Got hit (minor damage), good excuse for fender flares?
 

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I was coming down the center turn lane to turn at the intersection. The traffic was backed up and two nice people were letting the jeep come out of a gas station to turn the opposite direction. He wasn't exactly inching out.....

Ended up doing a perfect 180.

His insurer is State Farm, so we'll see how that goes.

My money is on they offer to total it and I end up haggling with them for the next 2 months (see list of mods below).

So is this a good excuse to get fender flares/widebody?

Chris

damn.........nothing is fucked up besides the body?

yeah, you can pull the fender out as much as you can and get them flares.

There is no haggling.

There are two things you must remember:
You own the car until insurance cuts a check
They only pay to replace market value of a car in undamaged, similar condition

don't give them the car, they don't own it, and don't expect them to pay for parts. I suggest that you get something in writing which states the salvage value of the car, prior to buying it back from them. When I wanted to get my hardtop replaced, they wanted to total the car and give me $2100 for the value less deductible, and sell the car back to me for a $1900 salvage value.

Harbor Freight stud welder will up that right out. +1 on what Hustler said dont let them take it or it will have a salvaged title if you buy it back.

Who cares about a salvage title? I think he wants to keep the turbonator and other stuffs.

Hopefully not. Sounds like there might be a clunking from that corner now, will need to inspect. Almost definitely needs an alignment.


Always worth repeating. This is #3 miata and the other 2 were both totaled out. In fact most of the parts have been on 3-4 different Miatas by now. :giggle:

On #2 miata we didn't agree to a value for 4-6 months. Merv has that one now.



Chris

total it, buy a dd miata with insurance check, track the shit out of the salvaged one

+1

very unrelated but...

please dont tell me those are rotas!!

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this can be your next worry after you fix your qp.

if i were you, id get a quote from a body shop on how much it would be to replace that qp, before you decide to total it or not.

if you dont care about the body or wanna take on a big diy project, just copy what most muscle car restorers do at some point,

Quarter Panel Replacement

Sorry to hear you got hit, its always shitty. +1 on Hustlers comment. Track the shit outta the salvage one, and buy a DD. You'll end up enoying both more than just the one car to do all things.

I think he has a good combo. Xs's griiip.

Almost happened to me. Good luck with the whole situation.

Oh shit. That pic has Kumho's too. :sadwavey:

I may have several of your parts on the green car.

um you cant replace our qp newb he ust has to pull/hammer that shit out there is room once your remove the battery to do just that. But to replace the QP you need to replace the whole trunck section so essentialy everything from the door sills back accept the trunk lid and bumper, no one is going to do that esp given how easy a fix he has there. fuck it man i would just pop that fucker out and spray it.

I'm familiar with that damage to a Miata. Happened to my street car and I've repaired it on a race car. It's a lot of work, but based on your photo you should be able to drill all the spot welds and then use a mig to put the new panel on w/o issue. You'll need to tap the jamb back into alignment with the door edge. There are a lot of spot welds too- so you'll want a bit for the job.

Insurance will def total the car- I bet that's a $3k+ repair job in insurance dollars. I got an "adequate" repair job on mine ten years ago and it was $1800 back then.

if u already have a dd keep your car, do the best to pull the dent, and buy a begi kit with your money!! then track the shit out of it :bigtu:

you could actually replace it, i just got done looking at my qp and as long as you open the trunk and cut inside, remove the bumper and cut inside there, cut close to the rocker panel, and cut inside the door getting the whole panel removed, its very possible and would provide the cleanest repair. its a very common practice in good collision repair shops on any vehicle.

but his damage does look like it would pop out but youd have to worry about there being creases and all that, and i havent seen the drill and pull method come out without defects of some kind (i havent seen, at least.) im just trying to help him find a way to a seamless repair, thats all.

i bought a sc300 with qp damage, and it actually turned out to be the reason i sold it. it was definitely fixable but i was 16 and definitely did not have the willpower i thought i had, funds, (3000 bucks? bullshit, i bought the replacement), or knowledge to fix it myself, so i traded and got a legacy gt. stupid idea, i couldve got vertex qp overlays eventually...

whatever you do, keep us posted. id like to hear how you go about this problem. i hope it starts with punching that dumbass that hit you :magna:

I don't see 3K worth of damage but they will most likely total it cause these cars aren't worth shit.

