I have the worst luck

[_01Alero_]

So I keep the car garaged all winter long, and I figure hey this week is going to be damn nice out and I can get her out for a few days. So I get it out on sunday to just have the joy of driving it for a few days before putting it back away for a month or so. Well monday night while it is parked at my apartment complex it gets vandalized. They caught the 4 mexican guys that broke into my car, but the damage is felt. They ripped of the spoiler, tried prying into my trunk with crowbars, broke my passenger window, ripped out the stereo, sliced the rear leather seat trying to get into the trunk, and broke both my taillights.
So anyway, I called the insurance company and luckily it is all covered under my policy. So I will be getting it all fixed for free! Luckily. Glad they caught the guys. So now I have to go through all the paper work and go to court and such for this. I had the car out for literally one day. Im not taking it to my apartment complex ever again. But anyway, here are some photos of the damage they did.

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[GA_turbo]

wow man thats just F@!% up, did you even have an alarm? at least is getting fix for free and the basters got cought.

[adam337]

have them deported.

[C_EICK]

thats sad! but look at the bright side, you get that new leather smell again!....lol...jk seriously, that sucks

[Guitar_B]

That makes me SICK!

[Mori01]

Holt shit, the nerve of some people..that really sucks man, I hope they get what they deserve!

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

aside from the spoiler, I think you're really luck you don't have to re-do any of the bodywork (molded bumper to fender). Hopefully you can get the paint fixed easily too. IIRC, it was HOK Tangelo.

[Nate's Alero]

omgwow.... death would ensure if it was my car

[FrankTheTank]

that is probably gonna be hard to match the paint on, but i could be wrong.

[Gr1m]

damn sweet would be pissed to see this lol

[Trickyslick]

makes you want to break some knee caps....

[[ion] C2]

that fucking sucks. grrrr...... it's the one thing my car isn't protected from.... i have a 2-way alarm (so hopefully i can get out there in time to say hi while they're fucking with my shit) and i have real time tracking (so i can find my car real easy if it's ever stolen) but there's nothing you can really do to stop people who just bust shit up.. and i don't have full coverage insurance.

what the fuck is the problem with people, these fuckers need a hundred cuts and a salt bath

[AGT]

Need to rip up any leather you want fully replaced...know what I mean. If you find some cracked leather than you need to take a knife to it.

[doubleN0alero]

Alarms don't work...same thing happened to my car and I had a good and loud alarm.

[[ion] C2]

2-way alarms work. noise doesn't attract any attention from anyone else, but an alert sent directly to you will.

and you can do like Gr1m does and hook the alarm output to a train horn

[kwhauck]

C2;430898'] i don't have full coverage insurance.

are you retarded or something?

[[ion] C2]

you know how much that would cost?

actually i don't even know. i should ask what my dad's plan is. i know right now all i pay is like $53/mo for PLPD. but i'm pretty sure full coverage would be really expensive.

[bonez1203]

have firearm will travel:ninja: :jk: anyway sorry to hear about your ride

[clutch1]

C2;430903']

and you can do like Gr1m does and hook the alarm output to a train horn

that's what my plan is, I dunno many thieves/vandals that wanna stick around when it sounds like there's a train right there blasting in their face.

[misslindseysue]

My full coverage is less than $100/mo. The Alero was expensive to insure, though, because crap like that happens a lot and kids like you drive them and crash them all the time.

Sorry to see it though, hope it doesn't end up totalled - that's a lot of damage.

[doubleN0alero]

C2;430903']2-way alarms work. noise doesn't attract any attention from anyone else, but an alert sent directly to you will.


Had one, but I was in a bar at the time of my car being broken into...and I couldnt exactly hear/feel it vibrating. Train horn would be effective.

As for full coverage...you need your head beat in. I pay $89 a month for 8 months a year for full coverage as well as 30K in renters insurance.

[cherrington17]

i have full coverage... 100 a month. quite being a baby. car anything is expensive to replace.

