Originally Posted by
2001TEGGSR
I'm not particularly a fan of the body kit, tail lights or wheels but if theres no significant damage to the chassis it could be a quick flip. I wouldn't pay more than 1800 for it though.
In all honesty, that is one of the cleaner conversions i've seen. The headlights almost look good on that color.
Is the title branded?
Are you sure it runs?
All of those S14 front ends are fiberglass AFAIK, so they have the structural resiliency of damp cardboard. Plus they look like crap.
I'm willing to bet that the fenders are fiberglass as well, so you'd need to buy an entirely new front end and pray that they didn't hack up the OEM bumper support to mount that catastrophe in the first place.
So... if we assume the chassis is fine (which I doubt highly)... and use $1800 as the purchase price...
Add:
$400 for a pristine set of USDM fenders, front bumper and hood.
$150 for a new rear bumper.
$100 more for headlamps (used).
$ 25 for the bumper lights.
$ 90 to replace those hideous taillights.
$ 30 to replace the painted clock trim and instrument pod trim.
$ 1200 to paint the new bodywork bits...
All told, you're looking at the better part of $6K for a salvage titled automatic DC4 that will lose a drag race to a glacier.
And it'll be worth next to nothing when you attempt to sell it.
At the risk of flogging a dead horse, I'd have to disagree with you.
Buy it to part it out... maybe.
Buy it to refurbish and use...? No.