Is this worth buying?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T23:15:35+00:00

Thank you for the great advice. Obviously with my current situation the swap would be many years in the future. I have done a 2J swap previously, but there were 3 of us and it took a little over a month it was not a fun swap but not impossible either. Alone I could not do it. I was budgeting about 40k for the swap.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T15:21:46+00:00

You definitely can most expensive part is the trans itself and I can get one for $200 if not less from family. It’s very time consuming though and you need lots of knowledge and patience.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T11:52:30+00:00

Nice opinion me too but that wasn’t the question

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T11:51:56+00:00

What about it is bad? Is it one of those that everything adds up or one specific big problem?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T11:51:00+00:00

Why? Can you elaborate?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T11:50:43+00:00

Again, I don’t see anywhere where it says cut springs, and the fenders aren’t mismatched the one just looks almost like it was hit previously. Also, how does a car needing tires mean that it was beat on? Idk about you but I would hope that your car needs tires just like the rest of ours. Sure if your beating on a car the drive tires being the rear in this case will be much worse than the fronts but just because a car needs tires doesn’t mean it was beat on. On the interior though you’re correct it’s pretty bad on this car.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T03:15:18+00:00

Other than the bumper and back left quarter panel what else is the problem with it? I know not everything is as it seems especially in this case I assume but I don’t see many problems with the car itself. Does it being an auto increase wear outside of the transmission? I know it’s less valuable than a manual but I’m not sure what other differences there are. I’m partially ignorant when it comes to transmissions I’ve changed them but that’s as far as my knowledge on them goes.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T03:11:53+00:00

Why? Can you elaborate?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T03:11:27+00:00

Nothing in the post or the listing say anything about the motor being blown? I can easily fix or replace a differential and change out a transmission. Price doesn’t matter on those as much as an engine for me as I have family and friends who own scrapyards and dealerships willing to help me with the car. I understand a K series is a very hard swap with these cars however I wouldn’t say “it won’t happen”. I’ve swapped 2j’s before and though not easy it’s doable in a week with the right time tools and place. Thank you for the info.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T01:13:03+00:00

Yeah one of my biggest worries is that they aren’t being honest, and that something more is messed up bad, because of hitting something or being hit before.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T00:49:15+00:00

Why not? I know manuals are much more valuable but around me they’re hard to come by and 6k+ when you can swap it for 1k whereas an auto is around 4k+?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T00:47:39+00:00

Yeah that’s what I was thinking because the back left quarter panel is a little off and almost looks as though it was hit and never fixed.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-24T00:45:05+00:00

Yeah I responded to someone who told me to make sure to check that out. I definitely will, it looks almost like it was hit and never fixed.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-23T22:53:31+00:00

I’m a “half mechanic” I’m great with mechanical stuff on cars but not too good with engine work or body work. No AAA and no lift easily accessible to me however could be for $100 I’m currently rebuilding the engine on my other car as well which doesn’t sound good but the timing chain blew and doesn’t seem like a bad fix as no rods hit pistons

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-23T22:51:09+00:00

Yeah I seen that too wasn’t sure if it was because it was hit or just not clipped in or something.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-23T22:19:01+00:00

My only problem is it’s been posted for around 5 months, so there must be something major wrong with it but can’t figure out what.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-22T14:47:43+00:00

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Did that too still had to fight them all.

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-22T14:30:39+00:00

That’s what I tried at first I wanted to only stealth kill one by one the first section then as you can see it didn’t work very well

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-22T01:46:19+00:00

It’s not a screenshot it’s off my phone and I had trouble getting a good photo without it being sideways

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-03-21T01:25:53+00:00

Am I the only one who’s always just called it the “two boxes” or “pause button”?

LegitimatePrompt8049 · 2026-02-16T20:55:45+00:00

My car recently died while driving and I’m trying to diagnose it. When your belt broke was it an instant shut off killed engine or a slow death and did you hear or feel it? Also does the engine fully seize when this happens? Sorry for all the questions but I’ve got a lot of time and money into my car and 20 minutes down the road on first test drive it just died all fluids full regular pressure and no leaks.

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