[YALEROYNOT]

that sucks, what a pain in the ass

time to call kat skins and get some custom seats made.

www.katzkin2.com (http://www.katzkin2.com/SeatSelector/SCSTOOL_08.html)

black seat with tan perforated center tan piping ohhh that would be sexy

[kwhauck]

C2;430910']you know how much that would cost?

actually i don't even know. i should ask what my dad's plan is. i know right now all i pay is like $53/mo for PLPD. but i'm pretty sure full coverage would be really expensive.

For Lindsey and myself, two drivers under 25 we pay $170 a month for full coverage with a $500 deductible on all three vehicles, bravada, corolla, and the alero....

[[ion] C2]

damn

i have no problem paying that much but i've heard people paying like $200-300/mo just for insurance when it's full coverage.

[YALEROYNOT]

full coverage on 06 impala, 02 caravan, for me and the wife I pay $155 a month for 10 months

[TheEdgeofSanity]

wow....i pay $50 for plpd. my parentsd said that full insurance wasn't worth it on my old car.

[99alerogirl]

i wanted to kill the people who busted my window out and stole my crap, especially when i realized my elton john cd was in my cd player. you shoulda seen the cops face when i realized that. i think he thought i was crazy. elton john is the man.

[doubleN0alero]

Oh, that was $356 for 6 months withi $50 comp/$100 collision. I also have no points, no recordable accidents and no tickets within the past 3 or even 5 years for that matter. I do also have my CDL, which brought my rates down even more.

[cherrington17]

C2;430932']damn

i have no problem paying that much but i've heard people paying like $200-300/mo just for insurance when it's full coverage.

and here i was, thinking you were KING RESEARCHER. :glare: its all show, isn't it?


and someone send this to sweet.... he needs to know.

[[ion] C2]

well no i never even looked into it... didn't really care at the time. there was a thread on my local forum where people listed what they paid for full coverage insurance and it was a shitload

[rowdygls]

For Lindsey and myself, two drivers under 25 we pay $170 a month for full coverage with a $500 deductible on all three vehicles, bravada, corolla, and the alero....

I think I pay about the same a month for 3 vehicles (06 civic, 05 mazda 3, and the alero) I'm over 25, my wife is under 25, but we also have a kid. Overall I can not complain.

[sound_xtreme]

Yes the paint is HOK Tangelo. But i believe the base was a dupont white, so be careful and make sure they match that. Might want to confirm with Brent on it if you can.

[AftermathAlero]

Sorry to see this happen. Thats why w/ a nice car, you need a garage no matter what.

[lonnie]

Was there an alarm on the car? How did they catch them? How long after they broke in? Damn! Thats why I watch my car like a hawk and am careful where I park...I got a lot of expensive crap in there! Good luck!

[Gr1m]

that's what my plan is, I dunno many thieves/vandals that wanna stick around when it sounds like there's a train right there blasting in their face.
they will shit their pants and will have to continue robbing my car while its running down their leg :rolleyes2:

[Vinalero]

damn sweet would be pissed to see this lol


My thought Exactly!

There should have an alarm that makes the whole car electrified. Once you touch the car, you receive a large electric shock.

The alarm wired to train horn should work also. I want to see the look on a thief's face when the alarm rings lol

[cherrington17]

There should have an alarm that makes the whole car electrified. Once you touch the car, you receive a large electric shock.

body is used as a ground.... wanna blow some fuses? try putting couple thousand volts through that. :lol:

[_01Alero_]

Alright, well the car doesn't have an alarm on it except for the stock alarm, which is worthless. There aren't any parking spaces right in front of my apartment cause I work nights, so I had to park down the way a little and the car couldn't be seen from right inside my apartment.
More news: I had it towed to church brothers and they just flat out told me that they wont do the work cause it is custom. They refused to do it. So now I am looking for shops around town that will actually do the work. So going through some more bullshit. Glad that cause some people vandalize my car I am stuck trying to figure out who will fix it cause it is custom. BWAH!.....

