Hit the guard rail

easyman · #1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 06:23 AM

New to these forums so let me first say hello to all.

Anyway i was driving up i-90 to buffalo. Snow wasn't too bad, about 1in on the ground. Hit a snow drift trying to pass a truck who veered out of his lane.car started going into a skid over corrected and bam front and back into the gaurdrails.

had to say the car held up well. But it handles horribly in the snow. If you guys are interested i can post pics tomm.

Just wondering what you guys woudl suggest in terms of buying body panels. I need the following parts

98 gxe emerald blue
left taillight
left 3/4 panel
front bumper
rear bumper
trunklid
drivers side corner lens

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33640 ??

or the junk yard

Thanks in advance annd drive safely guys

oh yeah one more thing just wondering if the tail lights and front bumper of a 00-01 woudl fit on the 98

my ghetto $15 pep boys mirror got the oem coming from ebay soon
ended up driving 400 miles in the snow with this thing and no left blinker from buffalo to nyc

pre accident with fresh meguiars =(

Uncle Mole · #2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 07:01 AM

huh weird, i have a 1st gen and i love driving in the snow with it. good snow car. FWD of course

Slick01NJ · #3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by easyman

oh yeah one more thing just wondering if the tail lights and front bumper of a 00-01 woudl fit on the 98

Well the headlights will fit for sure....the bumper someone else may have a better idea....but i think u can fit it on.

Altimasport* · #4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 06:15 PM

I think my 1st Gen handles like crap in the snow, it's just really unprdictable.

easyman · #5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 07:20 PM

yeah on local streets the bak end tends to step out. even at less than 10mph with very light steering input. feels like its just too front heavy

jeefunk · #6 (**permalink**) 01-18-2005, 10:52 PM

www.autobodypartsonline.com

Decoy · #7 (**permalink**) 01-18-2005, 11:08 PM

ebay. I seen 2000-2001 front bumpers on ebay for 35 plus like it was 75 for shipping. so for 110 dollars front bumper. who cares if it is black primer that is hella cheap. rear bumper you can get for just as much I would assume. also you can then put fogs on your car.. you can get 2000-2001 headlights for almost that price. like 50-75 plus shipping on ebay. the quarter panel... that is attached to the cars roof. your ****ed on that part. you need to go to a bodyshop for that. your lucking at in body work around 600 dollars for unpainted body parts. get new tires

easyman · #8 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 05:57 AM

bump ^ for pics

jeefunk · #9 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 06:27 AM

that sucks, but I hit a guardrail last summer and it was way worse, check it...

if I didn't have a brother that worked at the Nissan dealer service dept and an uncle that owned a body shop I woulda spent a shit-ton more on fixing it. I ended up spending a little over $1000 though and its finally back to lookin good again

easyman · #10 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 06:29 AM

damn how much did that end up costing. im stil waiting for everything to come in from ebay before i go in for an estimate on the frame.

jeefunk · #11 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 06:35 AM

oh, the frame was fine, but the alignment was FUBAR. Check out my cardomain site in my sig for details

FrAnCoOo · #12 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jeefunk

that sucks, but I hit a guardrail last summer and it was way worse, check it...

if I didn't have a brother that worked at the Nissan dealer service dept and an uncle that owned a body shop I woulda spent a shit-ton more on fixing it. I ended up spending a little over $1000 though and its finally back to lookin good again

lololol that stinks man... wut years your car ? i got the same color and shit... put knots in my stomach......... those rims look dope and im feeling the rain guards.... i wanna do the same to my car when spring comes around.... tints and rain guards...........

this is my firsr winter with my car, now today im gonna see how it handles in this blizzard

twanpd4 · #13 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 04:09 PM

i love florida

jeefunk · #14 (**permalink**) 01-22-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FrAnCoOo

lololol that stinks man... wut years your car ? i got the same color and shit... put knots in my stomach......... those rims look dope and im feeling the rain guards.... i wanna do the same to my car when spring comes around.... tints and rain guards...........

this is my firsr winter with my car, now today im gonna see how it handles in this blizzard

its a 95. Tinting the windows is the best mod for looks of a car, if you actually want to call it a mod. I'll never own a car without tint again. The window visors (rain guards) are great, too. They look good and they allow you to crack the windows when it's raining which also helps keep the windows from fogging up. It's also easier on you if you smoke (I don't but have friends that do).

Anywho, I'm getting new rims though, they're called Konig Troubles.

easyman · #15 (**permalink**) 01-23-2005, 04:27 AM

are the tints 5's mine came with 5's and i had to take them off couldnt see. especially when making lefts, almost hit a jay walking senior one night.

also for those of you who know is it possible to mount the bumper from an 00-01 onto a 98 with the 98 headlights