Throw $ at paid off daily or cut bait and replace?

[BLAKE]

Lol @ the jeep suggestions. Jeeps are cool enough, but I like the combo of comfy and handling.

Maybe you can just have it re-cleared. Hit up Shaggin.

That's an interesting idea.

[Buick355]

Fuck Jeep

Maybe you can just have it re-cleared. Hit up Shaggin.

[Mike]

I would keep it. I'm sure if you went to a G specific forum and watched the classifieds, you could find good deals on suspension upgrades. You can likely find better than Maaco quality paint for a similar lrice if you shop around.

Or buy a jeep

[War Machine]

Less payments the better. If you sell the g35 let me know

[Buick355]

Fix it unless you have some chooo$$ set aside to pay a new car off quickly.

[sc281]

Keep it. Clean examples of older cars always do more for me than some new car.

[BLAKE]

will the 350z springs lower it? those g35s are nice, love the tone of the engine/exhaust

i would go plastidip. maaco would be an option if you did all the prep work but at that point you could have already plastidipped it a couple times

Yeah, lowers it a little over half an inch. I've definitely had my fill of prep for paint, I'm outta that business. I'd probably hire out the plastidip if I went that way because it's so cheap.

[grove rat]

I'm considering replacing shocks/springs with 350Z parts. I actually already got 4 used Z springs for 40 bones. Bushings are aftermarket parts that will last longer.

I'm actually considering plastidip. It's cheap and easy and I like the look. I'm just wondering if a cheapie Maaco job would be better? Still not sure on that one, which is motivating the fix/replace question.

will the 350z springs lower it? those g35s are nice, love the tone of the engine/exhaust

i would go plastidip. maaco would be an option if you did all the prep work but at that point you could have already plastidipped it a couple times

[BLAKE]

Sounds like you want a new shitmobile. Buy one, come back in a few years, bitch about it, profit?

Well, you don't have to be a cock about it.

[BLAKE]

what i would do:

replace tires
replace suspension with slightly used(cheap and if you still have stock it will be an upgrade lol)
plastidip it!

I'm considering replacing shocks/springs with 350Z parts. I actually already got 4 used Z springs for 40 bones. Bushings are aftermarket parts that will last longer.

I'm actually considering plastidip. It's cheap and easy and I like the look. I'm just wondering if a cheapie Maaco job would be better? Still not sure on that one, which is motivating the fix/replace question.

[MattB]

Sounds like you want a new shitmobile. Buy one, come back in a few years, bitch about it, profit?

[BLAKE]

This is a dilemma a 20-something would deal with.

I'm all about functionality. A paid off car trumps car payments. The 2k + optional paint job is far less than years of car payments and higher insurance costs.

That's true. Dollars to dollars, fixing is less invested. Thing is, there is a point of diminishing returns on resale. I could easily spend more than its worth and end up with a nice, pretty much worthless 200k mile car.

[YALE]

Jody's unemployed. Get him to run a cost/benefit analysis.

[grove rat]

what i would do:

replace tires
replace suspension with slightly used(cheap and if you still have stock it will be an upgrade lol)
plastidip it!

i will not be buying a new car until i can buy it all in cash monies.. try to stick me with some payment plan.. that's for suckas! got my daddy like that years ago on a cadillac..

[downshift_me]

I pondered jumping into a car payment over not wanting to deal with the 1k in parts plus labor for my fuel pump............for about 5 minutes. I do not miss having a car payment and as much as I like the VW's I like money in my bank account a lot more.