*!Build of the year candidate!* Strange PNW Build: E30+Volvo

[adam.nonis]

Why no silver? White or Silver would be killer

Working on a Pshop of the final color combo (well, having the Pshop done for me)

[Jokester]

Why no silver? White or Silver would be killer

[adam.nonis]

All the more reason for me to paint this thing.

[LowR3V'in]

i saw a amazon today must be the only color they come in.
Sweet Volvo by jet jones, on Flickr

[adam.nonis]

Some pics taken by the photographer doing the video shoot for PNWWagonfest last Sunday. Give him a follow IG: @woyshnis.media . I’m going to load them full size in case anyone wants to use them for other stuff. Last photos of it in this configuration

[adam.nonis]

Not sure how friendly you are with the body shop, but they may take a payment kicker to let you do the work and sign off on it for the insurance company. It's a win-win for both parties. Track you materials and labor as if the shop was doing all the work. It's not much different than my local friend recently getting in an accident with an uninsured motorist. To save the high deductible the body shop let him supply all the parts, and even install them himself (he is a BMW dealer tech), they basically just did the respray and he reassembled.

Yeah, that’s kind of the path I’m headed down. More than likely I’ll do all the bodywork, tear down, prep and cut in and just have them shoot the whole car.

[ForcedFirebird]

Well, as expected the current issue is the adjuster came back with a fairly low repair estimate (as compared to the shop I stopped by the day this all happened). The plus is he wasn’t interested in totaling it at all. The negative is that he booked it low expecting a body shop to submit supplemental invoices. If I repair it, I can’t submit for supplementals, so I’m reevaluating the path forward.

Not sure how friendly you are with the body shop, but they may take a payment kicker to let you do the work and sign off on it for the insurance company. It's a win-win for both parties. Track you materials and labor as if the shop was doing all the work. It's not much different than my local friend recently getting in an accident with an uninsured motorist. To save the high deductible the body shop let him supply all the parts, and even install them himself (he is a BMW dealer tech), they basically just did the respray and he reassembled.

[adam.nonis]

Now that insurance has looked at it, it’s time to start tear down

[adam.nonis]

Well, as expected the current issue is the adjuster came back with a fairly low repair estimate (as compared to the shop I stopped by the day this all happened). The plus is he wasn’t interested in totaling it at all. The negative is that he booked it low expecting a body shop to submit supplemental invoices. If I repair it, I can’t submit for supplementals, so I’m reevaluating the path forward.

[Jokester]

Who makes the best set of coilovers for an E30 that sits low?

Ground control doesn’t go that low but they are “the best” for many.
BC’s get you low, KW’s get you low but are expensive.
TCKline and Fortune autos are also great.

Those are the only 5 I would recommend.

[IRON-E]

I'm rooting for you bro, hopefully the insurance company will take care of a fallen soldier this time.

[Staszek]

Well, the adjuster is here right now, looked at the car, loves it, (he’s a BMW guy) and is out writing the repair estimate. He said he’s not even going to run comparables for valuation. He said, “it’s gotta be worth at least $50k like this. You’ve done so much work I wouldn’t even know where to start” (I just kept my mouth shut). He took extra pictures of the outside and the interior to show his team. I popped the hood and he took a bunch of pics under there too. Fingers crossed.

That's awesome!!

[e30RS]

That is awesome on the valuation. All that hard work paid off.

[adam.nonis]

Well, the adjuster is here right now, looked at the car, loves it, (he’s a BMW guy) and is out writing the repair estimate. He said he’s not even going to run comparables for valuation. He said, “it’s gotta be worth at least $50k like this. You’ve done so much work I wouldn’t even know where to start” (I just kept my mouth shut). He took extra pictures of the outside and the interior to show his team. I popped the hood and he took a bunch of pics under there too. Fingers crossed.

[LateFan]

Nissan "Strange-a"

Oh, and ho hum, just a Ferrari shooting brake dropping by.