So I am not sure how many of you read my introduction post, but those of you who did know a long story about me and my Z. I ran out of space at the house to keep the car so I had been storing at my Dads house since December. Well, my buddy who owns a local shop and I decided that we were going to do the IRS swap on my car. I called my Dad up and asked him to drive the car over to the shopand I would take him home. Well in the process he was driving down 90 out of the Richmond/Rosenberg area of Houston and a kid ran a stop sign and plowed the drivers side of the car...



SOOOO, besides what can be seen in the pic:
the core support is trashed
the driver side inner fend well of the car is bent up
the K-member is torn up
the shocks are toast
and the headlight buckets/support are broke up.

Plan to do a full tubular k-member and upper/lower A-arm upgrade and get away from my QA-A1 shocks as I can not honestly stand them, and go with some simple yet tried-and-true Bilstein setup. My big question is what do with the exterior.

And by this I mean:
should I keep the stripes or go back to solid (will post better/more pics later)
and should I keep the same year look (96) or update to the current look

Any and all suggestions are appreciated

-James

 

Hey sorry to hear about you z man if you ask me i like the stripes maybe different colors and i like the newer look but i like the 93-97 look better But that maybe jus me Well Hope you get that thing back on the road soon Peace

 

You're dad should have made him pay.

 

The stripes are nice on that car. I would keep the same front end. The 98-02 looks ok but the 93-97 looks better. It has a sportier look to it. Also, in my opinion, the 98-02 Camaros kinda look like a Sebring front end. Your better off keeping the early 4th gen front end.

 

Insurance fix I hope, that will get pricey. I personally think the stripes look nice.

 

Thanks for the opinions guys. The kid had insurance but they called it a total loss. I have a good deal of money tied up in the motor in parts and labor and did not to lose the car so I bought it back. I am going to have to find parts and begin a long process of repairing her back to good again. I guess my biggest thing on the update was to be able to have better headlights. The 93-97 headlights are horrible. I know there used to be a company that made non-sealed housings for the early 4th gen cars but I cannot find them anymore.

Again, thanks for all of your replies and for the opinions.

-James