And thanks sound_xtreme, I still have brents number so I will be calling him sometime soon. Im pretty sure it was based in dupont white as well cause on the side skirt the paint is white where it was previously scratched before I got it...

Well I will keep everyone informed....

[cherrington17]

they won't work on it, cuz its custom? wasn't everything that was damaged, stock? (seat/lights?) the radio is easy enough to replace.. just plug and play.

window isn't custom.


they are idiots.

[jeenysrider07]

damn that suck. btw i pay 249 amonth for full coverage but im 20 have tickets

[[ion] C2]

my dad suggests simply having money in the bank in order to pay for vandalism damages, as insurance costs usually outweigh the benefits...

even at $100/mo, that's $1200 each year, and then $500 if anything happens. so something gets broken and costs $300 to fix, after a year of being on this insurance policy, i'd pay $1700 for a $300 repair

[_01Alero_]

The reason is because of the paint job. The trunk would have to be replaced as well as fixing damage on the rear quarter panels because they used crowbars and tried to pry open the trunk. So basically in my mind it is because of the paint. The estimator kept pointing out stock vehicles sitting around the lot and saying we work on cars like these....
So idk...i've talked to a custom body shop here in town and he is willing to work with me. So I will be going through the options of what to do and where to take it. The insurance company told me that they would write up an estimate for the damage and then cut me a check and I will take it to whomever I want. Church brothers is going to tow it wherever I need to take it free of charge as long as it isn't out of state or anything lol. So.....just waiting to hear back from the custom shop.... If anyone knows of any other reliable custom shops in indianapolis area that will do insurance work, then please tell me. Eventhough I may have found the shop to do it, just want options... I wont get the estimate from state farm till friday....

[billytheman1188]

Damn dude.....sorry to hear about that. why dont you break all the white pieces in the interior so you can get them replaced too..... cause they are HIDEOUS. lol

Good luck finding a shop.....

[_01Alero_]

LoL...yea i do plan on changing the white pieces out with stock but I'm sure they wont let me break them to have them covered lol....

[billytheman1188]

LoL...yea i do plan on changing the white pieces out with stock but I'm sure they wont let me break them to have them covered lol....

hahaha, yeaaa i figured;)

idk why shops wouldnt do it.....just find out what paint sweet used and your good.

and how dumb are people.....trying to pry a trunk open where they did...... dont they know theres a fucking lock holding it down????? lmfao, unless they are arnold schwarzenegger when he was pumping iron all the time, they wont get it open:emotlol:maybe the button to pop the trunk would work????? dumb ass people

[_01Alero_]

Well the dumbest thing to me is that, once they were in the car, they didnt just hit the pop trunk button. I mean hasn't a pop trunk button been standard on cars for awhile now. No, they decided to cut the rear seat and pry on the outside of the trunk and break both taillights. Stupid!!!
Well, im off to work, will keep updating as i find things out.

[billytheman1188]

Well the dumbest thing to me is that, once they were in the car, they didnt just hit the pop trunk button. I mean hasn't a pop trunk button been standard on cars for awhile now. No, they decided to cut the rear seat and pry on the outside of the trunk and break both taillights. Stupid!!!
Well, im off to work, will keep updating as i find things out.

They are probably too poor to buy a 96 or newer car:lol:

[Gr1m]

most places dont want to be responsible if anything goes wrong, if they hear air ride or shaved handles most places will turn you away no matter what your going there for, oil change, wheel alignment anything. i suggest networking with car enthusiasts and finding places that will do the work on your car

[Vinalero]

Well, maybe you are lucky they didnt get to the trunk with the air ride set up?

[billytheman1188]

Well, maybe you are lucky they didnt get to the trunk with the air ride set up?

nah, hes pissed off that they didnt cut the lines. Obviously hes happy they didnt get to the trunk:glare:

[cherrington17]

i forgot about the trunk part... yeah.. that makes sense then...


