2o6 Flip Car thread!

[2o6]

The best one I ever came across was an early 90's Infiniti Q45t.

The car was spotless with low miles, sitting at a dealer auction listed as a donation. I checked it out, jump started it and it sounded good. So I bid on it and got it for about 900 dollars(this was back in like 99-00).

So I get it home and start digging around. The glove box was full of receipts:

A towing receipt, a new battery receipt, another towing receipt, a accessory belt receipt, another towing and a few more battery receipts then finally a alternator receipt.

I checked under the hood and saw the accessory belt for the alternator missing.

Long story short this guy kept getting stranded and throwing money at the problem. Turned out the Idler pulley for the alternator accessory belt was froze. It would throw belts and cause charging issues. Popped it off, pressed a 5 dollar bearing in it and threw it back together and detailed it. Drove it for a few months(fun car, alot of power probably underrated by 20-40HP) then ended up selling it for 4500 bucks.

Some people just give up, I(and my brother) used to look for nice upscale brands that were labeled donations. Most of those people just reached a breaking point and dumped a nice car with little wrong with it.

My friend usually deals with Asian makes. Mostly Toyota (owns an AE86 20V and a gen 1 Scion xB) and more specifically these



Last month, he swapped two 1ZZ's in a Corolla and Prizm. A new 2.2L in a '99 Camry, Then he had a head gasket job on a '95 Civic 1.5, and just bought a CRV which jumped time (no bent valves, compression tested fine) that just needs retimed.



I think we'll be OK. And I want to learn, so I don't have to rely on others to help me so much with mechanical work.

[AutobahnSHO]

Once you really get used to a certain make/model you could probably knock out jobs in record time.

I TOTALLY agree that learning to do much of it yourself is worthwhile.

[MrH]

You've got access to a full shop?  My friend flips cars like this.  He's got access to a shop with a lift and everything in the evenings though.  Makes things a lot easier.

[2o6]

You've got access to a full shop?  My friend flips cars like this.  He's got access to a shop with a lift and everything in the evenings though.  Makes things a lot easier.

His garage has most everything save for a lift. We can even press in bearings if we want to.


He's a gear head. He has a recently-swapped in 20V 4AGE AE86 Corolla, his roommate has two FC RX-7's; one of which she just bought a turbo for.

[MrH]

A woman... With two rotaries... Is she hot?

[2o6]

A woman... With two rotaries... Is she hot?

She's my friend.....I'm going to be nice

[MrH]

She's my friend.....I'm going to be nice

I'll take that as a no

[2o6]

I'll take that as a no

Your car is too slow anyways. Her boyfriend has a Turbo Z31.

[Secret Chimp]

Sounds more like SR20DET swap time for Alty

[2o6]

My friend should be getting his CRV in and out soon here, then we can start on the Altima.

[Laconian]

Did you flip Altima yet?

[2o6]

Ho ho go


We haven't started, and the CRV needs less work

[2o6]

Park safety switch is broken, car every now and again only starts in neutral.



I need to get to work on this fucking thing

[AutobahnSHO]

Park safety switch

that's part of the tranny work anyway, right?

[2o6]

that's part of the tranny work anyway, right?

I don't think so

[Secret Chimp]

I don't think so

It's almost always a switch in the console the shifter lever hits.

[AutobahnSHO]

Hmmm...

My car has a button on the shifter which pushes a rod down and allows the shifter to move out of park.   But I also hear a click when I push the brake activating a relay which unlocks the shifter to move...

[2o6]

I've been dragging my ass on this car, and given the fact that the meat of the semester was in the same time I bought this car, I've only just now started working on it.

- put in new master cylinder, so theoretically it now stops. The caliper that wasn't getting any fluid now opens and closes normally. However, the transmission still isn't out so I can't road test it yet

- put on new outer tie rods. (Those are easy! When the ones on te yaris go out, I think I can do them myself)

- the transmission is 1/2 out, but there's a crossmember in the way and the car is rustier than I thought. The front isn't connected anymore. We're going to take it off and my welder friend is going to band aid fix it.

Other than that, it's getting there - albeit slowl

[AutobahnSHO]

don't you have to get an alignment after steering parts replacement??

[Secret Chimp]

I've been dragging my ass on this car, and given the fact that the meat of the semester was in the same time I bought this car, I've only just now started working on it.

- put in new master cylinder, so theoretically it now stops. The caliper that wasn't getting any fluid now opens and closes normally. However, the transmission still isn't out so I can't road test it yet

- put on new outer tie rods. (Those are easy! When the ones on te yaris go out, I think I can do them myself)

- the transmission is 1/2 out, but there's a crossmember in the way and the car is rustier than I thought. The front isn't connected anymore. We're going to take it off and my welder friend is going to band aid fix it.

Other than that, it's getting there - albeit slowl

The front of the subframe has completely rusted free? Jesus.

[2o6]

The front of the subframe has completely rusted free? Jesus.

No, just where the crossmember bolts up to it.

The rest of the car is Ok for a rust belt Japanese car.


We are just going to bandaid it up with some new metal welded to the good metal left.

don't you have to get an alignment after steering parts replacement??

Yeah, so?

At my job with my discount it's like $40.

[AutobahnSHO]

At my job with my discount it's like $40.

Sweet.

I was too "poor" to do alignments on my cars, in fact the first alignment I ever paid for was 2013...

(ex might have paid for one in 2011 when she got all new tires on the van)

[2o6]

Trans is out.

Probably could have gotten the new one in if there wasn't a noise ordinance at my friend's house.

[2o6]

And now we wait.


http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4485298363.html

[FlatBlackCaddy]

And now we wait.


http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4485298363.html

Flagged it for you.

[hotrodalex]

What a dumb ad. Everything you wrote makes sense and is spelled correctly. This is craigslist, not MIT!

[AutobahnSHO]

lol

Should sell quick at that price

[Madman]

What a dumb ad. Everything you wrote makes sense and is spelled correctly. This is craigslist, not MIT!

It's not written in all capital letters, either.  Craigslist fail!!!!   

[MrH]

How much are you into it?

Just curious what you're looking to make off of it.  My friend does the same kind of flipping, but usually it's BMWs, VWs, and MB.

[2o6]

How much are you into it?

Just curious what you're looking to make off of it.  My friend does the same kind of flipping, but usually it's BMWs, VWs, and MB.

Itemized


Purchase Price - $800

Parts (CV axle master cylinder, the brakes actually came with the car. Dumbass put a new caliper, rotor and brake pads on the one side, but couldn't figure out why the car still couldn't stop. Driver's side pads were in the car when I bought it. I also got outer tie rods) - $130, courtsey of rock auto

Junkyard transmission - $150

Exhaust work - $155 (i could have gone cheaper, but I wanted to get it done and out of my hair. Cheapo place had a two day wait)

Hubcaps, blower regulator, other random shit - $60

Alignment - $40

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about $1300 give or take I have in the car. I'm looking at around a $1000 profit. I have it listed a bit high, but I feel ike 2500-2600 is fair for this car.