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What's misleading about it? I took 3 Vibes and made one 1 good one....

I think it turned out pretty well....the front airbag had been painted, so the lower part had to be painted to match the plain plastic bits on the car. He came really close on the color there.

Well, if anyone has an airbag pop - just toss the SRS ECU and buy a new one. They retail for around $200 and that's the only way to clear the airbag light. Got my new one today, the light went out and the car's going in for it's salvage inspection Monday.

Well, it's back from the body shop - paint match is nearly flawless. I spent 4 hours yesterday installing components that had either been damaged or were missing and cleaning up the interior. Replaced the driver's airbag and seatbelt as they had both fired.I did the little dance with the OBDII conne...

I'm just doing a repair for resell - nothing fancy.

No new pics, but the red Vibe went to the body shop a few weeks ago. I called Tuesday and they already had the bad stuff cut out and were lining everything up to weld in the replacement panels. With any luck, I should have pics of the finished product within the next 7-10 days.I'm getting kind of ex...

Quick update - the blue car is no more. I got the back half cut into 4 big pieces and it's in the scrap heap now. All that's left are the parts and front clip - which is going to the body shop with the red car.

Quote, originally posted by bodhi_tree777 »I'll nominate David Hawkins for putting up some great photos of his frankenVibe in progress, makes for an interesting read Thanks!If things go right, FrankenVibe will be at the body shop before week's end!

Quote, originally posted by WhiteFiver »You interested in possibly selling me the passenger fender? If so, how much & how much do you think shipping would be?The only decent passenger fender that I have came off of the blue car and it was a little crumpled down where it bolts on near the pinch ...

Quote, originally posted by wyatt89 »If you don't mind saying, how much did each of them run you?The two GTs were ~$2500 each. The blue car was ~$2100.

Quote, originally posted by Kincaid »How far and wide did you have to go to find all three?They pretty much came to me. I'm a member of an auction website for insurance salvage sales. These all came from that site.

I'm on the fence as to what I'm going to do with the red one. I need a parts hauler since all of my other cars are MR2s, so I may keep it...but I could use the money also, so I may put it up for sale when it's done.I save everything I can when I strip one of these. About the only things that go to t...

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe »That is a very intensive project. Keep us posted!The hard work has been done. I don't do body work (I'm great with a sawzall, but I'm not so good with a welder...and the PA DMV is pretty picky about reconstruction), so we're going to load the red car and the...

I've been asked to document the repair process on my 06, so here's the tale.To start with, I buy salvage vehicles to part out and I'm always looking for vehicles with the 2ZZ/6speed as the MR2 Spyder guys like to plop this into their cars to make it how Toyota should have.I bought the red car with t...

Double clutching is a practice that's needed on cars without synchronizer rings or with badly worn synchros. Doing it on a modern car is more work for you and doesn't really gain you anything in the long run.

I've sent an email and tried an IM but can't get a response.David Hawkinsdhawkins@twosrus.com717-638-1108