Recent content by Ropke Nine

I'm not a car expert but I think it's welded to the cross member, and yes my mechanic said it's pretty toast. I think it's done for, I can't even imagine what labor cost alone would be to fix this. I might have to scrap it or sell it as a parts car. Best part is my insurance said they can't do...

Hey need some input on my 2004. This happened while I was driving to work last Thursday. The front end is completely screwed. The brackets on the frame holding the front lower control arms rusted and broke and my mechanic said the frame is pretty much done for up there. It's a 2004 with ~125k...

These tires don't even have 7K miles on them yet. Was going to do the first tire rotation and put this one in but I saw that. Bought them last November, would it be unsafe to put that one in rotation or just rotate the 4 and keep that one as just a spare. How can I prevent further sidewall...

Took my spare down today to clean some rust up and found this. This tire has never seen pavement yet so I don't know if it's safe to drive on. There are 3 more spots like this. Any help, recommendations? Should I scrap it?

Hey all, I bought this 2004 back in September of last year. Was a single owner in NH. When I bought it I new it had rust but the underside looked clean. The dealer must have had it coated to sell as most of the coating has flaked off. I attempted to remove the running boards last year but the...