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So, as of last week, I finally completed the tail repair. I'm satisfied with the outcome, but of course would have much rather not been in the accident at all.

Yes, pretty much all workshops(body shops) are privately owned, here in the states. The 'adjustment' of the rear finish panel wasn't too difficult, so I've handled that part myself. I will be having a private shop handle the repainting of the rear bumper.

The latest thing I've been playing around with, is the new hood. I had begun installing an MR2 side vent, into an oem steel hood, but wasn't liking it as much as I thought I would. So, I just said screw it- I'll get a carbon fiber hood instead. I found that the oem hood struts are WAY too strong...

Private workshops? Not sure what you mean. But the update is this: The day after I dropped off the car, they told me to come pick it up, because they can't get any of the parts for it. DUH. I told them that. So the insurance company sent me the check instead. I've been spending the past few days...

Yep, getting it fixed. I drop the car off on Monday to a repair shop. They told insurance $3200 to fix it, which insurance paid. But I'm sure that they'll be pocketing a chunk of that, because they were quoting pricing on molding parts, etc. that I KNOW they have no intention(or capability) of...

So like I said above...That WAS the best the car would ever look, lol. Got rear-ended, just sitting at a stoplight. Luckily, there's no buckling in the quarter panels. Mostly just damage to the bumper and nearly-impossible-to-replace JDM cherry lights. Oh well. Waiting on insurance to give me...

Yes, As with all my resurrection posts, I will simply state that I do still have the car, and I do plan on finishing it. Actually, a slight bit of progress has been made. I bought a set of BC cams 3 years ago, and after replacing all of the valve stem seals the other day, I decided to actually...

Looking good!

Nice find, Plaaya69.

When you say the car feels like it trips over itself, does the check engine light come on for 2 seconds, then turn off? If so, you're hitting boost cut.

So, a couple of more recent pictures, I replaced my Mustang reps with some Aodhan wheels that I liked, in a square setup. New tires as well. Also, the body molding trim strips were slightly shrunken and weren't adhering anymore, so I replaced them with a 12mm generic black stripping. I like how...

Wow. Nice work, but the road ahead would terrify me.

If you want to semi permanently disable the system, without cutting or removing anything: Open the hood, and look at the latch on the rad support. The will be a black plastic cover, that hides a switch. This switch tells the anti theft system whether the hood is open or not. If you bridge the...

Damn Grant- I didn't know this happened to you. A HELL of a rebuild on that new shell- amazing. Glad that it all worked out in the end.

This is a build thread section. You want to post this in wanted section.

The next post will show the new Aodhan wheels, EVC1, and hopefully new window tint. My two girls:

Also, replaced the side-side IC with a top-down IC:

Also, replaced front, rear and shoulder(not pictured) speakers, added mirror tweeter pods, added HKS twin spark and 3000 pipe, and in the process of adding an EVC1(not pictured):

Reassembly: JDM tails, Euro mirrors and turn signals.

Off she goes for paint: Progress: