Is repair economically viable for such damage?

Clan · Postby **Clan** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:21 pm

Just wondering if it's economically feasible to have such car repaired and put back on the road (no affiliation with them)...

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/craigieb ... 1038199805

Assuming no mechanical damage, what do you reckon a body shop is going to charge for such job (the ad says replacement parts are provided)?

Regards.

hejira · Postby **hejira** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:52 pm

I dont think so. The car is worth around $9k without the damage & I'd say that could easily be more than $3k worth of repairs.

I've had a car in the past that had similar damage but only about half as bad as that and not as many panels & no mechanical damage, and the repairs came to over $2k.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:00 pm

No, that's a pretty sizeable repair there. Need a door and a guard (easy), but then the quarter needs to either be beaten, or cut and stitched. It's pretty bad. Then you're basically going to have to paint the whole car... And that NB8B has fairly high km... Not worth the fix.

lizard · Postby **lizard** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:19 pm

Its not a write off so I would say he WILL get the asking price or close to it for some one wanting to do a rebirth :wink:

Would say very close to $4k / $5k repair

Postby **NitroDann** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:39 pm

If parts are provided it'snot that bad at all.

I'd buy it for 5 if it's in good mechanical nick.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:15 pm

If the door opens and closes I'd almost give $5k for it instead of finishing BARMY (God how sick and tired am I of the Ongoing Saga?).

hejira · Postby **hejira** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:35 pm

also if there are any bends/creases just inside the door frame/sill then chassis is probably bent & its a write off.

Clan · Postby **Clan** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:45 pm

Based on your comments, it seems it's not quite a good deal, even if bought at $5k... I gather the repairs would start at at least $3k, then add rego, inspection costs etc. and you're looking at around $9k. For this money, a registered, good condition NB8B can be had without going through all this trouble.

Many thanks for your inputs!

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:52 pm

It really depends how much you can overlook, if it is just cosmetic i'm sure someone could deal with it, especially a red P plater etc.
its a really fantastic car for 5k. If you could get the spare door and quarter sprayed for $500, it would only be the rear damage.
Meh? put some hekdik drift bandaid stickers over it haha.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:14 pm

Exactly as Emily says. It'll mostly polish out anyway, then aerosol spray the bits that don't polish out. Then use it. If the roof's down it's not even hard to get in and out even if the driver's door doesn't open.