What would it take to fix this?
Thread Starter
OWN3D BY MY PROF!
iTrader: (176)
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 9,146
Likes: 3
From: Jax Beach, Florida
What would it take to fix this? 
What all would be involved in fixing this. I'm guessing replacing the quarter panel? How involved of a process is replacing a quarter panel? I was looking at getting this car and called the guy. The pics he originally posted didn't show this, but he sent them to me. Get it / fix it or avoid it all together? Thanks.
If you really like the car, buy it and fix it. Honestly, it's prolly not worth the work. You can find clean, non damaged LS1's cheap enough as it is. That being said, if you can get a deep price cut on that car do it. What year/miles/options is it?
TECH Addict
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,245
Likes: 0
From: Top of 4th Gear; Plano, TX
Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
What all would be involved in fixing this. I'm guessing replacing the quarter panel?
Did anybody else think this part was as funny as I did?
Honestly, I would stay away and find another fbody without any problems. Its not worth the time. They are really going for cheap these days. Just keep looking untill yu find the right one for the right price.
DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!!!!!! By insurance standards, that car is deemed as a "total", and I will explain why:
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all.
Good luck!
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all.
Good luck! Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
Originally Posted by Ragingwolf51
DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!!!!!! By insurance standards, that car is deemed as a "total", and I will explain why:
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all. Good luck!
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all.
Good luck!wait so if my door gets hit and I need a new door, the car is deemed "totalled".
Your insurance company SUCKS *** then
easy fix. very easy fix at that, whack off the 1/4 pannel and weld you on a new one and off you go. and as far as HAVUING to buy a new 1/4 pannel, you can fix that 1 if you pull out the dented area and fill it with bondo. thats how my Z was fixed and its perfectly fine
Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
Yeah, the guy said it had slight damage. I wasn't expecting that when he sent me the pictures. I'm going to steer clear thanks.
Originally Posted by Wyckedcamaro
wait so if my door gets hit and I need a new door, the car is deemed "totalled".
Your insurance company SUCKS *** then
Your insurance company SUCKS *** then
Thread Starter
OWN3D BY MY PROF!
iTrader: (176)
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 9,146
Likes: 3
From: Jax Beach, Florida
Originally Posted by Loochy88
haha, slight damage. thats like saying the car is "slightly pewter" or "slightly a camaro"
Originally Posted by Ragingwolf51
DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!!!!!! By insurance standards, that car is deemed as a "total", and I will explain why:
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all. Good luck!
1. Just as Phoenix said, they have to physically cut off that part from the frame and then re-weld it. By insurance standards (and by mine) that constitutes "frame damage" because you're messing with the structural integrity of the frame by removing and then re-adding pieces. Find one with damage in another area, or better yet, no damage at all.
Good luck!I have been doing body/paint my entire life, what you just stated is BS no matter who is the insurance company. If your insurance company did in fact say this then I would expect they will be filling bankruptsy soon from totaling far more cars than they repair. Also, the outer quarter skin has nothing to do with the unitized chassis or frame structure. It does make up for some of the structural integrity of our cars though. The windsheild is more of a structural part than the quarter is. Are we going to start totaling cars when they need a windsheild replaced..lol
TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 553
Likes: 1
From: Irvine, CA
Originally Posted by Jeremiah
WTF?... Some one told you a huge line of BS.
I have been doing body/paint my entire life, what you just stated is BS no matter who is the insurance company. If your insurance company did in fact say this then I would expect they will be filling bankruptsy soon from totaling far more cars than they repair. Also, the outer quarter skin has nothing to do with the unitized chassis or frame structure. It does make up for some of the structural integrity of our cars though. The windsheild is more of a structural part than the quarter is. Are we going to start totaling cars when they need a windsheild replaced..lol
I have been doing body/paint my entire life, what you just stated is BS no matter who is the insurance company. If your insurance company did in fact say this then I would expect they will be filling bankruptsy soon from totaling far more cars than they repair. Also, the outer quarter skin has nothing to do with the unitized chassis or frame structure. It does make up for some of the structural integrity of our cars though. The windsheild is more of a structural part than the quarter is. Are we going to start totaling cars when they need a windsheild replaced..lol
Why do you think no company besides GMMG ever did huge rear fender flares? Costs BIG money and time.
TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 553
Likes: 1
From: Irvine, CA
Originally Posted by Wyckedcamaro
wait so if my door gets hit and I need a new door, the car is deemed "totalled".
Your insurance company SUCKS *** then
Your insurance company SUCKS *** then
12 Second Club
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 378
Likes: 1
From: Austin, TX
Dude. Your car is not totaled if you kink up your quarter panel a little bit. Of coarse if the estimate is over a certain percentage of the cars value than that's a different story. But a clean lookin camaro like that is not going to total due to something as small as that.