:gun: bat rastards!


call brent up, tell him you want a full refund, cuz the car is damaged goods. :lol:

[billytheman1188]

i forgot about the trunk part... yeah.. that makes sense then...


:gun: bat rastards!


call brent up, tell him you want a full refund, cuz the car is damaged goods. :lol:
:emotlol::popcorn:

[Midgear]

holy shit! they really wanted in that trunk :blink:

[kwhauck]

C2;430981']my dad suggests simply having money in the bank in order to pay for vandalism damages, as insurance costs usually outweigh the benefits...

even at $100/mo, that's $1200 each year, and then $500 if anything happens. so something gets broken and costs $300 to fix, after a year of being on this insurance policy, i'd pay $1700 for a $300 repair

You'll say that until something happens, Lindsey hit a tree on ice in the bravada doing about 3mph, yes 3 not 30, $2200 in damage.....

[[ion] C2]

i only wanted it for protection for vandalism, not crashes. any crash i get in would be the other's fault and i'd sue for the fix if the mini-tort $500 was too little.

if i crashed into a tree like that, insurance company would try to total it if the damage was $2200, car's not worth that much (according to an outside inspector, they see a 9 year old Oldsmobile with 192,000 miles)

[_01Alero_]

Yea im happy they didn't get into the trunk... I dont even think they knew it had air ride considering none of the interior lines/switch box was stolen or cut... So I think they just thought there was stereo equipment in there. But yea...luckily they didnt...

[Valley olds]

Dang that really sucks. I hope justice gets served. A thief is one of the worst POS there can be. At least you know who they are, so justice will be served (even if its by you lol).

[kwhauck]

C2;431063']i only wanted it for protection for vandalism, not crashes. any crash i get in would be the other's fault and i'd sue for the fix if the mini-tort $500 was too little.

if i crashed into a tree like that, insurance company would try to total it if the damage was $2200, car's not worth that much (according to an outside inspector, they see a 9 year old Oldsmobile with 192,000 miles)

By law if somebody slams on their brakes and you rear end them you are at fault for following to closesly, doesn't matter what they do, trust me I found out the hard way....

[[ion] C2]

Duh that's what I mean. I don't plan on ever causing an accident, if something happens it's going to be the other's fault, so I'd be covered there. lol

The bitch that flew out across all lanes of traffic failed to yield. So even since I couldn't stop in time, it was her fault and she got the ticket and I got the money. And my insurance rates went down, LOL.

[Nate's Alero]

My full coverage is less than $100/mo. The Alero was expensive to insure, though, because crap like that happens a lot and kids like you drive them and crash them all the time.

Sorry to see it though, hope it doesn't end up totalled - that's a lot of damage.

that is a stereotype of kids... im not an idiot and i have also never crashed

[bdyman]

i wont getinto a battle about insurance coverage with a kid that thinks he knows it all, kyle is right your wrong end of story

dude now is your chance to bring it to me and let me fix it, you have state farm we are service first for state farm, state farm will tow it up to us iam fixing a bmw m3 from your neck of the woods no problem well it shouldnt be, let state farm pay for the damage, i dont think state farm will pay for house of kolor repaint, why well becasue you cant panle paint a candy kolor

or blend a candy color, the whole car has to be repainted again, and from what i heard it needs a repaint badly, and this amount of money for the repaint, labor that right there could total the car, state farms totals out at 70% remember that number

i dunno dude i would do it for ya its no problem at all

[billytheman1188]

i wont getinto a battle about insurance coverage with a kid that thinks he knows it all, kyle is right your wrong end of story

dude now is your chance to bring it to me and let me fix it, you have state farm we are service first for state farm, state farm will tow it up to us iam fixing a bmw m3 from your neck of the woods no problem well it shouldnt be, let state farm pay for the damage, i dont think state farm will pay for house of kolor repaint, why well becasue you cant panle paint a candy kolor

or blend a candy color, the whole car has to be repainted again, and from what i heard it needs a repaint badly, and this amount of money for the repaint, labor that right there could total the car, state farms totals out at 70% remember that number

i dunno dude i would do it for ya its no problem at all

You have seen his work.........heard about his amazing abilities.........NOW coming to a theatre near you..............BODYMAN!:lol:

I think you just found your body shop.............:coolio:

[bdyman]

i talked to him before, this is his chance to let state farm flip the bill

[kwhauck]

and from what i heard it needs a repaint badly

I heard it brought a whole new meaning to orange peel......

