radiator support bar
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radiator support bar so i wrecked my car and twisted up the radiator support, but when i took it to the body shop they said it would cost $650 to get the replacement parts,
then body and paint labor on top of that...i dont have a problem with the labor...but i was just curious if you guys think that is too much to pay for that part? shold i look at junk yards? just bite the bullet? what do you all think?!? thanks in advance 
then body and paint labor on top of that...i dont have a problem with the labor...but i was just curious if you guys think that is too much to pay for that part? shold i look at junk yards? just bite the bullet? what do you all think?!? thanks in advance Last edited by RICEBURNER; Jan 7, 2008 at 04:38 PM.
i dunno if you have an lt1 or ls1 but an ls1 core support lists for $617.30 or somewhere around there and thats for the whole radiator support. how hard did you get hit and also what else got messed up?
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As stated above, the part is $617. the labor is 8.1, refinish labor is 1.5. Keyed it into my estimate software and just to purchase the part, install it, and paint it is over $1100.00. Pretty much have to suck it up and do it. I wouldn't mess with a used core support as by the time you get it cut out of a viable donor car, it could be in pretty rough shape too.
agreed and then add for the hood headlights front bumper cover and anything else. like stated above the core support is not something that you should try to do as cheap as possible since its a major structural component.
just pay the few extra bucs, save the shop some headaches, remember they are the ones fixing the car, and dont want to use junkyard parts, plus after u get used rad spt and the extra labor involved in it i dont see you saving much more then a few hundred bucs
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i was planning on just going new. and as for headlights, im still looking...and im going to be getting a WS9 outlaw hood to dress up the girl. with a new nbm paint job it will run right around 5500. so not too bad. thanks for the imputs guys! and if anyone has or knows of any nbm WS9 pics that would be awsome!
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the rest of the front end is in great shape! i just need the support. and i would still have to pay to paint it...plus junk yards out here in colo. can get rather pricy....
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Definately needs the core support, may have damage to the upper rail ends too. You need to get it torn apart to really assess the full scope of the front end damages. If you're doing this yourself, take it in to a shop and have them pull it before you cut out the core support just to make sure that dimensionally all of the under hood measurements are correct. It's much easier to pull then cut, than it is to cut then pull.
Thats how my car got fixed. If it were not for the junkyard parts the insurance would have totaled it. Basically it was a camaro cut in half minus the drivetrain shipped to the shop on a pallet, it was actually kind neat to look at.
