^^^ not bad but....is it done?

 

so sorry.... I know u were pissed.... I would have backhanded that bitch... I guess thats what happens when mommy and daddy have $$$$$$$$

 

So sorry to hear that. Thats awful

 

Wow, Ray, that is some impressive work. Hard to imagine that the car was dented in so bad.

 

You mean goosing the insurance company or getting the dent out?

 

^^ The work you did is great. Is that formula white, cause thats what my 7 is and it's my favorite

 

Getting the dent out.

 

Well, this is what I wish unreality did, the guy who started this thread. Argue the car needed to be repaired, then tell the insurance company what a 20+ year old classic RX-7 in great shape is really worth - they go for $3-4,000 and more for the really nice ones. Worked for me.

Then I used $1,600 of the $3,800 to buy my brown 85 GSL, which I drove for a year or two before getting around to getting the dent out of the tan one. My wife banked the rest.

For the dent, I got some 1/2 inch bolts and big washers, drilled holes in the dents and hooked them up to my wife's jeep with a chain. Then we pulled it around the back yard for awhile, giving it quick sharp tugs to pop the dents.

A little hammer wacking by neighbor Bobbie, some bondo, Rustoleum almond (perfect paint match for the light beige) and done. I drove it for about a year but with 150,000 and some minor repairs needing attention, I opted for my current lower mileage white GSL. The tan one has a perfect body, despite the dent and body work, and will be the white one's replacement when it gets old. Should be a fun project, I might even put in some mods.

Ray

 

not trying to sound like im bragging but...
i could have fixed it for you for 1200 (i have one for parts and own a body shop).
i think i would have bought the car from the insurance Co. ive done this before with my own vehicles and they usually accept any thing resonable because it costs money to run cars through the auction and may only get fifty or a hundred bucks from a salvage sale....and sure the value of the car was probly worth 2k but the value you had was substancially more. why not take the time and rebuild if you liked the car so much?i am sure the damage estimate was way high too. and i tell ya shop rates force those high estimates if you find the right paint guy and bought your own parts and did the r/r of the and suspension fender youself it would have only costed maybe 2500-3500 and you would have a like brand new car

my point being, if you wanted the car it could be salvaged for a resonable cost if the car was worth it to you thats all that matters.

i am sorry for your loss and hope you can find a car to fill the void created in your life and heart as im sure the RX-7 did