40 at a junk yard. The radiator support i think you might have to cut it and weld back another one on, the radiator you can replace yourself, easy. I serisouly doubt you would have to pay more than $500 is you go to a junk yard.