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Apr 18, 2009 | 11:43 AM

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scrap the car theres too much damage adn its a lt1

Apr 18, 2009 | 02:32 PM

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i say: throw the suspension stuff on it....who cares how it looks? as long as it drives straight, right?

Apr 18, 2009 | 02:44 PM

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scrap the car theres too much damage adn its a lt1

Excuse me? It's just one panel. And it's a '97 SS. And that LT1 is ready to take on your LS1.

Apr 19, 2009 | 10:10 AM

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hahah down

Apr 19, 2009 | 12:39 PM

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fix it.

Apr 19, 2009 | 12:49 PM

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Do the suspension. I drove around with a scraped up rear bumper and dented quarter panel for about two years. I didn't car what everyone thought. But thats just me.

Apr 19, 2009 | 03:53 PM

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Man I've been modding my car with a scraped, paint peeling front bumper. Also have one pewter and one black side mirror.

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:28 PM

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LoL wish I saw this thread earlier. *** the dent bro. Suspension is everything. I wouldn't even dream of selling any of it. And those SLP subframes made a night and day difference when I put them on the camaro. If you had to sell anything those should be the last thing on your list.

Who cares bout appearances for now bro. Not like your trying to enter it into a car show. Handling is everything when you have a ride with decent power, you know that.

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Apr 20, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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Don't sell the suspension, and try to fix the quarter panel as cheap as possible.

Apr 20, 2009 | 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by james562

Sell the Strut Tower Bar and Subframe connectors for now, neither of them is going to make a difference in how the car handles or performs. Use that money to buy a new pannel or at a minimum or try to get the pannel as flat as possible with a slide hammer/ball peen/whatever works to get it as nice as possible

I disagree... STBs and SFC's make a difference especially when you drive like SRJ on the street. If you have a cage, granny drive, or only drive it in a straight line, then you won't notice much difference from those two parts.