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Sad day - looking to see if anybody has leads on parts
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Sad day - looking to see if anybody has leads on parts
Hello all, I read a lot here but don't post a lot. But I'm looking for expert advice.
A couple weeks ago, I was coming home from work, and a guy ran a red light and T-boned my Evo, hit the driver side door and rear quarter panel at about 35-40mph.
It's in the shop now, but parts availability seem to be an issue for repair. Does anybody have any leads to follow for replacement parts? Google is failing me, at least for US-based options.
Looking for:
MN161045 - Left rear quarter panel
5305A171 - Left inner wheelhouse
MR592931 - Left inner panel
MR972909 - Left inner panel brace
There's a long list of other parts of course, but the quarter panel seems to be the tough one. Is a donor car the only option here? Still waiting on insurance, but if there's no part availability, they might opt to total it.
Car-Part only has used stuff, you're at the mercy of the work of the guy removing it from the car. Anyway, the bottom 3 are showing as available on Amayama, though that's subject to change once the do an order check. Shipping might be atrocious, but it sounds like you're in a jam.
Hello all, I read a lot here but don't post a lot. But I'm looking for expert advice.
A couple weeks ago, I was coming home from work, and a guy ran a red light and T-boned my Evo, hit the driver side door and rear quarter panel at about 35-40mph.
It's in the shop now, but parts availability seem to be an issue for repair. Does anybody have any leads to follow for replacement parts? Google is failing me, at least for US-based options.
Looking for:
MN161045 - Left rear quarter panel
5305A171 - Left inner wheelhouse
MR592931 - Left inner panel
MR972909 - Left inner panel brace
There's a long list of other parts of course, but the quarter panel seems to be the tough one. Is a donor car the only option here? Still waiting on insurance, but if there's no part availability, they might opt to total it.
Thank you for any advice or help on this.
If you need those panels it will likely get totaled. Finding those parts will likely meaning getting a good condition donor car.
That's what I'm thinking, but I guess I wanted validation. It makes me so sad, I've owned the car for 16 years, I planned to keep it forever. It badly needed a paintjob, but was otherwise solid.
Reach out to evogrimreaper on IG. He has a evo 9 scraping and the quarter panels and pillars are in place. Maybe you could save your evo if the price is right and you’re willing.
Quick update for anybody else who might end up in the same boat as me, apparently the part number for the quarter panel changed at some point. MR592955 seems to be the new one, which can be sourced and I confirmed with a supplier.
Now the body shop backed out. It seems they used parts availability as an initial excuse, and after I located the parts, they confessed they didn't want to get involved with trying to fix it.
For sure. I'm guessing most body shops are looking for the easy panel replacements and hail repair around here. So hard finding somebody you can trust to do good work.
Quick update for anybody else who might end up in the same boat as me, apparently the part number for the quarter panel changed at some point. MR592955 seems to be the new one, which can be sourced and I confirmed with a supplier.
Now the body shop backed out. It seems they used parts availability as an initial excuse, and after I located the parts, they confessed they didn't want to get involved with trying to fix it.
It's a big undertaking. You're probably going to have to find a shop that specializes in restoration type work.
For sure. I'm guessing most body shops are looking for the easy panel replacements and hail repair around here. So hard finding somebody you can trust to do good work.
reach out to mark liverchuk, he did a blue GT3 with quarter panel repair and his work looks flawless. not sure how to get in touch with him, I only saw his work through TikTok.
Aug 6, 2024, 01:33 PM
