DoctorMuffn

Wow!!! 14 pages of it! It appears Chloe at MidwestZ will be missed. Oh well, the repair and restoration continues just the same... Thanks for the fast response, ChrisA.

Do they exist and is there an address or phone number so that I can reference the cost of S30 parts?

To revive an old and very informative topic... What can you enthusiasts tell me about lead filling holes in the sheet metal of the chassis? I've heard this process to be very complicated and only a few know it well enough to sell their work. Where do I start if I want to pursue this practice?

It is exactly that - Car Rape. And that feeling has been taxing on me more so now that it's back than before when it was gone... My car was just raped by some undeserving scum. Oh well, I'm glad to have her back, and I did take a few items from the car to give to the detective. Although I feel as though they take car thievery very lightly in Huntington Beach because it's so common.

Got word it had been found undamaged just this last Thursday. I had been so busy with plans that I just now went to see it at the tow yard. It was worse than I thought, and much worse than undamaged... Other than looking like it had just run a desert rally I found the windshield to be cracked, the fender mounted mirrors were gone, and the guy generally took the car and made it his own. Every moveable piece of property that was mine within the car including registration, insurance, bag of change, and so much more was gone only to be replaced by this guy's nastyness and filth. He threw out my two speakers in the back and hooked up a sub and another speaker in the passenger seat. He left a phone, and a bunch of trash. Somehow (maybe from off-roading it) the bracket for the alternator was bent leaving my accessory belt quite loose, but she started up with my key just fine and purred as nice as she did when I left her in Huntington Beach a week ago. So that's the news and I'm going to have insurance cover the rest of the damage or pay out my car (whichever the adjuster decides on). And I'm elated to have it back salvaged or not; it'll be like a fresh start. In fact I'm already considering doing my own dashboard remake out of painted aluminum and adding a kill switch or series of kill switches to prevent this from happening again. Thanks for all of your concern and fervent support. I'll post pictures of the thief's unhandy handy work.

I posted up pictures in my gallery, but they are awaiting approval. I'll just describe it as best as I can. It was silver, but the original color was that bright yellow which could be seen in the footwells and the exposed metal behind the seats. There were no floor mats or padding of any sort; strictly race here guys and gals and all that stuff got in the way of my heel-toe (In fact, the brake booster was disconnected as well). The dash had a cover on it, but all of the guages and center consol were in pretty good shape. The intermittent selection on the wipers didn't work so I always stopped them vertical. The engine was changed up a bit: I removed the orange plenum/filter box; I added black foam filters; I removed all of the AC components and there were two line entry/exit holes in the passenger foot well viewing directly into the engine bay; red top optima battery made everything reliable for the thief; old spark plug was used to plug a hose from the balance tube; a yellow electrical butt was used to plug the brake assist fitting. Most obvious aspects... "IDB racing" sticker on the driver's door directly in front of the side view driver's door mirror, chrome fender mounted side view mirrors mounted just behind the headlights (the door mirror was still there making for 2 side view mirrors on the driver side), and finally a door ding dead center on the passenger door with a good deal of surface rust setting in. I don't imagine this will help too much until you see the pictures. The only other thing I can think of is that the front bumper addition was removed because it caused scratches on the front of the hood every time I opened it, and the tires were increased to a 70-75 aspect ratio tire made by Capitol so that they filled the tire well more appropriately. Thanks again for all of your support guys, and thanks for reading through this and looking at the pictures when they come up. I really do hope it was just a joy-rider, but I can't lean on unfounded potentials to be let down later on.