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Boxster Damaged
Hey everyone,
My lil brother took the car out for a drive and came home with this... http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06761.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06762.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06763.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06765.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06766.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06769.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06771.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e/DSC06775.jpg Im sure I can fix everything, just wanted to see if anyone has any tips or suggestions for aftermarket parts? I will keep posting updated pictures. Thank you |
That's at least 3k in damage. Maybe 4k. :ah:
May I ask you why you gave the keys to your brother without being in the car with him? :confused: If he's still alive after the beating you gave him, torture him slowly and make it very painful... right after he's given you the money to get it fixed. :troll: Oklahoma Foreign and LA Dismantlers should have what you need. I'd hate to see what they'll charge you for some of the parts though. I never let anyone drive my Porsche if I am not in the passenger seat, and that's not something that happens very often either. |
Near totaled if you take it to a shop.
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Ouch. :eek:
I only had one golf buddy ask me to drive mine, and I told him no. I just don't feel comfortable letting someone else drive my baby. |
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Coat his body with lyme before you cover it with leaves...
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well for insurance, he's only 18 so I guess I will be fixing it my self. Are the aftermarket adjustable control arms any good? if so which type?
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WOW!!! Did you give him permission to drive it? I think your insurance company should still cover. If not, perhaps your parents/brothers insurance company? Thier homeowners....I'm reaching, but this is some serious damage. Does it start/run? It could even have some internal damage. Looks like your's Boxster is between a 99-02, so would probably be considered a total to an insurance adjuster once the repairs hit about 50-70% of what the car is worth, guessing 7-9K. |
What happened? How did he wreck the car?
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OUCH!!!! Best of luck, what was the nature of the accident?
Ed :( |
Mueen, kindly ask your parents to never have any more children.
Tell your little brother, the Porsche best suited to go off-road is called a Cayenne...not a Boxster. |
Did your brother go airborne in your car or go down an embankment? It takes some serious abuse to break those control arms.......there's alot of damage.....did he offer to make good on the repairs? Did he gave any explanation?
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You may want to rethink your decision (or what I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, to be your decision) to not let insurance handle this. I put that at a total loss - parts, body work, paint work, and who knows what all else is wrong. That Boxster took a mighty beating - could have torn motor mounts and any number of other things that aren't intended to be subjected to that kind of impact.
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Ouch!!!
I had the same thing but the driver was my youngest son and luckily it wasn't his fault. Our damage was front and rear like yours and State Farm did the estimates and it was over $12,000. We took their money and now have a lot better car after all the aftermarket parts and complete paint job new wheels. I can send you some before and afters. The exhaust was bent and those factory cats and muffler cost way more than my new stainless 100 cell race cats, stainless headers and Dansk muffler. We changed the 1999 front and rear to 2003 S to update the look. Best of luck but they may total your car if you allow it. We wanted ours fixed. We did most the work ourselves and my oldest son is a Porsche tech in Lexington, KY so we got most of the parts at cost plus 10%.
Good luck. |
You asked for help with aftermarket parts --
IMHO you might do better looking at salvage yard parts - look in Mike Foke's site for locations http://mike.focke.googlepages.com/ As a follow up -- did the rear wheel hit a curb, and if so are the transmission or CV joints damaged? Comment: I would take the car into the porsche dealer for a full damage appraisal before attempting to repair what you think is wrong with the car -- it may be worth the cost. FWIW :cheers: Ed |
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The front bumper cover with paint will be about $1000. That whole right radiator region is pushed back pretty good. And to see those suspension components broken like that is rough. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that doesn't look like the control arm, rather, what the control arm mounts to (frame?). How can that not be beyond labor intensive? Did your headlights survive? This poor Boxster hit something hard! That leads me to think there's more damage unseen, most likely in the form of bent metal. If my estimate seems high, keep in mind that it looks like it's gonna need a bit of paint work (bumpers, fender, trunk, spoiler, hood possibly?). That's not quite a DIY job unless you've got a paint booth. Paint always jacks up the cost. The damage that occurred to my car looked much less serious than this and it was about 6k. |
Assuming some other things are damaged too, that car will most likely be totaled if you have your insurance company look at it.
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As for aftermarket parts, there are GT3 control arms that are adjustable, but unless you are putting together a race car they won't give you any benefit. Kirk |
Holy crap!!!! I know this is probably not what you want to hear but...thank you!! My 17 year old asked if I would let him drive my '00 Boxster S...NO FREAKIN WAY
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Hey everyone,
So I changed all the parts and everything worked out ok. I believe I only spent about 3500 on parts alone including rims and paint. Labour was done by me and to be honest, Porsche is the easiest car I have ever worked on. I had changed all control arms and sub frame on that side, under panels, front rad support, front air dam, rear bumper, rear trunk, rear spoiler. I had the alignment done today and the car was come out perfect. I will post pics when the car is done from the paint shop. I just wanted to say thanks for all the posts. |
Mueen, well, I am shocked. Good job!
Where the heck is Kitchener......Canada?? |
And your brother? Is he still alive? Did he pay for the parts? Did he help you with the installation of the parts?
I really want to know what his level of responsibility has been for the damage and repairs. Don't ask me why. I'm just inquisitive! Doing the work yourself saved you (or your brother) thousands of dollars. Good save! |
Great job and at a fabulous cost as well. I believe Kitchener is in Ontario Canada. Where were these parts sourced from as parts in Canada are so expensive and you replaced a lot of items.
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Brothers can be dangerous
My younger brother left the road into a telephone pole on the left fender of my Sunbeam Alpine many years ago. This was done while I was out of town and he knew that he was not to drive the car. This was the BEST PART!
What he was doing was buying booze in the District(D.C) and bring it to Maryland. He was 18! If the police had looked in the trunk of the car it would have been confiscated! This was all for a party that he was not to have. |
hey everyone, sorry about the late reponce. The car drives great but I couldnt get the exhaust tip fixed. Would you guys know if a 2003 boxster S muffler would fit my 2002 boxster 2.7?
Thank everyone. |
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sorry correction its an 2001 boxster.
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