[[ion] C2]

i wont getinto a battle about insurance coverage with a kid that thinks he knows it all, kyle is right your wrong end of story

Wait are you talking to me? :wtf2:

Kyle is "right" because he thinks I should have full coverage on my car and I think I'd be paying a lot into something I'd never use? I'm listening to the advice from my dad who's owned a lot of cars, modified cars, and has dealt with a lot of claims and situations. He suggested simply putting money in the bank to have just in case something ever does happen and requires repair. If it doesn't, you're banking money and it's growing, where in an insurance company, it's tossed in their pockets...

With insurance, you pay a fee each month, adding up to $1200+ each year. $500 deductible. So say you have insurance for two years and someone vandalizes your car causing $700 of damage. You pay $500 to insurance to cover that damage. You paid $2400 so far into that insurance company that could've been banked. If the car gets totalled, they give you a small amount of money, nowhere near what you've put in or paid to the insurance company. That $2400 could have been in your bank account, minus the $700 for repairs.

I mean really, can you explain why my concept is so wrong? I don't see where I claimed to know everything. I don't know what's all involved, so, enlighten me on the hidden things I seem to be missing in this. I don't know where I messed up.

[Midgear]

I gotta agree with Ion about forking over cash that you really could be banking.. course im not well edjumacated in the ways of the insurance though.

[_01Alero_]

Hey bodyman,
send me a pm with your phone# and I will give you a call. I've got one other custom shop in town that is wanting the work, but I will give you first props if you give me your contact info and we can work things out. I will tell you more of the situation when I talk to you as far as what state farm has told me so far....

[kwhauck]

C2;431169']Wait are you talking to me? :wtf2:

Kyle is "right" because he thinks I should have full coverage on my car and I think I'd be paying a lot into something I'd never use? I'm listening to the advice from my dad who's owned a lot of cars, modified cars, and has dealt with a lot of claims and situations. He suggested simply putting money in the bank to have just in case something ever does happen and requires repair. If it doesn't, you're banking money and it's growing, where in an insurance company, it's tossed in their pockets...

With insurance, you pay a fee each month, adding up to $1200+ each year. $500 deductible. So say you have insurance for two years and someone vandalizes your car causing $700 of damage. You pay $500 to insurance to cover that damage. You paid $2400 so far into that insurance company that could've been banked. If the car gets totalled, they give you a small amount of money, nowhere near what you've put in or paid to the insurance company. That $2400 could have been in your bank account, minus the $700 for repairs.

I mean really, can you explain why my concept is so wrong? I don't see where I claimed to know everything. I don't know what's all involved, so, enlighten me on the hidden things I seem to be missing in this. I don't know where I messed up.

It's a calculated risk that many of us are smart enough to avoid. You can use the same stupid arguement for medical insurance.

"Medical insurance is $400 a month. I might go to the hospital like once and spend $200 for a checkup and prescription. Instead I wasted it on medical insurance. I could have $4800 in my bank account!"

Truth be told, one thing wrong and you could have $500,000 in medical bills and kiss your financial stability goodbye for the rest of your life.

Different scale, same concept.....

[[ion] C2]

You'll never have a $500,000 repair on a car. Scale changes everything.

I just think what I'd get out of insurance would be far less than what I'd put in to insurance. Sure if someone caused $5,000 of repairable damage to my car, $1200 of insurance payments each year would seem like a good investment, but no insurance company would spend 5 grand to repair this car; I believe they would total it and send me off with a meager check.

