98WsSick

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Just bought a 2001 c5 corvette for what I thought was a good price. The car is a one owner and besides the obvious damage it is in awesome condition in and out. It was hit pretty hard in the front and was salvaged. The front frame rail is slightly bent causing the fender on the the other side to mis-align. My question is, how much $$ am i looking at to get this car looking and driving "decent"? The suspension seems unharmed other than the upper a-arm. Airbags are both deployed.

98WsSick

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67goatman455

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looks like a really easy fix. but its hard to tell when i have never looked one over that close.

98WsSick

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yeah that was my first thought but now its looking like more of project than i wanted

98WsSick

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anyone else?

msydow

i dont know why a good body shop couldnt straighten out for you pretty reasonably. depending on what you bought if for it could have been a great purchase. only problem i see is that in texas you can only get liability coverage on a salvage title. care to share what it cost you?

98WsSick

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paid 6900 for the car I was really hoping I could repair the car without investing more than it would be worth when fixed

sjsingle1

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it dont look to bad.......DIY? or pay the body shop?

98WsSick

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I am going to try to do as much of the work as I can with little experience installing new fenders, bumper, minor body work. Leave the big work to the body shop. If I would have less than 10k into this car I'd be pleased

98WsSick

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has anyone on here repaired a salvaged vette? any problems after? im worried about electrical problems more than anything

Duffster

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looks like a little straighten, bumper, fender, light & light cover, air bags........
What electrical issues you think you have?

Duffster

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and passenger hood latch...

98WsSick

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Well It doesnt appear I have any now, I have heard a lot of electrical issues with salvaged cars, fortunately I think the damage is light enough that I wouldnt have to worry about that stuff. Im nervous about the airbags, from what I know these need to be dealer installed to pass inspection

The Rare Breed

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just bought my self a 99 vette my self was damaged from same side and a bit more from the front bumper replaced pass fender and headlight the expensive part was the frame it was a bit on $$$ side new cost around 300$ new from agency try ebay and you can get most your parts really cheap google cleavelandpickapart.com they sale fbody, gto, vette, viper parts and dirt cheap prices i will try and find a pic of my vette when i first got it if i can find it right now it sits like if it was bright new. and i spend arounf 1800 fixing it and painting the whole car.

Teakwo23

Fix it up man. Its a good deal. Lots of vettes get hit and haved to have the frame straightend.

smg267

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check "fparts" on ebay. They have everything in the planet. They go by Contempoary Corvette off ebay. They are a Corvette/ F-body yard.

98WsSick

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thanks alot guys! gonna keep the car. hopefully it will be done soon. This is what i'm aiming for when its complete-

Whistler

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That looks like about a 6-8,000 hit to me shooting from the hip. You can defiantely save some $$ gathering up the parts yourself used from the forums and specialty salvage yards.

You can probably get a good shop to spray the front clip and blend the door for about 1,000. Most frame shops have a 4 hr minimum, I'd expect the frame work to cost you $200-400

I'd part it out persoanlly. Youll make a profit doing so.. then you can take that $$ plus whatever yould dump into this one to fix it, and buy one that doesnt have a salvage title. If it werent for the salvage title it'd be worth fixing IMO but theres just too many inexpensive C5s already out there to mess with one thats branded as such.

Whatever you do.. good luck with it!

98WsSick

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I'm getting mixed opinions. The biggest thing to me is the strength and integrity to the frame after repair. Also I read that some repair shops will refuse to straighten because of the strength and after effects. I basically have until tomorrow to decide If I will hold on to the car or give it back to the place I bought it from. :/