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06-20-2010, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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Hit a concrete pole today, can this be repaired?
I smashed into a concrete pole and well I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...
The rear tire also ripped and the lower control arm crumpled about 2 inches so its not even drivable right now. Will this even be repairable and does anyone know a rough estimate of what it will cost me?
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2001 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 M6
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06-20-2010, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Matamoras Pa.
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Talk to Jason (njbadss) he just fixed a car of his with similar damage and it looks great now.
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06-20-2010, 10:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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i have some stock control arms if you want, they need a bit of grease lol
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06-20-2010, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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doesn't look to bad but ouch.. what'd you do powerslide? lol
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06-20-2010, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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97 camaro where do you live? I need to get this thing back to my house asap.
no powersliding, i forgot that thing was there and as i was backing up and cut the wheel to turn around I slammed into the concrete.
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06-20-2010, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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approx 52 mins from you, 07432
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06-21-2010, 12:46 AM
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dam that sucks! but deff fixable, obv the worst and most expensive is guna be repairing/replacing and realigning that quarter panel
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06-21-2010, 06:15 AM
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i may have some here... i'm a little bit closer in edison...
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06-21-2010, 02:55 PM
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i have a set of tails you can buy to help that along 
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06-21-2010, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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I really hope this can get fixed, heres some more pictures I took today.
bent control arm
front of drivers side wheel well
bracket that holds the control arm, I dont know if it shifted or not I couldnt tell from looking at the other side of the car
and this is the one that scares me the most
I'm really hoping that this stuff is repairable
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Last edited by wcamarors1992; 06-21-2010 at 06:57 PM.
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06-21-2010, 07:26 PM
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thing is, anything IS repairable, but then cost comes into play.
for 2k there is a 2000 SS roller for sale in the classifieds... alot of work, but you could use the roller to swap everything over... just an idea.
Last edited by V; 06-21-2010 at 07:27 PM.
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06-21-2010, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Highland Mills, NY
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the worst part about this is GM does not make that fender, it took a month for my body shop to get that exact fender for my car, ended up getting a used one. Just a heads up. Very similiar to what i did to my car
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06-21-2010, 08:45 PM
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Quote:
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thing is, anything IS repairable, but then cost comes into play.
for 2k there is a 2000 SS roller for sale in the classifieds... alot of work, but you could use the roller to swap everything over... just an idea.
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Yes. It can be repaired. No, it will not be cheap.
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06-21-2010, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sewell,NJ Washington Township
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yeah almost anything can be repaired but money is the problem. to bad it had to happen to a good car and not a beater. that inside shot looks pretty nasty.
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06-21-2010, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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if your looking to fix it i got stock lcas that ill let you have cheap if you want them
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06-22-2010, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Williamstown
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i think it might be cheaper to try and get the roller then to fix it
Last edited by smoke_em94; 06-22-2010 at 06:59 PM.
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06-25-2010, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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update
I actually got new rear control arms from summit because after seeing what happened to the stock ones I wanted something stronger.
I got an estimate on the body damage today and it came out to around $4400, so I gave my insurance company a call and ended up putting in a claim for a $500 deductible and my insurance wont be going up. The only problem I have with this is if my insurance company will total my car or not? Ive heard that if the cost of repair is higher than a certain % of what the cars worth, the adjuster may total it?. I know the KBB is only 9500 so I hope I'm wrong.
Heres some updated pics:
damage to stock control arm and new umi control arm
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06-25-2010, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Browns Mills NJ/ Rotondo West FL
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Looks like alot of damage, sorry that happen..Good luck w/ the repairs
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06-25-2010, 05:17 PM
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wow 4400 is impressive!
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06-25-2010, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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Yea its more like $4700 total. I also need a new tire, the cost of that plus sway bar bolt/bushings and control arm brings the total up about $300 lol.
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06-25-2010, 08:29 PM
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Location: Delran
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theyre gonna total it
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06-26-2010, 12:18 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Jim Thorpe PA
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Actually this would scare me the most thats some pretty nasty rust
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07-09-2010, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Bucks County PA
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Any update on the car?
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07-09-2010, 11:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
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Nothings really updated yet although my insurance company is going to cover the damages minus the deductible which is about $4850 total. The body shop that the car will be going to couldn't find a new quarter panel replacement so the car has to wait until hes able to find one from a junkyard or something.
It just sucks because I now have the money to get it fixed but one of the parts isn't available 
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07-10-2010, 11:35 PM
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at least they didn't total it.
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