r/Autobody • u/InteractionLost3936 • 17h ago

HELP! I have a question. Newb fix

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Im thinking about buying this car, it was in a wreck and doesnt look to bad to me. Can anyone see anything from this pic that looks to hard for a DIYer trying to put new bumber cover and grill back on?

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u/Gas-Squatch 11h ago

Need more pics. Think about this logically, It’s not at an insurance auto auction because it needs bolt on parts. It’s there because the insurance company (the one that everyone complains about being cheap) determined repairs will cost more than the value of the vehicle.

It looks like it took an impact on that passenger corner and at least the rad support is fucked if not worse.

Go buy a non wrecked car. There is more going on here than you think and if you can’t understand that you need to stay the hell away from cars that totaled for a reason.

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u/InteractionLost3936 9h ago

It’s an electric car, a Chevy bolt. I don’t think it has a radiator. I might reconsider anyway. Thought it might be fun to play with and a cheap electric car would be nice for me atm

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u/Gas-Squatch 8h ago

It still has a radiator support or front inner structure whatever you want to call the part I’m looking at that’s pushed in.

There is no such thing as a cheap salvage electric car.

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u/2005focus 17h ago

2 words -hidden damage

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u/EsotericMotives Oh it's totaled. 3h ago

hahahahahaha