rebuilding my 99 986
 

i just got back my 99 986 from a theft recovery.. the thief wrecked it pretty bad on the front drivers side. im in the process of rebuilding it. anyone want me to post up pics of my progress during the restoration?

That would be awesome if you could take pics. Why would you have to repair the car yourself though,isn't your insurance taking care of it?

yea they would have.. but at the time i had a 4 day lapse in coverage. and wouldn't you know it gets stolen during those 4 days. yay for me. but yea back to the garage for me, i will take some pics and get them posted up in a little bit.


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new pics
 

some pics after i finally got the left fender off, and after i sanded and bondo'd the front bumper, and hood.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...9/DSC00215.jpg

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Wow,i wouldn't bother working on that

yea
 

its just what i do man. when im not at work im workin on my cars or bikes. keeps me busy

Maybe some people are not as fortunate as you to own a stable of vehicles, and he is looking foward to working on his car.

Good luck on it bro. :cheers:

cant wait to see the end result

Damn man,good luck with that!

Do you have experience in body shop work?

yea man ive been workin on cars and bikes for last 4 years, im only 20

Great!! another young forum member
:cheers:

ouch man,
BUT, while youre at it, why dont you fab up some kind of a lip spoiler of sort, instead of just stock bumper...or something along those lines

well give me some ideas. i can fabricate anything. so give me some ideas. i was even thinkin of cutting the bumper and making it look completely different.

When you finish this project, your gonna have the biggest grin everytime you look at the car. With a project this size, you might be able to get some free donor parts from other members. Old headlights, side markers, stock springs and shocks, bumpers, ect. are all over this site.

Have you sourced body panels yet? There are a few liquidators that strip porsche cars.

yea man that would be awesome if some guys could spare some parts for free or even a little cash. i actually got a front bumper from THENAVARO, hes a good guy. and yea ive looked for some fenders but not many people have them and if they do they want like 400 for them. not to mention how expensive the radiator and a/c condensor are.

You may want to give www.****************************************************.com an email to check on the price of new primed fenders.

How'd it get stolen? Don't know much about it, but I thought auto theft was kind of a difficult proposition with Porsches and their specialized keys. Tell us you didn't leave the key in the ignition!

nah i didnt leave the key in the ignition. i was going to sell it to this kid so i let him take it for a test drive. and well he never came back.

There's nothing like doing your own work. It would fetch more money AND get done faster if you kept it stock. Stay away from "while I'm at it..." , it will bog you down on a project this size (ask me how I know).


Just get'er done and post plenty of pics, it'll help you sell it when time comes too, as the buyer can see damage wasn't that bad.

haha yea deffinitly going to keep it stock for this time around so i can get it done as quick as possible. anyone know how to get the front end straight? look at the first pic i posted and you'll see what im talking about

How old was this 'kid' you let test drive your Boxster?

he was 24. i later found out that he was actually a drug dealer. i guess thats what you get for a friend "knowing" someone whos a "good" guy. cops were worthless might i add. i knew the kids full name and where he lived and they wouldnt do anything about it. they said they had to investigate further.

Having the "frame" straight will set the foundation for all your future body work. Get it down to a frame shop and have it straightened, you can't do that type of work yourself without specialized heavy equipment. Otherwise the car will handle funny or be unsafe, fenders won't hang straight, and make for hellish bodywork.

yea that sounds good, i was actually looking into that yesterday. my old high school has a body shop class, and they actually have a frame straightener. so i guess i will have to wait until school starts back up to get that part done. unless someone on here knows of a place that will do it for like 300 bucks.

so the "kid" is older than you by 4 years? :D

yea, i call him a kid because hes an immature punk. lol

So.. what kind of "title" does the car have after an accident like this? If insurance would have "covered" it, would they have totaled it out?

I know some states have pretty strict guidelines when a "salvage" title car is rebuilt. Not sure if they would apply in your situation though. Also, if the car stays in your hands, does a place like "carfax" ever learn of the rebuilding?

Good luck on your project!

the car has a clean title, didnt have insurance when the wreck occurred. and since it is staying in my hand i suppose carfax would never know. so pretty much down the road if i fix it right i can sell it as never wrecked. altho i would never do that because karma's a ********************, thats why im taking all these pictures, so i can show a future potential buyer the damage before and how it was fixed.

You going to have a hell of a time convincing someone it wasnt in a wreck once they open the trunk lid and see the odd curve around the trunk seal since it not the original shape

of course im going to tell them its been in a wreck, im not an ****************************. lol. well not completely anyways. but yea anybody have any spare parts they are wanting to get rid of?

This thread reminds me of one of my all time favorite movies; Fast Times at Ridgemont High...

Spicoli: People on 'ludes should not drive.

Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill us!

Spicoli: Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes!

Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna ****************!

Spicoli: Make up your mind, dude, is he gonna **************** or is he gonna kill us?

Jefferson's Brother: First he's gonna ****************, then he's gonna kill us!

Spicoli: Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman. He's got the ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

Jefferson's Brother: You can't fix this car Spicoli!

Spicoli: I can fix it.

http://www.hadleysplace.com/images/header17full.jpg

Good movie. The pizza scene is what I recall most.

Spicoli: You dick!


lol

Best quote ever :

Jeff Spicoli: All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

:cool:

Nick

Good luck and thanks very much for posting the photos etc.

I would recommend that you find a frame EXPERT to do the frame work before you proceed.

Unibody cars are VERY TOUGH to get right, even for the best of them. You wouldn't want to complete the job and find out the car pulls to the left and there is nothing you can do about it.

This might be money well spent.

Thanks!

:cheers:

yea im taking it monday to a place call dfw frame. we will see how much this is gona cost me.. anybody know how much it usually costs?

An absolute waste of time ....
 

IMNSHO

to try, as one not doing this every day, to try and repair it. I had a '99 with similar damage (2 years ago so it was worth a lot more than yours is now, 22k miles and it was absolutely pristine before I wrecked it) and the body shop stopped counting at $26k, lots more than a 99 was worth then and loads more than they are worth now.

I thought, after the accident, that $5-6k would fix it up. But the frame damage made that figure start climbing...and up and up it went the more they investigated.

So I'd ask why they totaled it (now it gets a salvage title even if repaired correctly) and if they put it on a frame machine. If they did, stop and sell it for parts. If they didn't, then perhaps it is worth while to have someone who has the required Porsche "jigs" to measure it and give you an estimate of what they can do to repair/straighten the frame. This is not a job for amateurs. Then figure out, once you have paid to straighten the frame, how much more you'd have to spend before it would make sense just to buy another example of the '99s.

Good luck.

maybe its because i havnt slept in two days, but that made almost no sense to me what so ever. lol i think your trying to say that its a waste of my time and money to try and fix it...?

While it wasn't easy to read it, the main question is "what will it cost for a pro to straighten the "frame" since only at that point should you put things back on it..."

Only after the "pro" estimate can you have a true idea of what your out of pocket expense may be.

It could be cheaper, in the long run, to find another used '99 then it is to fix your car.

gotchya, thanks man. and yea i am taking up to a place on monday to get an estimate. im hoping its not too much tho. but the good news is that i got a letter yesterday saying they found and arrested the guy who stole my car. so yay for that.

If they found the guy.. and can prove he did it, does your possession of the car (which is in fact "evidence") and the work you have already done (in essence, "tainted evidence") hurt your ability to go after him? (not that he necessarily has the money to pay you for damages caused (per se))