mendozam

iTrader: (5)

Yeah I bought an RX7 and recently I found out that the front of my frame was messed up. Did anone else ever have a problem where you had to take you car to a body shop. Any idea on how much the frame rebuild would be. I'm tight on money right now so I need to know. I'm pretty new to the forms so any tips on how to keep my RX7 running well would be helpful.

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

The frame and paint work cost $2400 + parts.
http://community.webshots.com/album/69912816VsRYvb

The frame and paint work cost $7200 + parts.
http://community.webshots.com/album/89560034SgoVwL

If you tear the car down and take it to a good bodyshop they should be able to fix it no problem. Print a couple pics of the first car out and show them.

Mdessouki

iTrader: (7)

what do you mean by frame rebuild? Post pics of whats wrong and Ill tell you what needs to be done and give you a rough estimate on how much it will cost. Jeff it is rediculous the length you went to fix that yellow car, I hope you got a great deal on the inital purchase price to make up for all the time and money you put into it.

Sgtblue

iTrader: (16)

I agree that's alot of money. But 93 CYM R1 was a pretty rare car, and even more so now. If I had Jeff's resources, I might have. I've spent about that on another (antique) car, relative to it's value and I did much of the work. And neither of our cars is likely to depreciate as quickly as most.

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

That is the truth brother....

The up side was the CYM had a fresh engine, suspension bushings, brakes, clutch, rebuilt trans, etc. It didn't need EVERYTHING, just a new body.

mendozam

iTrader: (5)

Damn that's quite a bit of money. To tell you the truth I'm only 17 and that's going to take quite a while for me to get it fixed. That much money is going to make my pockets hurt for a while.

Madmax670

Turbojeff - that is insane what you did with that car man..... wow, i am impressed, how long did all that take man, hats off to you

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

Thanks, I'm not the bodyman though.

Bodywork, 7/4/04-10/6/04

Reassembly, etc, 10/6/06-Feb/05