Think of it this way. Two years after I start the full coverage policy ($2400), a tree falls on my car and crushes it. Insurance totals it. They give me a check for $1500. I now have $900 less than I did without insurance. Of course, if I just started the policy and only paid for 2 months ($200) and $1000 of damage comes along, and I pay a $500 deductible, I only paid $700 for a $1000 repair. But soon the money put in outweighs the benefits. That is my opinion...

[_01Alero_]

Alright Update time

So I talked to another claims rep that they moved the case to today and found out a few things. They had the estimator come out and they did the estimates on the damage via the NADA, like always, and decided that they were going to total the car out. Well, then they decided to move the case to another claims guy, and he is going to have an independent estimator come out and do all the estimates for the aftermarket things on the vehicle and have it appraised for those things. He said it would take another week or so just to get this done. He said it is really rare that they have to do this, but since there is a lot of aftermarket parts, they want to give me a good appraisal.

I will be retaining the vehicle and keeping it to fix it up again, and they know that. But for now, it looks like Im waiting another week to see how much they are going to give me for the total loss in their book.

Please dont start asking for parts cause like I said, I will bee keeping it and fixing it back up. Bdyman will be doing the work for me as soon as I get all this mess worked out and have the little bit more money that I need saved up to get it done.

So there's the update. again will keep everyone informed... :huh::huh:

[99alerogirl]

glad to hear you're going to keep it... you know i freakin love that car haha. i need to see it in person! i'm coming to indy this weekend? hahaha.

[_01Alero_]

haha.... its at a body shop sittin. Won't do much good to see it at this point, its in pain lol....

[99alerogirl]

haha well when it gets better i expect to see it in all its orange goodness.

[_01Alero_]

Umm....a color change i believe is in the works actually....so the orange ness of said alero may be gone.... But still not decided on exact paint that I want yet.
Bdyman is willing to work with me, and re-painting the entire car is the best option at this point. And well, the orange is probably too expensive for me to redo it, so yea.... all up in the air... trying to keep focused on immediate issues before deciding the fix issues...

[99alerogirl]

ah yes, understood. well good luck with all of it!!

[cherrington17]

Got any early ideas for color???

[_01Alero_]

I talked to chris on the phone a few days back, and I considered going with a black black base coat with a red or blue pearl overlay. But like I said, I really haven't decided yet.

[99alerogirl]

ooooh that would be sweet!

[billytheman1188]

I talked to chris on the phone a few days back, and I considered going with a black black base coat with a red or blue pearl overlay. But like I said, I really haven't decided yet.


niiiiiiiiiiice:coolio: FINALLY that car gets a color change. No offense but i HATED that orange:ninja: Unless your a construction worker and your always parked on the side of the road while your doing work i dont see any point in painting a car that color, LOL;)

[FrankTheTank]

niiiiiiiiiiice:coolio: FINALLY that car gets a color change. No offense but i HATED that orange:ninja: Unless your a construction worker and your always parked on the side of the road while your doing work i dont see any point in painting a car that color, LOL;)
i dont think your opinion on colors is thought very highly of...

[billytheman1188]

i dont think your opinion on colors is thought very highly of...

"Smurf blue" > "work cone orange" :emotlol:

[_01Alero_]

I wont say anything negative about the color choice before because the orange does make the car stand out more and make it even more one of a kind. But it just needed to be done the right way. And brent knows his paint didn't turn out the best, and I was planning on getting it fixed... But the color imo wasn't a bad choice, just maybe not done to the right measures/detail that would have been liked....

But again, money is an issue, and repainting it orange is just too pricey... So going with something a little less expensive, but not cutting on quality work. Which I know chris can do...so no worries...

[bdyman]

give me a call when u have a moment so we can discuss more, not that big of a change really black with pearl over it, to keep cost down

[_01Alero_]

alright I'll give ya a call sometime today chris...

