Busemannen Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 ...Because I lost all control over the car in a slippery part of the road, this spring. And that was a lesson learned regarding weather and driving conditions. Anyways, the front is smashed from the front wheels and forward. also the two frontmembers were bent about 45 degrees to one side... The cost of fixing this on a shop is just to expensive for me, so I've looked for the parts thart needs to be bought for the car to get on the road again... The parts I need is pretty hard to come by, at least when it has to be cheap... So I managed to find an app that had the various parts in exploded view. It also had many of the chassis parts needed, but It's an app from Japan, and the parts would have to be ordered asnd shipped from Japan, and it's going to take 1,5-2 months to get them to Norway where I live... I also looked for front clips of Supras, but manged to find only one fron clip on ebay, and it had a veilside front, and It seems that several of the chassis parts were missing anyway, so I'm asking you guys for advise on where to seek for things like: front member, hood, radiator and holder, and replacement parts like the first parts of the plates that sits in the front of the chassis, the Aluminum chrash protector betwwen the front members, and basically all the parts from the wheels and forward... Does anyone have any links to places where they sell those items?Maybe in europe, or If anyone has bought all the pieces and done the work themselves... I get that the two front members must be bent back in a bench with measuring equipment and fixating the car to the bench, but all the rest, I have contacted an experienced mecanic to help me. I've got limited experience in this matter, but got the sevice manuals, witch I have studied and read a lot in, and managed to fix most of the problems that I've encountered, like changing the turbos, and such. I also are a member of several foras(forums?) for MKIV owners, and now I ask you guys for some advise. (Other than let the shop do the work for 15.000 Euros) Regards, Ivan B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Your best option for cost effectiveness would probably be to import a NA from Japan and strip it down for parts selling on the interior and rear parts to recover some of the cost then disposing of the rolling shell. There is so much discontinued now, you can forget ever rebuilding the a/c with oem lines without access to a stripper and that includes if you put the work out to a body shop. Which lead us to why not strip your car and put the money you raise from the parts towards buying another as it does read like its suffered very heavy damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keron Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Do you have pics of the damage? Or pics / parts you require? I should have all the parts you need in stock.... email me if you wish.... [email protected] Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busemannen Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Your best option for cost effectiveness would probably be to import a NA from Japan and strip it down for parts selling on the interior and rear parts to recover some of the cost then disposing of the rolling shell. There is so much discontinued now, you can forget ever rebuilding the a/c with oem lines without access to a stripper and that includes if you put the work out to a body shop. Which lead us to why not strip your car and put the money you raise from the parts towards buying another as it does read like its suffered very heavy damage. --------- well,that was a thought that I didn't come up with, by myself... I'll give this a thought, and thank you for your answere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busemannen Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Do you have pics of the damage? Or pics / parts you require? I should have all the parts you need in stock.... email me if you wish.... [email protected] Thanks I'll email you directly... Just have to gather some pics and info... Thanx for your answere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blythmrk Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 It sounds pretty serious I would reshell it if i was in your position, they are never the same when repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X13mgr Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I was just about to say. Message keron on here. Top bloke and he ll defo help you out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Wont this need to go on a jig if the chassis legs are bent that much ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busemannen Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 I'll get it on a jig... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busemannen Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 I was just about to say. Message keron on here. Top bloke and he ll defo help you out Thx... I just sent an email to him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Are you going to post up photos of the damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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