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98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
so i found the above car on craigslist, the guy said it runs and drives fine, but the front end has damage, enough to make it not street legal he said. im wondering if it would be worth getting and fixing? 150k miles, he said it has a new clutch as of 6 months ago.
so what would this be worth? he has 2 other cars, a 90 legacy with over 300k miles, and a hyndai sonata. i was thinking i could work a deal with him to get 2 or maybe all 3 cars for my svx, all the cars are either beat up, or need some work. i could then turn around, sell the other 2 cars and put that towards the impreza. also, both the impreza and legacy have 5 speeds, would either of these work in the svx?? 90 legacy and 98 impreza let me know any input on this car. he is sending me pics, so ill post up once i get them. thanks for any help!!
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
ok so i just got the pics. a little more damage than i orignally anticipated, but if its a good deal then im all for it. not sure really what to think though, any opinions/suggestions/ideas much appreciated!
pictures attached.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
I'm no mechanic, but that looks pretty messed up to me.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
The trans would work.
That isn't a 2.5RS though. Looks more like a Brighton/1.8L. Deffinetly not an RS hood or rims. Dustin
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
lol, derrrrrrr.......don't get that unless you have your own body shop.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
It's junk. Just by looking at the pics you can tell 1 or both of the frame rails are bent.
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress |
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
sorry, your right, not a 2.5 rs. i didnt pay attention to the pics and the guy told me a 2.5 rs. the damage kinda pulled my attention away from everything else haha. he did say that it has some upgrades, like rear antilock or disc brakes, one of the two, probably disc. also a couple other things i cant really recall.
anyone have an estimate on costs to repair this? minus paint and anything i can do myself like put body panels on and hood, etc.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
definitely frame is toast, engine too probably broke the crank pulley etc. I have seen a lot of front hits on subarus, and that is a BIG hit. usually they dont crush in that far. Stay away from that one. usually if the headlights are mia, that is bad sign. this one, no headlights, it was a bad crash to have them be gone.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
you work on collisions red? so you can probably tell alot more by pictures than most people huh? well it looks like this isnt what it looked like it was going to be after all. oh well.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
How'd you know? If you look at pic 2 you can see the whole front end is shifted to the right so based on what i've seen at work and what the pics look like i'd definatly say they are tweaked. Plus frame straightening=$$$$$.
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress |
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
when a bumper beam is pushed over to the driver side that far, yeah, frame is pushed big time. sway....and push. needs pull and straighten, and then some more........big money and still won't drive straight.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
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It would be easier to chop the front at the firewall and use a donor front end. Dustin
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-Dustin 1992 Ebony LS-L w/191k miles Mods: a few and acouple more 1995 Brilliant Red L/AWD w/154k miles Mods: Stebro catback exhaust, K&N drop in filter, ECUtune ST1v5, 4.44, lots of JDM goodies 1992 Pearly LS-L w/154k miles Sold Mods: 4.11, rust 2008 DGM Legacy spec.B w/245k miles Mods: Cryotune Stage3, VF52, bushings galore, STi pink springs, Bilstein HDs My Locker The only man alive who drives three "Subu SVS's".......according to my insurance company |
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
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$13?
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
its worth whatever crusher gives for it.
not much. don't let the owner profit with your mistake. Turn it down. by the looks of it, the owner has not taken very good care of it. Right front fender in primer, means it was wrecked before this wreck, but this is the wreck that finished its life as a car.
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Re: 98 2.5rs impreza, worth it?
well the owner did tell me he got the legacy and the impreza for super cheap, practically for free. so if i was going to look at this deal i was going in knowing he was making a huge profit no matter what.
the legacy sat for 2 years he said before he fixed it but hes driven it for 2 and a half since then. both these cars are in need of fixing so that was definitely a factor. well im glad i posted on here. thanks for the input guys!
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