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It is one of the hottest units to come out of our stables.
Very clean and eye catching. . . .i couldn't stop marvelling at the quietness.
Toyota sure knows how to get them quiet
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It's called Toyota Avalon but D7thCaller christened it

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[color=#000000]Don't worry peeps, u are all covered!
I hailed him and asked for what we can do for him

But he responded saying he will tell me later! [/color]

Sorry for the short hiatus.
We have been out of town for 4 days but now back.
Updatesa coming up in a few hours!

Aguiyi Igbo nine!
Thanks for checking our thread!
O nwelu nke anyi g'emere gi?

Successfully delivered to Enugu by my humble self yesterday May 12 2012

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OK GUYS,

The journey has been long and arduous but we kept faith and continued updating.
I am about to post the final pictures and what we were able to achieve. This is not to say that this is the best
that is available in the market in terms of getting a car, but given a slim budget, this is what i was able to come up with.

I had a slim budget of 2.6m and i make bold to say i was able to meet it.
This was for a car with a market price of between N2.8 and N3.0m.

I will entertain questions and requests.

Thanks for keeping faith and following us religiously
We will be setting up more threads on other accidented cars for sale and hope to get clients
from our fans

Thanks to u guys and one love

Cecegorz

No wahala! I can always work things out for u.
The full body baking shouldn't cost more than 90k
But we get a clearer picturen they can then quote

Not a good rerason not to cash in on any opportunity that comes from that end.

Try it out!

Fhemmy, if u don't mindn if u wanna fix anything in Nigeria, let me know.

Fhemmo,
That's a tough one!
But if it will come into the budget, I mean d seat fixing, then no wahala. But how will u install glass?

cecegorz: Emperoh Okenwa!
Am loving this your DIY move. Having a 2008 CRV on my radar too, I had to read through the lines to be up to speed.

If i may ask, is there any reason why you didn't do the fixing in the US? Reason is that the way our local panel beaters hammer away at auto body here sometimes makes me feel for the metals
And they have a penchant for losing original screws and bolts that were there before you drop the ride with them.(i had a recent painful case where they worked on my fuel guage, the cover that had 8 screws were reduced to 6 by the time they were done, and they were like, 'it's no issue')
I also feel there may be some intricate features they may just cut out and throw away(simply because they don't understand the purpose), and they'll just tell you that it does not change anything (just like their penchant for removing engine thermostat and replacing a single cell radiator with a double cell).

Cecegorz,
Daalu rinne! Thanks for checking us out. I am respondima phone so lemme apologize before hand for any unseen errors. I will try to answer ur questions as much as possible.

Question 1: the answer is simple. Cost. If I had fixed this car in US, it woulda been better to just go but a non accidented unit cos d price gap woulda been like 70k or so. Painting this unit alone will cost me close to $1k. Those in Yankee correct me if I am wrong. Cos I wpainted d whole body except the roof. That's about the amont I spend on replacement parts with about $250 change. U then factor in d labor, time it will consume and the anxiety. I will avoid fixing in us if I can. I do rather buy clean title. But again, it is not all cars that are gonna be expensive to fix. So just do ur arithmetic before U decide. The best way is to but something with bad parts not accidents that affect chassis.

Question 2: I hate panel beating cars. The wear down start from there. The metals are not strong. Here's my trick. I don't do pre-purchase assessment based on level of crash but on what part is damaged. Front bumper, head/tail lamps, doors, hood, trunck lid etcs. These can easily be changed. I tell u what, d only panel that went into this unit was at d back to bring some depressions and it didn't take up to 10 mins. So if buying accidented cars, just buy ones with damaged parts. Don't touch frame or chassis damage. Avoid side collisions unless u are sure it didn't touch d door frame/pillar. Also rear impact unless u are sure it didn't compress d storage well/booth. For this unit, I bought hood even when the one on it could be stretched
Without much hitting, but I no want take chance. Same as bumpers, fan radiator condenser etc. That's ma trick.

As for mechanics, pls, and pls monitor them. Those guys don't know much beyond what they learnt in their tutelage. But they can be creative, my panel beater is one. D knowledge we get reading online about cars is not known to them, d radiator thing happened to me. I lost the one bought from yankee and they asked me to buy double cell. I asked them why? And he siad, 'make ur engine no too hot'. I had to let him know that engine has a certai n level of hotness it must attain to perform well and that d unit came with single cell and car wasn't over heating. Why make it two? For my screws, I haven't taken note of that. But I am spending close to 3k to make sure all screws, nuts and pins are in place.


Lemme stop here till get on a laptop.

Fhemmy, dis isn't what client wants.
We are looking for something for school bus.
This Is all luxury. Also budget is on a high sidem I am looking for something to close at N1m that's why I said 97 model is d least I can do.

Pipe me something within dis budget and I hit u cash tomorrow.

;DHe who pays the PIPER dictates d dance steps or the tunes to the bank.

We are eagerly waiting. And yes, two months is two months.

Thanks for checking us out.

The better team won. I hope this tells Fergie he isn't invincible. He has a below par midfield and didn't help himself with such an atrocious selection. What Park, Giggs and Rooney were doing on that pitch, rocket science can't decode.

Next pls!