[_01Alero_]

My luck keeps getting better.... So now the engine is leaking quite a bit of antifreeze. AND the air ride is leaking and the compressor isn't running at all. Man this is just not my month for this car. I dont know what I'm going to do now. That is even more money now that has to go to fix this thing. Everything just seems to be piling up at once. Well, I dont know what Im going to do with this car now. After I find out how much the settlement is for I may just part this car out. But idk yet. Im just almost at my wits end with this car. BUH!....

[Ghadsphi]

My luck keeps getting better.... So now the engine is leaking quite a bit of antifreeze. AND the air ride just completely gave way. The compressor isn't running at all and all my bags deflated on their own. Man this is just not my month for this car. I dont know what I'm going to do now. That is even more money now that has to go to fix this thing. Everything just seems to be piling up at once. Well, I dont know what Im going to do with this car now. After I find out how much the settlement is for I may just part this car out. But idk yet. Im just almost at my wits end with this car. BUH!....
Mezza tard, Your trunk is MT they not replace that. Uz haz da stuzzz dem notzz getz ofz derz arze and recordz daz. Daz shiz waz derz. Uz proovz....

[Ghadsphi]

Dooze I hope it workz out for you. That's is totaly fuckez up! Parting out car makez you the H8xor

[_01Alero_]

Alright update time...
So I had almost given up on the car, but I have looked into a lot of my options, and I am going to keep it and fix it. I just found out that the car isn't going to be totalled out, and the insurance is going to "cover" the damage. They have given me a check, but it isn't near what it is going to cost to get it fixed. So I am going to just use the money to pay the car off, and then start fixing it on my own time. At least this way the cars title will be clean still, but it will just take a little more time. I will probably be getting the smaller things fixed and just saving up to get the body work done. No way I can get the body work done soon, but hopefully by next year or something. So those are the plans.

Chris I appreciate all your help, and I will keep in contact with you on some parts and things, and maybe the body work down the line. But for now, all I can do is thank you for your help thus far and will keep in touch!

As far as ASS this year, I plan on still coming, but dont know if I will drive the car up. If I do it will still be under construction and probably look like shit lol, but i may just drive it up anyhow.

So that is the update...if anyone cared... lol....

[Midgear]

^ awesome.. keep it and fix it.

[NickAlero2000]

Yes...that IS a beautiful car...glad to hear you want to fix it!!!

[Gr1m]

check the grounds on the compressor and the connections going to the pressure switch relay, you might just have a bad connect and your compressor might still be good, and as for the leaking engine if you have the 3.4 you most likely have the notorious LIMG leak

[_01Alero_]

^^ Yea i figured that about the engine... But my cousin and I can do that ourselves. He has changed the LIMG on his malibu twice.

Yea there looked to be a bad connection on the compressor anyhow, I just probably over reacted cause of all this bad luck happening at once. So thanks and I will look at that first.

[Cliff8928]

I just found out that the car isn't going to be totalled out, and the insurance is going to "cover" the damage. They have given me a check, but it isn't near what it is going to cost to get it fixed. So I am going to just use the money to pay the car off, and then start fixing it on my own time.

The check the insurance gives you is NEVER enough. That's why it goes to the shop and the shop contacts the insurance and gets more $$$.

You'd be better off getting it done now.

[_01Alero_]

The check the insurance gives you is NEVER enough. That's why it goes to the shop and the shop contacts the insurance and gets more $$$.

You'd be better off getting it done now.


The only problem with that is that no shop around here wants to touch it cause it has soo much custom work done to it. And the one shop around town here that will wants to blend the paint, and that just wont work. And he would have to work off of the claim sheet, so idk. Im just going to use this money to pay off the loan that I have and then work on it in my own time. More money every month in my pocket means more budget room to put into the car. But believe me I have thought of that, but the shops wont cover to paint the entire car over with accordance to the estimate by my insurance company. :ninja:

[bdyman]

correct, state farm pays for what is on the car, and like i told you house of kolor cant be blended, i learned the hard way` dude iam here and ready when you are
sorry about the price but becasue of the bad body work and paint job, he kinda bent you over with no lube, lol sorry but its a fact
iam ready, so lets do it!!!
hey come spring time if my car isnt gone ya gotta come up to nw indiana like i was tellin ya friday and saturday nights are nuts out in her area

[_01Alero_]

Yea i hear ya about the paint. it is understood on my end like i told ya. But im not exactly big money rollin or anything lol. Its going to take me some time before I could save up that amount ya know. But I do hear ya on the work that has to be done, and all that. Im just going to do all the work I can to restore it back before the paint that is needed and then probably be hitting ya up....

