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I had to put my Grand Vitara over the pits today so as I was in the area I went to Pickles for a look as there were a few subi's coming up & I din't have anything better to do, I had no intention of buying anything but had a quick look at a 97GX Identical to what mine was like when it was stock, grey mica 2.2 auto, had a smack in the front l/h front guard, looks like it needs a bonnet, headlight & support bracket and part of the inner guard, front bumper, A arm & probably a wheel, I honestly didn't have a very good look but from what I saw it was pretty tidy, will have a good look tomorrow. Between a mate of mine & I we have every part we need already (even the nose cut) so the only outlay should be for paint, do you think I paid too much at ................wait for it.............................$650.00............can't resist a bargain lol. I only paid $400 for the Vitara, should be the only black/silver 99 one in WA for sale on Carsales (just put the add up)......But we did a heap of work to it.

[Rob]

I had to put my Grand Vitara over the pits today so as I was in the area I went to Pickles for a look as there were a few subi's coming up & I din't have anything better to do, I had no intention of buying anything but had a quick look at a 97GX Identical to what mine was like when it was stock, grey mica 2.2 auto, had a smack in the front l/h front guard, looks like it needs a bonnet, headlight & support bracket and part of the inner guard, front bumper, A arm & probably a wheel, I honestly didn't have a very good look but from what I saw it was pretty tidy, will have a good look tomorrow.
Between a mate of mine & I we have every part we need already (even the nose cut) so the only outlay should be for paint, do you think I paid too much at ................wait for it.............................$650.00............can't resist a bargain lol.
I only paid $400 for the Vitara, should be the only black/silver 99 one in WA for sale on Carsales (just put the add up)......But we did a heap of work to it.

wow nice work

gonna keep it or fix it an sell it?

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I've already got 3 lol, it'll be gone as soon as it's fixed & regoed.

[Rob]

lol fair enough, should make a tidy profit on that one.

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Hope so, not as much as the Suzuki but it's all pocket money & the mate & I go 50-50. It'll also make me get my arse into gear & put my GTB bumper on as I need mine for the new car, I test fitted some WRX skirts to mine last night, they fit perfect, just need a 5th one to cut & add the extra 4" in the middle which I have.

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Bargain! GTB bar and wrx skirts will look tidy. Any plans for a rear bar/skirt?

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Bargain!

GTB bar and wrx skirts will look tidy. Any plans for a rear bar/skirt?

I've got a couple of different WRX rear skirts that I'll try but have to get around to taking them off the bumpers first........see what transpires.

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Well we took all the broken crap off today, it had bent the A arm & actually snapped the alloy piece that holds the back of it to the chassis in half & bent the bit on the X member back about an inch that the front bit is attached to......big pry bar & new arm & it's all sorted underneath, rad support is only pushed back where the headlight sits so we are going to try to straighten that & the inner guard instead of replacing it. Charged the battery & it started first kick & purred like a kitten so it's now drivable & we can get it off the trailer tomoz, it's got new brakes & tyres too, pretty good all over actually so ya gotta be happy with that lol.

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Well we took all the broken crap off today, it had bent the A arm & actually snapped the alloy piece that holds the back of it to the chassis in half & bent the bit on the X member back about an inch that the front bit is attached to......big pry bar & new arm & it's all sorted underneath, rad support is only pushed back where the headlight sits so we are going to try to straighten that & the inner guard instead of replacing it.
Charged the battery & it started first kick & purred like a kitten so it's now drivable & we can get it off the trailer tomoz, it's got new brakes & tyres too, pretty good all over actually so ya gotta be happy with that lol.

jesus... good purchase...

does it need much more work before it will be registerable...?

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Erm, Did you read that post you quoted? Sounds like a crap load of work. So long as you can sell it you'll be right.

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Not that much more really, the biggest worry was the steering etc which we fixed over about 4 hours last night, the tyre had actually come back & hit the back of the inner guard putting a small dent in it but the inner guard/headlight surround may be repairable, were gonna get my mates mate the panel beater to see if it's repairable & if not we have a complete nose cut from the strut towers forward sitting there so we can unpick the piece we need & cut the old one off to do swapsees, like i said we have every part needed except the fwd auto gearbox mount which we found last night was broken so I doubt it will owe us much more than $1,500 registered

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Not that much more really, the biggest worry was the steering etc which we fixed over about 4 hours last night, the tyre had actually come back & hit the back of the inner guard putting a small dent in it but the inner guard/headlight surround may be repairable, were gonna get my mates mate the panel beater to see if it's repairable & if not we have a complete nose cut from the strut towers forward sitting there so we can unpick the piece we need & cut the old one off to do swapsees, like i said we have every part needed except the fwd auto gearbox mount which we found last night was broken so I doubt it will owe us much more than $1,500 registered

jesus... thats orite...

once again... good purchase

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Took some snaps today.

The twins, exactly like mine when I bought it.



The damage, just cosmetic & didn't go near the rail.



Pulling it out, we decided to try fixing it instead of cutting up the nose cut, no great loss if it doesn't work.



Looking better but still a bit more to do, we unpicked the battery tray to make it easier.

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In a new House Tom?

Nice pictures, though its not excatly the same now is it .

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Nah doing it at my mates place, it would sit there for a year untouched if it was at mine, he is a real go getter, first night we did all the steering etc & yesterday we did the panel work above then stripped the interior & pressure blasted all the seats & door trims as they were pretty grubby, I would have been lucky to have taken the front wheel off lol., he also has plenty of room in the back yard, I have no access to mine so everything has to be done on a sloping driveway. P.S. I said it's exactly the same as mine WAS, except this one is only FWD, I'm almost tempted to swap boots over so everyone doesn't think mine is a poxy TT legacy but I like having the extra tail & stop lights & the center brake light.

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Ahh fair enough, Seagulls house? Looks like a nice joint anyway.

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Erm..........................Could be.

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Bahaha. Oh well, get back to it you slack old bastard!

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Nah, he's busy working on his race car today, we are hitting the drag strip tomoz, hoping to hit a high 12.

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GX's are boring. Pictures of race car.