totaled lude!!!!! - Honda Prelude Forum

luded97 · 03-13-2002, 08:02 PM

About five months ago I totaled out my lude. I ended up breaking my leg in three places. But the part that hurt more was going to see my car in the junk yard. That moment I decided that my car was to beautiful to throw away. I am now just able to walk, the same goes for my car. I put it in the body shop today to have the rails pulled straight. I have aquired a carbon fiber hood fenders and all the other good stuff to put it back together. Today was almost as happy for me as the day I bought it. But the reason for this post is to ask if anyone has any front end parts. If so it would be greatly appreciated to let me know. I will buy them. But thanx, and hope to see u on the road soon.
luded

KulSecHskY · 03-13-2002, 08:12 PM

u totalled it and 7 ur going to rebuild? y not just get another new prelude. prolly cheap, better, higher resale value.

HighSpeedLuder · 03-13-2002, 10:59 PM

Not to smart, you won't get jack for it if you try to sell the lude sometime down the road.

YVR_98Prelude · 03-14-2002, 12:09 AM

Aside from being structurally weaker (wouldn't want to be in that thing even if it had 50 airbags) your car will never track straight. Once a unit body is bent, you're not dealing with a full deck of cards. It's your money and car tho....

LunaticLude · 03-14-2002, 07:09 AM

AS a former wreck re-builder-I think he's made a wise choice -because now he will have a paid for LUDE that can be made to track straight and be SAFE.

Just because a car is totaled doesn't mean that it took a killer hit.( I know he's having it pulled so his took a semi-hard hit) I had a 95 Talon Turbo that I rearended a guy in. They totaled it because his trailer hitch went through the IC and radiator.Then the bumper,headlights were toast but the clincher was-as USUAL the AIRBAGS! $1000++ each

I was only going about 25 mph !

Good luck with your rebuild,oh BTW how much did you buy the car back for?

My friend just bought back his totalled 2001 ITR for $2300.00!-motor alone was worth more!

jasondrexel · 03-14-2002, 07:43 AM

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Originally posted by LunaticLude
AS a former wreck re-builder-I think he's made a wise choice -because now he will have a paid for LUDE that can be made to track straight and be SAFE.

Just because a car is totaled doesn't mean that it took a killer hit.( I know he's having it pulled so his took a semi-hard hit) I had a 95 Talon Turbo that I rearended a guy in. They totaled it because his trailer hitch went through the IC and radiator.Then the bumper,headlights were toast but the clincher was-as USUAL the AIRBAGS! $1000++ each I was only going about 25 mph !

Good luck with your rebuild,oh BTW how much did you buy the car back for?

My friend just bought back his totalled 2001 ITR for $2300.00!-motor alone was worth more!

Agree

Two-Five Boy · 03-14-2002, 10:11 AM

Luded97,

U got pics of ur totalled Lude for us to assess ur damages? I would guess it was pretty severe since u suffered a broken leg!

I semi-agree w/LunaticLude's comments about a salvaged vehicle should not be automatically considered as JUNK, however, regardless of the damages(large or small) the resale value of the car is OUT THE WINDOW!!!

u might want to consider this B4 continuing w/the rebuild!