We will definetly have to meet up sometime and hit up some local shows up there. If only I didn't work nights lol... That puts a stop to most any show going cause most of it is on friday nights. But saturday nights, I would be down.

[99-alero]

[QUOTE='[ion] C2;431096']Duh that's what I mean. I don't plan on ever causing an accident, if something happens it's going to be the other's fault, so I'd be covered there. lol

no one ever plans on causing an accident but it happens to the best of us so dont assum you'll never cause an accident

[_01Alero_]

Update...

I am going to be paying off the car this week, and all that will be taken care of.

My cousin and I fixed the air ride this weekend. Come to find out, the whole reason that the compressor wasn't working was because brent ran the power for the air ride directly from the head unit. So instead of running it from a fuse, and keeping it protected, it was unprotected through the head unit. SO luckily we found that out, and ran it to a fuse, so now if there were to be a surge or something, the car wont catch on fire cause of the electricity still running through the line. So air ride is back to working. I got all the gaskets and fluids to do the LIMG, which will hopefully be done next weekend. Thinking about painting the upper manifold black with red lettering. (to keep in line with future paint schemes and such. So overall a decent weekend, got quite a bit done.

But yea, will keep updating on progress....

[bdyman]

did i see that right?? power to the head unit??? wow!

[_01Alero_]

yea you did see that right... power from the headunit.... My cousin and I couldn't believe it either. We were looking for where the wire went to, and to our disbelief, right to the headunit... Which is why when it got broken into and the hu torn out, no more power to compressor. But yea....buh.....

[FrankTheTank]

was the radio power wire actually powering the comp, or just firing a relay that powered the comp?

[_01Alero_]

it was actually powering the comp. There is a relay in line after the headunit. So yea, it was powering the comp. Hence, when the radio got torn out, no more power.

[sound_xtreme]

if i remember right it was just powering the relay so the compressors didnt run while the car was off. the compressors had their own power ran, at least i thought. there is no way the stock fuse for the headunit could handle the load of the compressor(or the wire for that matter).

[_01Alero_]

if i remember right it was just powering the relay so the compressors didnt run while the car was off. the compressors had their own power ran, at least i thought. there is no way the stock fuse for the headunit could handle the load of the compressor(or the wire for that matter).

Well, there was only one wire running from the compressor, and it lead to the relay and from the relay to the headunit. So i'm almost 90% sure the hu was powering it, which is why it stopped working when the hu was taken out. We ran it to a fuse, and it works perfect again. But never the less, it works again, so that's all that matters to me at this point.

[Gr1m]

i agree with joel, there's no way you would be able to have the head unit actually powering two compressors on a skinny line like that, its definitely just the 12v ignition line for the compressor's relay.

[FrankTheTank]

Well, there was only one wire running from the compressor, and it lead to the relay and from the relay to the headunit. So i'm almost 90% sure the hu was powering it, which is why it stopped working when the hu was taken out. We ran it to a fuse, and it works perfect again. But never the less, it works again, so that's all that matters to me at this point.
i'm pretty sure you are confused about how a relay works...

[_01Alero_]

Well I am no expert on air ride and never claim to be, and it is all working now, so thats all i care about. I may have been confused about how the relay works, and maybe I just missed the other wire that was ran, but either way, it works now. sorry if I don't know everything, just when you find a power wire running from a headunit to the compressor, you kinda think wtf? for someone that doesn't know everything about air ride/relays. So im learning, and again I will repeat, it works now, so that was my concern from the beginning.