I would never purposely buy ANY car with the knowledge that it had frame damage.
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Don't EVER buy a car that has been in an accident that involves frame damage.
Even if the title is clear, the next owner will pay for the next PPI, and guess what? Bent frame.:wink:
I agree with this.
When you're doing 150mph, will you trust that the work was done right?
I emailed you after searching for your email address when erick mentioned a female owner as well, check your inbox at mobworks.com. But that does not matter anyway as Tong PM'ed me the car is no longer for sale.
As far as the other guys, you are right, frame damage = no no, I probably got caught up in all the mods done to it. Oh well, the search continues. Thanks for all the help, its much appreciated.
Greetings
Aluminum has an interesting property in that if you bend it or hit it with a hammer, or other blow, it hardens. This makes it much stronger, but it also makes it brittle. This is similar to copper in properties -- bend a copper pipe and it is easy the first time. It is a b____ the second time you try to rebend it. Aluminum is the same way.
Do you have any pictures of the previous damage? The only way to test it would be to do a Rockwell hardness or equivalent test on the frame where it was straightened. There should be stress marks on the frame where it was originally bend and again where it was "straightened". I don't know what type of aluminum is used in the frame, but you can check in either a Mark's Handbook of Mechanical Engineering or a Perry's Handbook of Chemical Engineering to get what the Rockwell numbers should be. If it checks out, the front end is probably not in danger of sheering off due to stress cracking.
My family farms out in the midwest and on the high plains. We had an aluminum semi grain hauling trailer that was in an accident. It was fixed and looked perfect -- it broke in two with less than 1/4 of a load on it.
This should enable you to get a good price if you decide it is safe and to buy the car.
Martin
Aluminum has an interesting property in that if you bend it or hit it with a hammer, or other blow, it hardens. This makes it much stronger, but it also makes it brittle. This is similar to copper in properties -- bend a copper pipe and it is easy the first time. It is a b____ the second time you try to rebend it. Aluminum is the same way.
Do you have any pictures of the previous damage? The only way to test it would be to do a Rockwell hardness or equivalent test on the frame where it was straightened. There should be stress marks on the frame where it was originally bend and again where it was "straightened". I don't know what type of aluminum is used in the frame, but you can check in either a Mark's Handbook of Mechanical Engineering or a Perry's Handbook of Chemical Engineering to get what the Rockwell numbers should be. If it checks out, the front end is probably not in danger of sheering off due to stress cracking.
My family farms out in the midwest and on the high plains. We had an aluminum semi grain hauling trailer that was in an accident. It was fixed and looked perfect -- it broke in two with less than 1/4 of a load on it.
This should enable you to get a good price if you decide it is safe and to buy the car.
Martin
Car is sexy though.:wink:
i wouldnt consider a car with even touch up paint on it lol
So you will try to hide this information from the future potential owner?
Sounds like you are a real honest person....
So you will try to hide this information from the future potential owner?
Sounds like you are a real honest person....
nope, When if I were to buy it, I would register as a slavage and not as a clean title. Doing that would be completely wrong to the next buyer.
best opinion for you is to save more money and get a 02-03 one. no story, no issue, :biggrin: and stop talking about that white one. that owner may get mad on you already.
wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole
Personally, I understand how you feel. The car looks great and pretty much everything that you would want to do to an NSX has been done! Howevever, the fact that it has been through a major accident, requiring frame repair would make me pass.I don't know why this car wasn't reported by the insurance company/shop, but it's prett much like buying a salvaged car IMHO. If you're budget is like 46-50k, I would get a clean stock '91/'92 for around 30k, put in another 10k for an '02 conversion, then another final 10k for wheels, suspension, and other misc. parts. You'll then have 15 years to get the rest of the parts and also have the satisfaction of modding it YOURSELF.
