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Old 05-05-2011, 12:06 AM
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Life, death, and resurrection of my G37 (pics)

I know some of you know me from FH and I rarely post here. A few of you know I crashed my G about a month after buying it lol. Here's some pics:

Before the crash. I actually took these a week before the crash.





A week later I had some technical difficulties.









Parts needed:
Hood
Mirrors
Front windshield, driver's side window, and rear windshield.
Moon roof
Headlights
Tail lights
Grille
Chrome trunk lip
Paint job

After the insurance cut the check, we sat down and I requested not to go 100% OEM. So here's the parts we agreed to install:
Seibon CF OEM style hood
Seibon CF trunklid
Seibon CF spoiler
20" TE37 knock offs in black
Tinted headlights
Black out tails
Black roof
black painted rear valance

A month later only the bodywork was done.


Two months later the car is still not done. Plus it had the wrong rims.









He offered to ship the rims I wanted but they don't come in 20's. I was not interested in 19's, the car came with 19's might as well keep them if that was the case. So I decided to keep the rims (MRR GT5) but I wanted the spokes in black. He asked me to give it a few days. This was on Saturday.

So today I figured it has been a few days since Saturday and to my surprise, the car looked exactly the same as those pics. I was then shown the rims.



He apologized for the long wait (the car has been there since January 15th) and asked me to give him a few more days to put it back together.

Will post pics once it's done, hopefully by this weekend!
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 02:42 AM
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how did you crash it and what shop did you go to to get the work done at
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 02:52 AM
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Oh yes how it happened. The *** end snapped on me and went through this fence.
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 02:58 AM
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damn that sucks man hope the car comes out great hope it dont take for ever to get the car out of the shop
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mattesatinblack
damn that sucks man hope the car comes out great hope it dont take for ever to get the car out of the shop
Lol the car has been there since January. They already have taken forever to fix it. I took it to GX auto, friend of mine that has done work for me in the past but he has never taken this long. What pisses me off is that I keep getting promise dates and they are never met. My patience sure is growing thin, sure he hooked me up with some custom work he would charge others for but damn that's a long time to wait.
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:14 AM
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yeah tends to be like that with alot of these shops on this island
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:45 AM
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weren't you glad you did not get a convertible after you went though that fence?


Nice to see her come back

You should have had shop do the work and put it back by your self, That's what I did with mine. Fast, cheap and done with care.
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:46 AM
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Hopefully

Been here before...it sucks when a new car gets damaged its like being raped!After all is done im sure you will be happier. Hopefully it all works out in the end.

Next time keep the shiny side up.
 
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:21 PM
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I don't want to think what would be the outcome if it was a vert. Yikes! That VDC button will stay on from now on that's for sure!
 
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Old 05-06-2011, 02:20 PM
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Short life!

Hopefully you get it back man soon!
 
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Old 05-07-2011, 10:31 PM
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More bad news. Apparently the rear glass got damaged during shipping. Now have to wait til next week. Rims are on the car though.





The centercaps are not blue, that's just the protective sticker.
Moon roof and black roof are done.


Black rear valance.
 
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i think you shouldve returned those rims and chose another set of volks!
 
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Old 05-08-2011, 02:31 AM
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Quite frankly the pics don't do the rims justice. They look very nice in person.
 
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The car looks like its coming along nicely
 
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Old 05-08-2011, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Locksmith
The car looks like its coming along nicely
Thanks! I'm just sick of waiting. Once it's done I might show up at the next VQinc meet.
 


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