Alpine e30 progress/build thread
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Regardless of specs. Those are pretty cool wheels
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plastic weld those cracks before they spread! car is looking great.
Dan
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Last night one of my worst nightmares came true. On my way to my family reunion I hit a deer on highway 21 just outside Omro. I was doing probably 55 and a buck came out of nowhere and I didn't even have a chance to react. Fortunately my girlfriend and I are unharmed aside from minor concussions, we are very lucky it didn't come up over the hood.
I'm pretty devastated, but its just a car. The deer didn't do so well. I have a feeling the insurance company wont be too willing to fix it, if that happens I will either buy it back and fix it or find another car to put everything into. Any advice for dealing with insurance?
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What a shame, seems like it's always the clean cars that get hit bad too! How are the frame rails?
I'm not sure unfortunately, I didn't really get to look at the car that night and haven't been able to see it since. If they're straight I will be repairing car, if not I'll probably part it out and start the search for a new one
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Re insurance, unless you had an agreed value policy they will try for book value... the lowest book value they can find.
I would put together any receipts you have, print the build thread, and especially get printouts of other examples of what e30s are selling for around here and in this region. See what they are offering and make your case for more.
Sorry about the car but glad you're both ok, deer flipping up and through the windshield is not uncommon in a front end hit.
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Look on R3v for the thread where the guy in Chicago bought a pristine 91 318is with roughly 32k miles for around $23k. He may be nuts but it could help you.
Thanks for the information. I sent them every relevant receipt I could find, hopefully it helps. I'm definitely going to forward that thread if I can find it, that could help me a lot...
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his user name is rlich8
Here are the threads about the purchase. I'd cherry pick to suit your needs. Beyond this case, the assorted cars for sale listings could be helpful.
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his user name is rlich8
Here are the threads about the purchase. I'd cherry pick to suit your needs. Beyond this case, the assorted cars for sale listings could be helpful.
Thanks! I'll keep this updated as things progress, I have sent them a few comparable cars that represent the value I think the car has. Its weird trying to put a finite price on something I never had any intentions of selling
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Just heard back from insurance, they are going to total the car. On the bright side, they are giving me a decent amount of money after I buy it back so it will be fixed! My plan is to have a shop replace the core support and any related structural damage, and then I will take it home, find a garage, and do everything else myself with the hopes of having it back on the road in the spring
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Picked up the car from the tow lot it was sitting in today
Finally got a good look at the damage, it really doesn't look horrible, definitely fixable. It'll just take a bit of work,,,
Top of the core support is pushed back about 3 inches, the valence is touching the drivers front wheel as well. I'm hoping to get all of the junk panels pulled off in the next few days to see what kind of structural work will be needed.
I'm hoping to use this as an opportunity to really get some good work done. I'm planning on painting the entire car, removing the AC because the condenser is trashed and it never worked anyway, doing a fan delete and installing an electric fan (my aux fan is destroyed), and a whole host of other things. The goal is to have a better car than before the accident, I'm definitely not letting this one end up in a junkyard.
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Took off work yesterday and used my morning to dig into the E30 a bit:
^ Here are some close-ups of the majority of the damage. I didn't have a big enough torx bit to get the bumper off so I can't get a good look at the frame rail yet but it looks straight with only a bit of deformation at the very end. I got the fender/bumper/hood off and was able to bend the valence away from the wheel far enough to allow it to turn freely. I also pulled out the fan shroud and was able to bend the AC condenser and radiator back into 'place' so that I could safely run the engine. I drove it around the block and the engine runs great, suspension is straight and it stops straight as well, so that is a good sign.
The ABS pump looks like it took a decent hit, so I may delete the ABS, although I am not sure about that one yet.
\On an interesting note, I found the main lense from my ellipsoid headlight, its bigger than I expected.
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