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A bit out of left field. 2004 IS300 Sportcross. It's ok on gas but it gets me place to place. Basic enough to blend for non car people but still fits in at a cars and coffee.
I like my cars like I like my steak,
Rare
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I get that for some reason this car is special to him and he wants to rebuild it. That's ok with me but trying to piece it together will break him. I'd bet 15k will buy him a wrecked car that has everything he needs to have this car going. It would also save time. I wish he'd figure out how to swing a parts car.
I will say my favorite part about this whole thing is what you guys don't see and what I don't post about. Yeah every part costs money but it's worth every penny with the places you go and the people you meet along the way. I will say the cobra tax has not helped.
That's a decent and affordable daily driver.
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So I decided to take some advice and I am now on my way home with a parts car. It's a automatic V6 but has some damaged but fixable 03-04 Cobra bumpers and side skirts that are a different color that are repainted with black plastic paint. (Plastidip) OR SOME Sort of spray on.
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You might as well use the v6 car as the project and the cobra as a parts car at this point.
At least that one will have a registerable VIN
Hopefully the op has the title to it.
The V6 is a rusted out pile of crap. There is about a ¼ inch of bondo on the roof. They riveted the side skirts on. The V6 will donate some hardware and the bumper and skirts. Il part out the rest for what I can then scrap the shell. Il get pictures of how bad it is. That's just the quarter. Yes this would be easier to register but the shell is to badly damage.
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Ok so this V6 the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The good.
It has an 03-04 front and rear bumper.
It has a set of 03-04 side skirts.
It has a clean Indiana title.
The bad.
It does have rear damage that cracked the rear bumper but it is repairable. The side skirts were riveted on not just attached normally.
The interior isn't the color I need.
The ugly.
The idiots who put the kit on sprayed over mystichrome. The sad part is that none of the paint is really saveable as things need to be repaired. We need to section in a few pieces of a different rear bumper to save it.
The good.
It has an 03-04 front and rear bumper.
It has a set of 03-04 side skirts.
It has a clean Indiana title.
The bad.
It does have rear damage that cracked the rear bumper but it is repairable. The side skirts were riveted on not just attached normally.
The interior isn't the color I need.
The ugly.
The idiots who put the kit on sprayed over mystichrome. The sad part is that none of the paint is really saveable as things need to be repaired. We need to section in a few pieces of a different rear bumper to save it.
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From the looks of it bud. Looks to me like now you’ve got 2 projects not just one. I’m not saying you can’t repair the parts from it. However it just looks and sounds like more work to get useable parts, and you said the interior isn’t even the color you need.
Iv been bagging and labeling all the V6 hardware to help with the cobra. Should help with how it goes back together. When on the Cobra.
Ok let me lay down my math and you will start to understand my line of thinking.
So I saved money getting this V6
Possible costs.
Fenders. 75-150 per fender
Front bumper 200-400
Hood 400-700
Rear wing 300-500
Rear bumper 700-1300
Skirts 500-700
Mirrors 400-500
Total of $2650-$4400
I paid
Fenders(on V6 car)
Front bumper (on V6 car)
Hood $500
Rear wing $150
Rear bumper (on V6 car)
Skirts (on v6 car and 1 is an extra)
Mirrors(had on cobra)
V6 car was 1500
2100 for all the body panels and can sell thr drivers side skirt and drop it to 1800.
So I saved money getting this V6
Possible costs.
Fenders. 75-150 per fender
Front bumper 200-400
Hood 400-700
Rear wing 300-500
Rear bumper 700-1300
Skirts 500-700
Mirrors 400-500
Total of $2650-$4400
I paid
Fenders(on V6 car)
Front bumper (on V6 car)
Hood $500
Rear wing $150
Rear bumper (on V6 car)
Skirts (on v6 car and 1 is an extra)
Mirrors(had on cobra)
V6 car was 1500
2100 for all the body panels and can sell thr drivers side skirt and drop it to 1800.
I applaud your non sensical way of going about this. You have no clue when you get to the really expensive stuff, how much of a mistake this was on a car that’s just not worth it.
But hey, mistakes are the best teacher. When your son wants to do the same thing, you can hope he’s not as stubborn as you are.
But hey, mistakes are the best teacher. When your son wants to do the same thing, you can hope he’s not as stubborn as you are.
The body parts are easy. It’s the interior and engine bay cobra specific parts that’ll nickel and dime you.
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