# Build advice needed.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/build-advice-needed/244303>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [May 22, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/build-advice-needed/244303 "2009-05-22T07:09:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/build-advice-needed/244303/36 "2009-05-22T17:59:00Z")

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> [@Evo vs. S4](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-vs-s4/18433/13):
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> Take the money and run unless you can do bodywork or have a good friend that can.
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> Its going to cost more money than its worth to have a shop fix it, which was the reason it was totalled in the first place.
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> Part it out if theres anything worth selling, scrap whats left and move on.
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> Ive dealt with plenty of salvaged cars and they can be fixed but you really need a bodyshop to do it. I worked at my friend’s shop and helped him and him and his dad helped me fix a car that was a salvaged wreck.
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> With the amount of damage done to the car it wouldve costed a ton of money to fix it if I had to pay to get it done.

i sorta disagree. i would be able to repair it very close to stock… its just never worth the trouble when a frame has been tweaked a good amount.

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