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Ok, so I purchased this car, get it checked and then I find out the head gasket is blown and the frame is bent among other things.. But these seem to be the main issues. I hear head gaskets are expensive to repair and a cracked frame renders the car unsuitable to certification? Any ideas what the heck I can do? Should I attempt to fix the head gasket and try my best to get the frame good as possible, or try to sell the car to somebody. I spent 1 thousand on this car and I'm hoping I can get at least some of my money back if possible. As a last resort... I can always sell her off for parts and make some cash back. Ideas? Fix or sell? Any help would be GREATLTY appreciated!

where exactly is the frame bent at? if u didnt get it for much you can part it

They said it was bent near the roof or the front.. either one. I got it for a thousand bucks from that #*&@# .. Does parting out a car usually make a decent amount of cash? Never done before..

u can easily make over a grand in time from parting a car out... i made a cupple hundred bux parting mine out in just like a week..i coulda made more but i didnt have the time to take any more stuff off..

Do you put ur stuff in the local shopping paper or what?

all i did was post it on these forums that im parting it out and thats where i made my money... post it on here in ur local paper autotrader anywhere!

If the roof frame is damaged it should be fixable.. its the kmiddle frame you dont want to bent.. even the front frame is fixable but expensive. Any pics? If u part it .. post it here. Alot of us are looking for spare parts.

Ok thanks guys. Ill see what happens.

Take it to a body shop to see if the frame is worth straightening. As for the head gasket, thats a good reason for a ze swap.

Yes, good point. Something I'm going to have to concider. I still have 3 grand left over, so I have two choices. Repair using money or buy another car using the money. But I don't know which option would be worth doing at the moment

Is it a manual?
How much mileage?
If you choose to part it out you can actually make some bank cause you will find people like me that are in need of swap parts you know...

Yes it is a manual, v6, somewhere around 242k miles on it. I will sell the parts if all else fails i.e. nobody calls for the entire car for about a week or so. Hope you're still looking if nobody calls.

If you decide to part it out, I need both headlights and front lip.

I will bid on the front lip!

All I need is some of the swap parts from your MX3 except for the tranny

Juans_93_MX3 wrote:I will bid on the front lip!

No no, this is 'buy it now' auction and the winning bidder is - me.