pearl_iroc

hey badman ur exactly right i went to another doc and hes sending me for physotherapy i think its called, it has definitely helped and yea i dont think surgery is the way to go right now i ve heard from the 2nd doc that the pains sholud go away in a few weeks so we will see i guess if not i ll just contue the therapy cuz it is helping

BADMAN

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Good to hear that. Do all the therapy, don't quit if feeling better, complete all the treatments. Best of luck. Badman

19doug90

nice the damage doesnt look too bad

hope youre okay and let us know when its back on the road, was hoping to see that car one day, love the colour nto to make ya mad but mines going the same one

pearl_iroc

thanks guys, ill keep u up to date on how the reapirs are goin im prolly gonna drop by the shop again on tuesday so ill try an get sum pics on the progress hopefully wen shes all fixed I ll bring her by the Ct car show on satudays an u can ckeck it out, an 19doug90 another peal iroc is cool wit me lol

backgammon7

yeah, therapy is good i gotta friend that has to go to a ciropracter (sp?)
every so often and he says he enjoys it, but for other reasons i think he's a little screwy, but ive never had back problems so idk

86WS6

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Glad your doing better. Glad you are getting your car repaired. It looks like a sweet ride. As for the back injury, I injured my back at age 24. I am 51 now. The injury was so severe, that there was no other choice other than surgery, because my back was disarticulated (broke). At first, the doctors said "wheel chair bound" for the rest of my life! After four fusion surgeries, a total of six lumbar vertebrates fused, and lots of physical therapy, I rejoined the ranks of normal people again. I still have pain, and will for the rest of my life, but otherwise I function normally. I am an avid hiker, and very active. I am also a Registered Nurse, so I understand the medical side of it in addition to the patient's side. Here's my advice on the subject:With any medical procedure, use surgery as a last resort, when you have no other good choice. It the medical profession, there is a concept of benefits versus risk's. If the risk's outweigh the benefits, then don't do it. Sometimes the benefits are so great, that a higher level of risk's is acceptable.Physical Therapy is a wonderful choice for many injuries. The body has a natural tendency to heal itself, and good physical therapy inhances the healing process. For instance, a herniated disk will put pressure on the nerves in the back causing pain. What people don't know, is that most of the time, the disk will atrophy (shrink) with time, usually in about two years, and the pain will subside on it's own. Once you have completed physical therapy, do not stop exercising. Many people who suffer otherwise minor injuries, stop all physical activity, and before you know it they are no able to do any physical activity without pain. Then they get hooked on pain pills, and thier life turns into crap! The goal of physical therapy is to teach you what to do and how to do it independently, so you can continue on your own after discharge. Low impact exercise is best, like swimming, walking, bike riding...A chiropractor can offer relief to some people with painful conditions. Some of the techniques used in chiropractic are similar to those techniques used in physical therapy. Some techniques are unique to chiropractic training. One thing to remember with chiropractors are that they are trained to recruit patients like customers, so they will have repeat business. That does not mean that there are not some good chiropractors out there. Sorry if I sound like your dad, Good Luck, Charles

pearl_iroc

hey thanks for the info guys im not gonna go for surgery that hasnt even crossed my mind at this point physo has helped alot and yea Charles the therpaist told me to try and do my reglaur daily stuff and i havent had ne pains in a while except for when i sit for long periods of time or stand for long peroiods of time like a few hrs which is way better than before so i ll be fine, im just more worried about gettin my car back lol thanks for the input guys

anesthes

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Man, I don't know what you gave that guy but god bless you. All the adjusters I know would have totaled it, and offered to let you keep the car. The book on the car is low.

1988 Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe 2D IROC-Z

August 08, 2007
Low Retail Clean Retail Value High Retail
Base Price $2,000 $2,900 $3,575
Mileage - 80,000 miles $800 $800 $800
TOTAL PRICE $2,800 $3,700* $4,375

jimmyj2000

Must be different in Canada? I also thought for sure that the insurance company would call that car totaled.

pearl_iroc

well it must be a canadian thing cuz theses cars go for way more than that up here, i guess down in the states they must be a dime a dozen, also that the value for that car is in the states, go onto www.autotrader.ca and try to find a car like mine for less than 12 in ontario lol never gonna happen.. my insurance adjuster knew exactly wut he was doin wen he looked at mine, and he even told me im not gonna value this car as a custom 88 iroc just a regulat 88 iroc so im gonna have to get it appraised

anesthes

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Must be. Not to knock it, thats great that the resale is so high on them. Around here (specifically my area) I couldn't even make money on the parts. I have a buddy sitting on a couple L98's (complete w/ harness) he can't move, rear ends, etc. Another buddy with a GTA, 13 second car, brand new paint that won't sell for more than $2500. It's just rough. thats why I got out of it. I still have a forth gen, but even that is not worth as much anymore.

-- Joe

-- Joe

pearl_iroc

i hear ya man, i ve noticed alot of theses cars sell real low in the states, here in ontario its slim pickins for theses cars the trans ams tho sell surprisnigly low up her and as for parts, genearlly there cheap which doesnt make much sence as to y the cars sell so high up here ahh well i guess it comes down to location

pearl_iroc

just a few up dated pics i took today at the shop

Tobias05

its a start! hope you get feeling back to normal again, and return your iroc to her former glory.

pearl_iroc

well got a few new pics today, seems to me theses guys are goin EXTREMLY slow on this its over a mont now and heres the progress.........aside from gettin the new (used) nose clip on, that pretty much all that been done,also i saw that instead of stripping the paint off that was on the side gfx near the emblems they have sanded it down VERY lightly and filled the cracks in the old paint with bondo should i be concearned?

anesthes

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the SMC filler (green stuff) they used on the bumper cover probably won't outlive the car, but it will look good for a while.

Your getting an insurance job, and thats what they do. Most economic route.

-- Joe

Toehead

Ya, it is pretty bad around here. Although, most of the ones for sale are rot boxes.

327_TPI_77_Maro

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That is really, really slow. That is a week job tops, are they doing it on the side or something?

anesthes

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True. I found I couldnt unload the parts anymore. Like nobody was interested in fixing these cars.

You should see my buddies GTA. Thing is mint. infact, you might even know him. He lives out near you. (monson).

-- Joe

pearl_iroc

thats exactly what i asked the shop manager an hes no we did alot of 'extra work to it' which was basically sand the doors and bring the lines back across the car sharp other that they ve done noting, im gonna go tomoro and talk to them about it again, also from the rear wheels back of the car is untouched, are they gonna just paint over it now or wut im startin to get pissed with thses people now, plus the rental agencies want there car back by friday so this is gonna get alot more intrsting

toxik IROC

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hope everything goes well man

pearl_iroc

well the rental car was due back on friday 24 so me and my dad went down to the shop to see wut taking them over a month to fix the car and whats gonna happen now that the rental is due back. boy did that get out of hand fast lol we spoke to the shp manager and he said there was noting they could do and its taking longer because they are doing ALOT of exta work (basically wut u see in the pics is wut they claim is extra work) so he then say we should talk to the owner we expalin and he say he doesnt give a **** when the car is done its done so my dad got rele pissed and told him this is bull **** so the owner said it will be done on this comeing friday, august 31, so my dad told him it better be done then becasue they said last week it would be done this week and the week before they said the same thing, well i guess the owner darryl didnt like wut we were sayin got up from behid the desk got within inch of me (trying to intimidat me, plus literally hes about 5.7 300 pounds lol) but yea and was like leave now so we were liek no this is not resloved yet so he then tried to close the door on me hitting me in the arm ( i was standing in the door way) so then me and my dad left and called the insurance company but the manger had left for the weekend so i guess we will see on monday now

19doug90

ive had my share of dealing with bad shops actually right in that area

it ****ing blows, makes the car not even fun to have at times

OkanaganIroc

First I'm glad to hear that your back is doing better wityh physio. I had surgery on a heriated disk almost 4 years ago and even though I live a normal life it still comes back to haunt me from time to time.

Second, I'm sorry to hear about your trouble with the bodyshop. It seems as though you have to research these shop throughly and even then it's a crapshoot if you get a good one. If I need any bodywork done I'll probably take my car to the dealership for them to work on.
Of course now that the owner isn't happy with you he'll make his workers run to fix the car. before you drive away with it check it very carefully for any flaws. The shop might not care how they fix it now. I returned to a shop 3 times for work that I wasn't satisfied with and made them fix it.