M'eh, the Rota's have held up pretty well for over 3 years of abuse (no idea what's behind the Rota's in that pic).

Maybe I'll upgrade to some 6UL's or the new TR's. :giggle:


Still haven't heard back from State Farm but I'm still out of town anyway.

I'll probably have my buddy that does body work on the side (him and his dad used to do all of the body work for Porsche in Austin when I worked for them) take a look at it. Doesn't have to be pretty.

So do 15x8's look ok with flares?

Chris

What kind of 15x8s and what kind of flares are you looking into getting?

Wanna get lunch?

Did you check to see if the diff housing cracked? Might have broke at the notch. Check the upper right arm between the mount and the housing.

nah banks he has plenty of acces for a hammer dolly action my car was worse of than that and the shit just smoothed right out for me.

well, lets just hope that it does come right out, he deff should worry about the clunking first.

Miatamaniac92, rotas are known to crack. id say just try not to abuse them for too long, and watch those dips and potholes if you plan on keepin the rotas bro. they are infamous in cracking, many honda, subaru, etc. tuners know to stay away from them.

but heres a couple pictures i found for proof, you really should upgrade to some stronger rims if you're beating on the rotas. theyd be okay as a dd rim but definitely should not be used on a track, any rotas for that matter (imo ill never trust them for anything.) granted there are good batches of rotas but its a hit or miss situation id rather not pay to put myself in.

plus, theyre knockoff evo regamasters :2cents:

just lookin out for ya.
(send me a pm if you want to trade for bbs-made asa js1's that will withstand anything you throw at them. i have many reasons for wanting these, none include using them on my car)

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nevermind

Banks... stfu and gtfo unless you have had a rota fail on you personally! Many many many many people run rotas as cheep track or autocross wheels. All of those pics you posted have been around the internet longer than i've been banging hustler... Besides that you are shitting on the OP's topic.
Maniac... Get some 15x9 6uls and some of rharris's new flares! Do it, you know you want to.

i saw this coming from a mile away.

all i said was, they could fail, there have been instances of them failing. i know of no other company that has been complained to about cracking numerous times, nor of another company that has a bad rep for it. they are cheap casted rims simply put.

even some enkei wheels are cast but they wont break in similar situations, i have not seen it, show me it and i will change my mind.

i understand there are some good batches of rotas out there, im not a complete rota hater. like i have said previouslyif you would've read correctly.

i also said that its a hit or miss situation on them breaking or not that I, and i repeat.....I.....would not put myself in, IN MY OPINION. if you cannot read thoroughly what i said you are the one who needs to shut the fuck up and get the fuck out...

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anyways, i am not shitting on the op's topic. i gave him advice about what he should do in MY opinion. if he wants to repair it, i gave him a link to some starter info on qp replacement, i also discussed hammering it out with another member. guess you didnt exactly see that now did you?


do not turn this into another rota hate vs rota love thread:


im not changing my opinion about them. i would never buy them. i would never race on them. "hit or miss situation i would rather not pay to put myself into"


i have a right to post my opinion just as much as you do. leave it at that.

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Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one.

Banks one just stinks the most. You should wipe it and stop letting hustler penetrate and loosen it up all the time.

:laugh: much better

Wow, you can edit a quote. How original...

:jerkit: :loser:

at least it makes sense the second time around.

His mods list explains this well. He must be paranoid of the world of aftermarket period

See I can do it too

It's been all but proven that powder coating wheels is the quickest way to weaken them structurally due to the baking processes they have to go through, therefore I'm willing to bet that the reason so many Rotas fail is because A LOT of people that use them abuse their shit and are fans of powder coating shit because it's a "non-ricer" way of being a ricer and constantly changing wheel colors without ponying up the dough for nice wheels constantly.

and your mod list explains you could give two shits about what happens to your motor. you're rocking a damn china turbo and have the nerve to talk about my common diy mods. what do you have to say about that cheap fake ass glued together turbo, accompanied with the shitty cast manifold? i hope the compressor wheel blows to bits and gets sucked into your motor somehow, if thats before your manifold cracks.

and 18psi, i could easily sit here and make gay ------ jokes too, its not hard to go back to fifth grade humor :facepalm:

lick a dirty dry hairy dick, you ass to mouth cock loving cum guzzling asshat. you approve now?

lol this threads funny


back to the topic, have you came up with the solution to your qp damage yet?

In for links to one thread about a china turbo blowing up and destroying a motor....

well, maybe not that bad. besides im joking anyways, im not taking this seriously.

Many people on here rock chinachargers you fucking inbred. They are not all the same, and many have proven to hold up for long periods of abuse and perform decent.

You with all your cheap fucking dogshit modifications should be the last person knocking the "quality" of anything. Shut the fuck up and turbo your car little bitch. Then maybe you'll have room to talk.

He's busy working on his rocketship to get him to the moon so he can hide in a crater for being a nutsack.

With that short ram intake and rattlecan paint job it should be easy.

who the fuck you calling little bitch?? i suppose sactown miata drivers should be watched out for, i dont wanna get bloody from that tampon you forgot to take out for the past 3 days.

Kplafin, wat i said was a joke so i wouldnt get mad over a little argument over me bringing back an old post. and i really dont see how im being a nutsack because my opinion is valid about how rotas are the only company that had repeat instances of them being defected. and they make fucking replicas dude, they havent even designed their own damn rims ever in its shitty years of existence!!!


anyways, too bad 18psi has no sense of humor or this wouldve ended like that one did. i was joking up until my last post but now he wants to get me pissed off, sorry OP but he definitely wants this argument right now :vash:

i dont need your fucking permission for 'room to talk' you dumb shit. you're a fucking douchebag. i make my own fucking time to post watever the fuck i want to in this forum within limits just like you do, so how about you go fuck yourself?

just because you got 1,800+ posts doesnt mean your tough shit bitch. and it definitely doesnt mean you can talk shit all you want to me either. ill turbo my fucking car whenever i want to little man. i dont see you here paying my bills. i do shit on my own time, when i got the money.

and at least i have the heart to do SOMETHING to my car while i'm too poor to buy anything for it right now. you have no idea where i came from and how hard it was for me to live my fucking life without basic necessities. shut the fuck up about that for good u do not want to take it there.

oh and for the record, i dont give a flying shit wether or not a chinaturbo can do any good, its still a dogshit modification in all aspects. if theyre soo good how come you wouldnt rock one? dumb fuck

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just shut the fuck up 18psi. dont start going on and on about this shit, i have a baad temper.

Calling Hustler... E-thug showdown...

On another note... Banks, try not to get too butthurt here, I'm done with this thread and getting off topic. The internet is only as serious as you make it. Good luck
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You need to watch the way you talk to people on this forum. We'll talk shit to whoever we please, starting with you, faggette.
I was going to write out a description of how much you were going to wish you were sorry, but it seems like you're already at the bottom so you should probably do this forum and yourself a favor and hang-yourself with you belt. I'm sure you'll have a great suicide not considering all the pissing and moaning you've done here.

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OH NOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I'm seriously laughing over here....I'll just let hustler take care of your stupid ass.


This is miataTURBO.net. Meaning if your poor ass can't afford to turbo your POS, haven't contributed jack shit, and are an 09 noob, then sit back and shut the fuck up..

Oh and when hustler penetrates you don't scream, it only makes him harder.

PS: many KNOWLEDGEABLE and well known people on here that have turbo'd cars unlike your POS are "rocking" chinachargers with decent results and reliability. BEGi, a reputable company, sells them. I don't rock one cause I got a deal on my current one. STFU and GTFO

okay lets have some fun then! im entitled to the same shit. the gloves are off from now on.

i dont give a fuck what you were going to do. i really dont. i dont know you nor do i give a shit who you are. you have my location so we can talk there.

for ANYBODY that wants to talk shit.

it will only get as big of a problem for you as youd like it to be. you wanted it like this, so i will bring it to you if i have to, dont front.

