Hi Guys,
First time reader and poster to this site. My mother in law bought this 2003 g35 coupe for her son (my brother in law) about 4 years ago for 10k$. A construction machine crashed into the back of it when it was parked on the street. For whatever reason they never fixed it. Now its been sitting in the garage for like 3 years and my mom in law asked me if i could fix it. I might be able to just keep this car if i can fix it. But is it going to cost to much to fix than it worth. I have attached pics. I replaced my acura el (honda civic like but only sold in canada) rear bumper after it was involved in a car accident and it was a piece of cake. I am no mechanic but it was pretty easy to do. This g35 thoough loooks like it will need a new bumper, trunk, tail lights and anything else that I dont know about yet.,

What do you think guys, is it worth it to fix or should we just send it to the scrapyard? BTW, for cost savings i intend to see if i can fix it myself first. If i cant and i can find a reasonable cost to fix then i will do that.

I am thinking of bringing it to my place and then seeing if i can remove the trunk and rear bumper. Any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks,
Chris

 

pics are too small

 

sorry first time poster. I posted by downloading the pics to google images and then appending the url on my message. Is there any better alternatives to posting pics? Sorry about the noob question.

 

photobucket, razzi, any photo sharing website. But there might be frame damage also that you dont know about. Other then that i cant really tell from the small pics.

 

Thanks for the photo sharing sites. I just signed up for Razzi. Uploaded the pics tell me what you think! And thanks for everyone's input!

 

Hi just uploaded to razzi and attached in the previous message. Please let me know if you cannot open them.

 

Damn that thing got destroyed. I'm not sure at all of its worth fixing or not. Looks like you'll need a whole new rear end though. But I'm also interested in what exhaust it has.

 

maybe remove the rear bumper and see if there's frame damage first. i think that'll determine if its worth fixing or not.

 

Woah that car looks way totaled. I was in a rear end collision not even close to that bad and it was almost 8k worth of damage so i would say its more or less totaled by insurance.

 

Hi Temjin,
I think you may be right. I am picking it up tonight. I am going to see if i can remove the bumper and see how bad it looks underneath. I am not sure what a 'frame' looks like, but I might ask you guys again with pics tomorrow after the bumper is removed. That is if i can remove it with simple tools.

Hey Iluminati,
8k worth of damamge and not as bad as mine?? Dang, might not be worth it to fix. Yup that's what happens when something the size of a garbage truck ran into the car while parked.

Hey 06g35coupe94,
I have no clue. I assume its the stock exhaust but not sure. It 'looks' like it hasnt been damaged. Fingers crossed. .. .

 

Anyone know of a blue 2003 G35 Coupe rear bumper, tail lights, and trunk for sale do you ???

hahahaha

 

Fixable yhea, worth it not sure. I see from the picture you will need
Right quarter panel not sure about left
2 tail lights
Trunk
Rear bumper
Bumper reinforcement
And new rear body panel

 

Hey Beyond Sublime,
what is a quarter panel, bumper reinforcement, and rear body panel?

I think the bumper reinforcement is the metal bar behind the plastic bumper. And i think the rear body panel is the plastic between the trunk and rear bumper but not sure. Any help is much appreciated!

 

I'm pretty sure you will have extensive frame damage back there... meaning you can't fix it yourself with shade-tree mechanic tools and experience.

You could always have at it with some ratchets and remove the rear bumper and all the broken parts and take a peek under there to see just how bad the internal damage is... that probably wouldn't take that long to do.

 

Thanks Partyman. I think i am going to do that tonight/tomorrow. I have a feeling its not gonna be worth it. But if i geet this car passed down to me for free, than maybe it might be. Shade-tree mechanic tools lol. Yup that's my elegant set I got at home.

the Trunk of all things opens lol. But the bottom part of the trunk is pushed up and scrunched back, looks like its more than just a bumper that needs fixing.