Well, this makes deer 3 for her.
Wish I had taken before pictures.
4 years ago the car was heavily keyed, and then repainted. The person who did the work passed away, soon after the clear started to peel. So, considering it is a Neon the decision to drive it into the ground was made.
I have no before pictures, just picked up after re forming the front core support
bent fender
The headlights were shot anyway, having turned cloudy and yellow.
I purchased replacement panels on ebay,
1 new hood
1 new front bumper cover
1 right front fender
2 new headlights
total so far 423.60 including shipping
o'rielly implement paint tinted to paint code, reducer , filters and plastic mixing cup 63.00
New headlight bolts ( OEM bolts snapped) 15.00
The power steering reservoir had cracked in the accident, I oredered a new on, but the treplacement turned out too difficult, so I sealed the crack with seal all and tape. It has help fine for days.
25.00 for reservoir--
The weather was too cold , so I farmed the painting to a local guy. He threw in the clear coat. 75.00 cash
new painted fender lined up good
hood also fell into place
and here as it sits
this shot shows paint mis match, which really isn't bad at all.
Anyway, this is a budget repair for a single mother going to school. It will have to do for now.
The horn was broken in the impact. It looked to be a bent bracket which I reformed and bolted back into place. I didn't try it out though until just now, no worky. I will need to replace this asap.
This is my second attempt at repairing bumper cars. Yes, the "grille bar" is a bit slanted, but it was broken. Sparksaflyin glued it back together so blame him--
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Wish I had taken before pictures.
4 years ago the car was heavily keyed, and then repainted. The person who did the work passed away, soon after the clear started to peel. So, considering it is a Neon the decision to drive it into the ground was made.
I have no before pictures, just picked up after re forming the front core support
bent fender
The headlights were shot anyway, having turned cloudy and yellow.
I purchased replacement panels on ebay,
1 new hood
1 new front bumper cover
1 right front fender
2 new headlights
total so far 423.60 including shipping
o'rielly implement paint tinted to paint code, reducer , filters and plastic mixing cup 63.00
New headlight bolts ( OEM bolts snapped) 15.00
The power steering reservoir had cracked in the accident, I oredered a new on, but the treplacement turned out too difficult, so I sealed the crack with seal all and tape. It has help fine for days.
25.00 for reservoir--
The weather was too cold , so I farmed the painting to a local guy. He threw in the clear coat. 75.00 cash
new painted fender lined up good
hood also fell into place
and here as it sits
this shot shows paint mis match, which really isn't bad at all.
Anyway, this is a budget repair for a single mother going to school. It will have to do for now.
The horn was broken in the impact. It looked to be a bent bracket which I reformed and bolted back into place. I didn't try it out though until just now, no worky. I will need to replace this asap.
This is my second attempt at repairing bumper cars. Yes, the "grille bar" is a bit slanted, but it was broken. Sparksaflyin glued it back together so blame him--
:
I'm just curious why you didn't powder coat the panels in your oven? Is it hard to match, and blend an existing color with powder coat paint? I know that the paint stores take a chip of paint, and computer match their paint.