i had my opinion, you all had yours, and decided to be a dick about it. so im giving you an ultimatum:

you can PM me for my exact location, or you can treat this like "its just a forum" as you preach and shut the fuck up. it will be a LONG time before i allow anyone punk me. i had a right to say what i did and i stand right by every fucking word im saying.

ill pass on the suicide, thanks. its not that big of a deal because i can see right past the bullshit you're spitting.

i was voicing my opinion, you didnt like it, so FUCK OFF THEN!!! opinions are JUST like assholes, everyone has one. and i personally dont give a fuck wether or not you like rotas or you like china chargers, theyre both pieces of shit. nuff said

and my post count does not mean i have less of one (and the join date doesnt mean that shit either, sorry). regardless of the shitty comments youre going to come up with. if you're going to tell me to shut the fuck up, save it.

fuck this im not responding to anything else.

if you want to argue pm me. if you want my number to argue or take this out in person, pm me. im done here. way to ruin how i feel about this fucking forum.

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Quoted this shit for the LOL's....

Another one bites the dust.

shut the fuck up 18psi, pm me for my number if you really wanna talk more shit. i do things not sit here like a bitch and talk shit, lets go.

You're not going to do shit to anyone because you're too busy jacking off to anime-porn in your mother's basement. You've done nothing but sit here like a bitch, wasting our bandwidth with your opinion, which is wrong.

You're not done here...well, you're not done lurking in invisible mode, bitch.

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Fucking e-thug:giggle:

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I know you desperately want me to call you, but I'm sorry: phone sex isn't my strong point. I know you'd probably draw wood but I don't have it in me to talk for all of 10 seconds til you bust a nut.

Call hustler. You two can role play.

waiting for you to cut the bullshit, not lurking. i do things not talk about them so put up or shut the FUCK UP.

keep calling me names you fucking panzy, playing tough guy with all your high post fiends. you wanna act like you're talking shit? bring it to me then. im not the ethug in this situation, nor do i look or act like any of those ------s.

hustler, your mother will suck fat dicks till the day shes dumped into hell. go fucking join her because you're a big smelly brown and green shit stain on society.

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you and hustler

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Sigh...Back OT: Miatamaniac, sorry to hear about the accident. If you're looking to keep the car and a claims adjuster hasn't seen it already, first wash & thoroughly detail the car then borrow a hard top from someone and put it on. It'll add $1200 to the value of your car. Also I'd suggest not contacting your insurance company since they won't factor in the value of mods unless specifically added to the coverage. Contact the guilty party's insurance company first and hope for a good claims adjuster.

I was involved in a rear-end collision & I lucked out: The adjuster was a car guy & was really cool. I showed him all the mods & explained to him I didn't want the car totaled. He worked with me to make sure it wasn't. I ended up getting a $5000 check to fix my '95 with 140,000 mi. With a little shopping around I was able to get the damage fixed and my whole car painted for $3000.

Holy shit, butt hurt much? Hustler and 18psi pretty much got you covered so imma stay out of this one, except for one thing I gotta mention

No your not, you've been here for a few months, have 67 posts of BS and have contributed nothing of any value to this forum, put your time in and be useful to at least one person and then you are entitled to the same shit. Now GTFO.

honestly what are you going to do over the phone. step back disconect your internet it is not that meaningful to get all bent out of shape over some ribbing. you should be used to it by now driving a miata and all.side note any pics of your girlfriend eating box??

i do paint and body work for a living pretty easy fix pull it out mud it in reshoot the quarter panel you'll be good to go.
if you do it yourself and allready have a compressor pick up a sata spray gun. kinda pricy but well worth it. it will lay down the metalics alot better than others guns and still shoot the clear nice and flat with very little texture.
another gun of choice is an iwata lph 400 best gun i have ever used will lay your paint at 20 psi.

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i started with a black 97 in rough shape paint was shot several dings dents scratches sanded her down pulled and mudded what needed done final sand was wet at 600 grit. shot her a blackcherry color then two coats of clear with some purple pearl then two more coats let it cure re wet sanded with 600 grit once again then reshoot it with three more coats of clear. any parking lot battles should buff out.

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Learn to use it.

I have rotas, what now?