What should I do, peeps?

[E30Nova]

So about a week ago my rear tire blew out and the car got sideways and went into a ditch. I started to look into wtf was actually damaged today. Front valence is toast, obviously, my oil pan is trashed, bumper is gone, fenders are bowed out slightly, core support is bent back a couple inches at the bottom, and the radiator is hitting the fan.

I also noticed the driver's side spring isn't fully seated on the lower spring mount on the front strut.

The oil cooler was also slightly wet so that needs to be replaced as well. The rest of the car is clean, though, and I friggin love it. I'd hate to junk it if it's saveable but I've found a few clean cars already that I could just pick up and transfer parts over.

I already have a new bumper ready to go in the garage, I figure $100 for a new valence, $100-ish for an oil pan, $100-ish for an oil cooler, and however much it would take to pull the core support back to straightness.

I probably should have taken some pics but what do you guys think I should do? Or rather, what would you guys do if this happened to you?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Part it. Buy a clean shell.

[Jean]

Part it. Buy a clean shell.

+1

Transfer good stuff over, sell the rest.

[E30Nova]

That's what I'm leaning toward. It just sucks because if I had new fenders and a valence, you'd never suspect anything was wrong with it. It's that clean. :(

[einstein57]

Sounds like a couple hundred bucks and a trip to the yard would cure most of the damage. I actually have most of the parts you need minus the fenders. I guess the damage to the core support would be the maine issue.

[Farbin Kaiber]

^ That's the only hard part, it sounds anyway. It's not the most structural part, you could do a core support swap from a clean parts clip. Maybe even use a come along and some 4x4's to a tree, and pull the front back out.

[Tonys18t]

that sucks dude,

your car is clean, i would repair it. ( better the devil you know,lol ) the core support is not a huge job once you take all the parts off it.

[einstein57]

I've got a roller with potential if your interested. Late model with up to date registration.

[E30Nova]

that sucks dude,

your car is clean, i would repair it. ( better the devil you know,lol ) the core support is not a huge job once you take all the parts off it.

Surprised you still remember it, ha!

But yeah, when I first got the car I had a pretty bad accident. I couldn't find any other e30s that were as good as this one (and I probably had some emotional attachment to it) so I spent a ton of money fixing it. Then earlier this year someone t-boned me and a local shop said it would be 2 grand to fix it, minimum. Now the core support n shit is just like fuuuuuuuuuuu...

I've got a roller with potential if your interested. Late model with up to date registration.

pm'd man