The bird has been wrecked!!!!

Found out the bird has been wrecked! So instead of sulking over it I will take the advice from our friend POPO, and vent to the LTX family. A friend who details cars was taking a look at it, and the first thing out of his mouth was "You know this thing has been wrecked before Right?" :face_shocked: "WHAT!?!?!" It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I was under the impression that it was an all original low mile 48K car. So anyway here are some picks of the evidence. You can see the uneven repair on the fender here.http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps7b959ebe.jpg Now I saw this flaw in the paint when I bought it, but I was so naïve I really said to myself " That's strange they let this roll out of the factory with that paint blemish.":doh:http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps03fbf583.jpg and some more. http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps7909cb1d.jpg http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...psbdb51b97.jpg None of the gaps line up. http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps00bbf316.jpg http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...psbd8cb832.jpg You can really see it here. http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...psdfb61315.jpg Trunk lid sits really high on the passenger side. http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfea29587.jpg I couldn't get a picture of it, but if you were to run your hand across the truck lid and spoiler you can feel the waves in the repair. My friend could tell the difference in paint, but I cant. Ohh well what are you going to do. Thanks for letting me vent.

Dude that blows. Im not sure about you but im super anal about things like that.

That stinks and now you are going to be dialed into it too =(

Im of a different nature.

All of my cars have imperfections...

whether its from a crash...or from many years on the road.... i look at it like this.

If I was happy with what i started with... when i got it.....then nothing is gonna change my mind....cause I can ONLY make it better.

You may notice...and u may focus on these things...but think about it...

Did ANYTHING really change with the car? nooo...its the same TA you started with.

Now...if it just got t-boned...and its no longer the same car u were haply with...that...is a different story.


And neither of those guys above even own an ltx....or fbody... ;)


bazinga!!!!


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
LTXtech.com

You'd be surprised of how many imperfections are in brand new cars. It's hard to tell from the pics but a lot of what your saying is from a accident is pretty normal imperfections that roll right off the assembly line.

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Originally Posted by 1sickta

You'd be surprised of how many imperfections are in brand new cars. It's hard to tell from the pics but a lot of what your saying is from a accident is pretty normal imperfections that roll right off the assembly line.

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I agree... can you take some, DISTANCE shots.. (not to far, but of the entire car)

Also, if you want to know how bad it was... if it will change how you feel. Take it to a collision center, and have them put it on the frame rack.....

i been finding evidence that the camaro i just bought was wrecked, but you know what, you build a street car to drive and have fun with, ill fix a few body lines paint the damn thing and have fun with it. and if anyone wants to break there eye lashes looking at my uneven body lines, thats fine but you cant see them after the hole shot.

my turd is full of scratches, chips, a few door dings, the hood don't line up for shit (typical SLP), it was lightly wrecked by me and the shop that put it back together screwed it up. I took some time and tried to line crap back up and it is better but they are not Bentleys, so the fit and finish from the factory was pretty poor. My HHR looked better after it was repaired from a rear end accident than it did new. Even though my Camaro has tons of imperfections I realize it is 20 years old, been driven, raced, beat on (by me), and it still brings a lot of looks and some first place and best of trophies at shows. I used to have this on my showboard -" She may have scratches, dings and chips, but at least it proves I drive this Bitch"

Sorry it took so long to reply back to you guys, it was a crazy day at work. First off I wanted to say thank you, and that you are right. The car still looks and drives great! Im sure it wouldn't take much to get it fixed properly if I really wanted to.

JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT ASS LOOK GOOD CAUSE ALL THEY WILL SEE IS THE TAIL LIGHTS CAACHOW :ninja: