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i am seriously thinking of puting my car back to stock

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Old 06-07-10, 08:40 PM
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Default i am seriously thinking of puting my car back to stock

since i have bought this car i have had NOTHING but problems with it. its like i am not meant to have a modified car. i bought my car 2 years ago exactly today and it has gone through SOOO much BS!!! from hit and run, vandalism, to rear ending, to people backing into it. im sick and tire of it.

In less then 6 months my car has been backed into, completely keyed, having a shop ruin my good tires when i ask for a flip, and just yesterday some dumA$$$ rear ends me then today my ball joints snaps. feast your eyes on this .

My suspension and wheels are coming off this week if i can get the shop to start working on my car this week. And its for sale 1800 OBO

im SO SICK of spending my money on freaking maintenance on this damn car. i want to enjoy it and spend money on upgrading it and not dumping 1000s of dollars on making it look the same way it did before a damn wreck or whatever. i got rear ended yesterday and today this crap happens. my stock suspension is going back on and the rims are coming off.

I dont know if i will buy a new suspension set up or a set of wheels. if i get the wheels refinished im selling them!

Old 06-07-10, 08:43 PM
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selling the rims? what suspension you got....send me a pm
Old 06-07-10, 08:51 PM
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can you prove that the accident caused the Ball joints to fail?
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Youch! Sorry to hear that man. Car was a beaut!
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Originally Posted by excluesive
can you prove that the accident caused the Ball joints to fail?
well that is where it snaped/detached from when me and the tow truck guy looked at it.....


Originally Posted by 4eign
selling the rims? what suspension you got....send me a pm
rim i dont know yet ill seee


here is my for sale thread

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/2ge...uspension.html
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Damn man, sorry to see that those things go wrong for you. What year is your car? and never changed your ball joints before?
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Ouch...sorry that happened...very unfortunate.
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I know how you feel.. Except, I only carry liability(full coverage is toooo high for me). I have had alot of wrecks, so I have had to pay for my repair bills.. Let me tell you, its NOT cheap. Putting it all together maybe I have spent 8k in bodywork alone! It pisses me off, because I could have a turbo set up by now...


But going back to a plain gs.. NEVER!!
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Originally Posted by 01gs3
Damn man, sorry to see that those things go wrong for you. What year is your car? and never changed your ball joints before?

i changed them right at about 70k i have about 98k not
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Ouch...sorry that happened...very unfortunate.
yea tell me about it

Originally Posted by EN_VY
I know how you feel.. Except, I only carry liability(full coverage is toooo high for me). I have had alot of wrecks, so I have had to pay for my repair bills.. Let me tell you, its NOT cheap. Putting it all together maybe I have spent 8k in bodywork alone! It pisses me off, because I could have a turbo set up by now...


But going back to a plain gs.. NEVER!!

yea its not worth the hassle of this kind of crap anymore......i understand that crap about you have to pay to play but not when other people have to keep making you pay because of stupidity or some retarded thing like this!!
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Don't give up on her, man.

But just incase you decide to, I'll probably buy a few parts off of you.
Old 06-07-10, 09:22 PM
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Wow man that blows... and your car was smooth as well. It seems like the only option is to get aftermarket control arms/joints
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i'm sorry to hear about this man
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That sucks bro but your car didn't get hit because it was modded and none of that other stuff sound like being modded was the cause. Being stock the same things would have happend
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Assuming you are going through insurance, tell them the rear-end accident must have caused a pre-mature failure on your front balljoints. Tell them it is too coincidential for it not to have been caused by the stress of the rear end impact. That way your front suspension, and body work will be included in the insurance repairs.
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sorry to hear mang, dont let it get you down.


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