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Well as you may or may not know, after having my car off road for two weeks getting a new turbo fitted and getting it back last Friday, this Monday came round and an old lady in a Kingswood decided it might be a good idea to run a red light and write off my car! :wave: Now my insurance has offered me to buy back my wreck for a cost of $3500 and I'm deciding if it's worthwhile or not. Basically the engine and everything is fine so I've made a quick list of what I could strip and sell. Anyone able to tell me in total what I'd be expecting back realistically if I did buy it back aqnd strip it?

Here's the list...

Engine/gearbox (done approx 130,000k)

GT30 Turbo (in RB25 housing) - brand new, only 300k's

Diff

Doors

Mirrors

Rims/tyres

All the interior/speedo

Fuel pump

Turbo back Trust PE-II exhaust

Boot/spoiler

Rear bar

etc....

Any more ideas of what I can salvage let me know...

And finally, a pic of my baby, it really hurts to see her like this :)

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if you sell the engine and box, that should get you your $3500 back.. rest is profit.

my 33 got rear ended, and i bought it back to strip it down.

i've made probably 7k, and ive still got the gearbox, diff, rims, most of the interior, etc..

if you've got the time, and not desperately after the money, i'd say go for it, its not a quick or easy job though.

Hi mate - you can sell the wheel hubs/discs/brakes to someone with an s13/s14 who wants a 5stud conversion ... probably a good $500-$800 there.

Couple of hundred for the seats, etc. Space saver wheel.... um, lots of other bits you can sell. As someone else mentioned you'd get close to $3500 for the engine/gearbox alone.

Incidentaly I'd be interested in the passenger door if the paint is a match for mine. I have a rust spot - have to get a quote but it might be cheaper just to replace the door.

geez luke.................my heart sank when i saw the pic :wave: so glad your still here with us tho :)

and may the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the woman who screwed up your day and may her arms be too short too scratch....................

:wave: Thanks Cara, the thing that killed me was when I was about to leave, some strangers came up and asked if it was my car. Of course I said yes and they then told me it was one of the cleanest and nicest looking that they had seen; really tore me up inside but you are right, atleast everyone is ok

Do it Luke, unless you need the 3.5k "right now" for a new car, I would do it for sure, like someone said 3.5k for a Rb25det right there and the rest will be profit!!

All it takes is a tool set and a weekend(oh and a couple of cartons) and she'd be in bits ready to sell off! Get a big bin for crap you can't keep and sell the rest off!!

Damn Luke that sucks. Glad to hear u r ok though. Ask if they have a camera on that intersection - you might get lucky.

Yes she was a pretty girl and in fantastic nick. Such a shame.

If you have the place to store the car, and the time to do it, you could definitely make a half decent profit if it only costs $3.5k to buy back. Keep in mind that selling parts is extremely slow, but once you get your money back you are even and can sit on the rest of the parts until they sell and won't care if it takes a while.

Unfortunately Andrew, that was the first thing I asked and sadly, there is not one camera that can help me prove my case :P

Nick, it's definately moved the GTR plans forward, looking for a nice S2 or S3 33GTR so if you know of anyone selling, please let me know. Just a shame I didn't get to pick up that nice white one selling on here a month or two ago :D

yep as others have said strip it.

youll get the 3.5k back easy, plus more.

remember theres stuff like interior aswell, youll get a few hundred for the seats alone.

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