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UPDATE:
This took awhile as I needed to save up some cash but finally got the replacement sub-frame for the car. I then had to have the car removed from the garage and put onto a tow truck (on 3 wheels,... very tedious as well as a nail biting experience). The end result is that the car is now fixed. By fixed I mean that it is driveable. I don't yet have a replacement rim so it's on the donut for now and I'm not driving it much. They did an excellent job though. The following is the costs involved thus far:
1 control arm out of a 2002 GT
$80.00
1 subframe or K-frame out of a 2001 GT
$270.00
tow expense
$50.00
1 new hub and bearing
$300.00
repair shop bill
$367.00
rim and tire (plain jane, will become spare later on)
$160.00 (estimate) for now, this will have to do
matching rim and tire
$300.00 (estimate) down the road
body work
$450.00 (estimate) definitely down the road
That puts the grand total to $1977 +- taxes and such. I guess the object of this lesson is to NOT DITCH YOUR CAR INTO THE CURB AT 35MPH which I have painfully learned. However, the worst part is over. In a few more months, my car will be good as new. I will keep you up to date on that as well as some pics of rim, before and after shots, etc.,.
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