What I mean by my semi-shady subject is that we all know that the motor can be replaced consitently, but i there a point when you actually need to get a new body? I mean if you have like over 150K on the body, but just got an engine replacement and maybe are runnying 2K on that and new turbos or what not, then will the body ever need to be replaced? Or will it last forever...

 

if i remember correctly, the vin # is stamped on the firewall... if you replace the body, you replaced your car

 

Is that a question? lol. I dunno, that wasn't what I was asking. I was just wondering how long the FD body can hold up.

 

It'll last as long as any car-- provide protection against rust, and make sure to periodically tighten the chassis bolts. If you get in an accident and bend the frame, or part of the frame rusts through...you're pretty much assed out.

 

Argggh I hate getting assed out !

 

sorry for being such a dumb *** but what exactly does rust do that is so bad?

 

You live in Miami. Take your *** over to hialeah, and look at the cubans driving around in rust bucket-cars and you tell us WHY rust is bad for a car.....

 

If the frame gets a good amount of rust on it, it will weaken the structural integrity/stiffness-- rusted through parts become brittle. Theres a lot of ways to combat rust, just go to any classic car forum, they deal with it all the time.

 

well, you asked if there was a point when you actually need to get a new body... and there is... it's when you need a new car. how many things do you know of that last forever? just like motors, there's no magic number. i think batman has something like 200k miles on his car now... btw, replacing the body is typically called gettin a new car, hehe

 

yeah batmans needs a new body....

mike

 

k i thats what i had thought, i have a fair amount of rust under my car but i think most of it is the radatior hahaa. i guess the last owner was a jackass and didnt properly care for the car. now i have to go out of my way to fix it