little ticked off

So yesterday i went to get an estimate for a paint job on my maro, and i was showing the guy the only rust on the car which is a little surface rust by the t-tops and a little on the deck lid. The guy told me that i will most likely have to get a whole new deck lid and back glass because it has probably gotten into where the metal goes around the glass. he said for a used one would be $1200!!!! So i am pissed and i dont have that kind of money. Btw i got so sideways the other day. it was pretty cool!!

1200 is a ripoff, check local junkyards and Ebay and car-part.com and all that, shouldnt be more than a few hundred

Dude, I hope when he said that about it being 1200, I hope you said "What do you think I am, Stupid?" honestly wth..how did you get sideways though?

So why replace the glass? That doesn't rust.
Deck lids at the junk yard are usually quite easy and cheap to find.
They bolt on to the glass - just take it to the glass shop and have them to remove the old one and reinstall the replacement lid and reseal it for you with the urethane sealers that they use when replacing a windshield.

I did this on an 86 Iroc Restoration project a few years back and it worked out great

Here is one listed on Ebay for $10 bucks
deck lid (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4549503612&category=34204&sspagename=WDVW)

Dude, I hope when he said that about it being 1200, I hope you said "What do you think I am, Stupid?" honestly wth..how did you get sideways though?

I thought that I could take off the glass and put a new deck lid on. I gunned it going around a corner. it was cool!! but a cop was around the corner and didnt see me. i freaked out man!!!

Thats awesome. I did that before an a rainy day. I gunned it on a left turn and the damn thing started swirling allover the road like a damn fish. Gotta love camaros.

I did that ONCE after it rained and almost ate a guard rail. Now it doesn't come out to play even if there's high humidity let alone rain in the forecast.

btw, you wouldn't have happened to have gone to my mechanic would you. He always says shit like that and then wants to double it after he's done. That's why the next time he opens his mouth I'm gonna bludgeon him with the steering wheel he put on crooked after hooking up the horn, and then after that the shifter he didn't put back on right that fell off while I was driving in rush hour traffic, and after that the valve cover he didn't even torque the bolts down on that kind of just came out after one turn...

my new hatch and glass cost 120 bucks from the junkyard, your guy is a scam artist.

when i got sideways it was on dry pavement kinda uphill and a couple of little kids seen me and their mouths drop. it was funny!!

Earlsfat, if I were you I would quit going to that mechanic. He sounds like a real winner...

Don't you love it when you make everyone look at you? Happens all the time. Kids love it, they hear the motor screamin and it's like they're at a an event.

Dude, my new mechanic is me! I don't know much, but it's gotta be more than my last 3 mechanics. (Believe it or not, the first two were just as stupid).

I got my deck, glass, wing, defogger, third brake light, for $75 at my junk yard.

Would you ever consider buying a 6 speed manual transmission out of a junkyard? (T56)

Would you ever consider buying a 6 speed manual transmission out of a junkyard? (T56)

I'm thinking along those lines aswell dude. I say get it and rebuild it your self, gotta learn one or the other. I'm thinkin of swapping the auto for manual. Maybe we should post a new thread to get more insights on this.