Not my car but it's been posted on a bunch of my other forums and I think the X-S community might get a kick out of this.... the pictures explain it all.
http://my350z.com/forum/lounge-off-topic/3...50z-ruined.html

BTW the shop owner is on Xbox Live also...

damn I think I couldve done a better job and I have 0 experience

Are those wood screws he's used to bolt the kit on?

Wow. Just. Wow.

I read this post during a physics lecture and I actually said "holy fuck" loud enough to catch the attention of everyone around me.

Who then proceeded to laugh their ass off at what was apparently done by a blind mechanic.

did that body kit get put on by a carpenter? thats what it looks like from all those screws ha

Hmm, well on the plus side, it would look really good if it were done right.

He was supposed to use double stick tape and rivets underneath, not sheetrock screws. haha. What an idiot. The guy who owned the shop thought that was passable(quality wise)?

I would like to know how this guy's shop is still open and how he hasn't been murdered yet?

That is bullshit, I would've flipped my fucking lid whenever I saw it finished!

I want to know how you consistently fuck everything up that badly and don't realize that the customer is gonna fucking flip his shit.

No shit, If I was the installer and did that type of work I would probably blow my own brains out for being so worthless and holding guilt of fucking someones car up

saw this on pistonheads about a week ago, absolutly insane.

So has anyone tried to look this Live account up to see if he has an account on XS?

Wow, that is just awful....

Oh... Goodness... That poor Z...

I would be spewing if that happened to me... Bloody scum who do a shithouse job on something and then wont fix it...

I can speak from experience that fiberglass body kits are a pain in the arse to work with, but on that note there is no excuse for work like this. I work in my 2 car garage on projects like this one and would never allow any thing to look this way. Never paint this kind of stuff on a car never your just asking for paint problems. Fit, Trim, Prep, Prime, Seal, Base, Clear. Lots of work but it pays off in the end. Notice how the metallics in the paint do not even look even. Thats what happens when your spraying a gun toward the ground..

UPDATE
http://my350z.com/forum/6617943-post1219.html

The damage was worse than expected

they think the car might be officially totaled now

What a retard. I feal so bad for the owner of that 350z hopefully the lawsuit will go through and he will get a new car.

correct me if im wrong but wouldnt repair costs have to exceed the value of the car for it to be totaled?

unless he means its half the purchase price, in which case resale value might be lower

I forget the percentage, maybe it depends on what insurance you have but 50% of the cost of the vehicle seems a little low. It also depends on the type of damage. Thats to just consider it totaled, which will help him in any court battle.

I think it depends on the state and the insurance company

but in some situations half the value = totaled

I believe this is the case because the insurance company can get X amount of dollars in scrap no matter how bad the damage is...

So If [damages] > [Z value] - [value of sellable scrap] then TOTALLED

most cars you can buy back from the insurance company if they total them, and the buy back price is what they estimate the value of the scrap to be.


I know a co-worker of mine was recently in an accident and needed repairs totaling 60% of the vehicle value and they totaled it.

This Z is worth what? 18-22K so 14K in damages would definitly put it in totaled range.

That new-found damage just takes the cake... I hope for his sake that it works out, and he gets a 370Z at the end of it all

It all depends on insurance companies, their policies and all that... Hopefully he'll be able to sue the shit out of the guy who screwed up his Z... This kinda shit makes me angry.

he apparently contacted his insurance company and despite having full coverage, they don't cover damages like this since they're consider "poor workmanship"

im not surprised, the shop owner should have some sort of business insurance to cover the damage

otherwise its time for him to contact some lawyers

feel bad for whos ever car this is... totally horrible work done too it

Horrible job.

Owner of the body shop is a retard.

just read this on jalop

http://jalopnik.com/5421609/scandalously-r...-finally-reborn

still looks pretty bad, but I am not what you would call a fan of the jdm vip look

I think that car looks awesome now.

Also, his license plate is awesome

Hi lostboyz.
It looks sexy in after photo. Shining star.

before i even read those comments did you all not notice the CAMBER!?!??! you have got to be kidding me!!! WHAT A HUNK OF SHIT... fire that alignment tech!!!!

just look up jdm vip, you will be horrified to find they do that on purpose. Also part of it comes from bagging a car

yeah I'm not into the whole VIP stance thing, but I do think it looks good if that's what you're going for.

they certainly don't drive very well like that. I don't think that Z is on bags either, I think it's just dumped on coil-overs air-bags are more of a VW thing... most dumped Nissan guys are straight coil-over.

checkout HellaFlush: http://fatlace.com/hellaflush/

it's basically the new-school version of lowriders... like I said, not my thing but I do think it looks good.

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BTW the court case is over, he won but only got $5500 out of it.... IIRC his repairs were around $8K and it was another 3-4K to repaint and install the new kit once the repairs were done.

remind me to stab you for showing me that site, I have so much rage right now

shhh but thats what twisted is doing to his 240

im so confused right now...

people actually want the wheels to be like that? im gona start a new trend, INSANE TOE OUT... or CAMEL TOW... set your tie rods to EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you will NEVER see my 240 with alignment like that.

I do have a tough decision to make though, the wheels I bought were mounted with stretched tires from the previous owner... do I put them on as is or keep driving on the OEM wheels until I can afford properly sized tires for them?

Personally I would wait for the tyres. Tyres are not meant to be stretched regardless of what anyone says.

Some of the drift boys run stretches but they are on a track. So if the tyres fail in anyway theres no huge danger.

How much of a stretch is it?

it's not that much of a stretch but the lip of the rim definitely sticks out past the rubber :-/

I mean normally I'd just stack wheels in my garage but I put cardboard between each wheel because they'd be metal/metal contact otherwise.

I saw this... and I thought of you guys

I think this might be why they say japanese people dont have souls

they are soooooo doing it wrong...