86NiteRider

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I agree. Now that the body shop guy has gotten angry you will have to check his work very close.

anesthes

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Why would you say that?

-- Joe

327_TPI_77_Maro

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Because a p'o'd body shop guy is probably not going to care if the work is perfect and will just want to get rid of the car so he doesnt' have to deal with the customer?

pearl_iroc

yea im kind of worried now as to the quality of job they will do now, but the car was about to go in to be primed wen i was there on friday so theres not to much they can screw up now, its up to the painter, and i really dont see them doin a bad job on purpose but we will see i guess

birdofprey83

Did you get your car back? hows it look? hopfully all is well.

-Charles

pearl_iroc

nope no news on the car yet, they said this friday, i was hoping they were over estimating to buy them slf sum extra time i doubt it now , i ll let u guys know then on friday wut happend and post sum pics of the final result

19doug90

when i was having my motor rebuilt after a month of waiting for the new parts i wanted (most of the motor) i was getting told ya eerything should be in by the end of the week, i got told that every week for the following two months

honestly if i were you i would get my car out of there and have the work finished somewhere else before its too late

ESPECIALLY if they havent started painting yet

pearl_iroc

ok guys i went to the shop today (the manager invited me, probbaly because insurance has been up his *** this whole time) so they car looks amazing i ll take better pics wen i get it back maybe next tuesday or wednesday

Demon355

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Looks good

birdofprey83

Looks nice!
I like the no side mirror look!
when you pick it up make sure you look at everything. don't let anything pass for ok.
I bet you cant wait to get it back on the road

OkanaganIroc

Now that looks really good!

pearl_iroc

yea the paint came out alot better then I expected, especially the blue pearl added into it, this car looks 10x better than before

duckmanquacker

is the pearl the same or did they change it some? something looks a little different. but boy it sure is beautiful to see it back together.

pearl_iroc

yea im relaevaed to see it back to together man lol i cant wait to get it back on the road lol........the old paint was a pearl white on white this one is a pearl white (didnt ask the painter which one he used yet i think he mixed it himself tho) with blue in it so u see pearl white but depending on how the light hits it you see blue

Brian Murray

Hope you make it out from under the insurance.

When my '91 Firebird was rear-ended, insurance totaled the car and gave me $2800 (even though they had papers for the new engine, new tires, near-new paint, etc).
Still working on the injury claim (opened 5 months ago), which should award me $100k for the surgery I'll need to fix the herniated disc I got in the wreck.

Even with all that I'm being awarded, I still feel like I got screwed. Hope you fare better than I did.

EDIT:
Just saw the second page. Way to go, looks great.

duckmanquacker

He's in better shape for insurance in Canada than we are here in the states. at least his insurance companies arent only out to rip him off. I've owned 3 vehicles that could've been fixed easily but the insurance decided to total the cars and leave me holding the bills.

pearl_iroc

alright guys so i got her her back last thursday and i finally finished puttin the rest of her back in order for crusining so are the pics let me know wut u guys think....

Demon355

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Looks awesome. I want to do that to my tails so bad...

I have some gto tail light covers but I doubt I'll be using them.

pearl_iroc

thanks man, yea i liked my black outs but always want to paint my tail lights so i finally decided it was time, plus i get nagged by cops all the time with the blackouts, so now they can kiss my rear

backgammon7

blackouts are kinda rounded anyway,i dont think the realy follow the angles of these cars very well but there still cool

Dakaone

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Sorry to hear about ur car........I know I woulda been pissed if someone crashed MY Camaro and its nowhere as nice as yours. Looks as good as new now............

backgammon7

this is kinda random but what kind of exaust are you runnin? it looks cool, and how does it sound?

pearl_iroc

the exhaust is nothin really special, i got edelbrock tes headers with a high flow magnaflow cat, goin into a 80 series flowmaster and two 4inch chrome exhaust tips, and yea it sounds pretty mean

327_TPI_77_Maro

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It's always hard to tell from a picture just how good paint is, but it looks pretty good from here! If it drives straight down the road and the finish looks good in person, you made out a-okay. It is odd how the hood paint fell off in one huge piece during the crash -- it looks, from the glossy yellow paint underneath, that whoever did the first pearl respray did not prep properly in order to give the paint a surface w/ some tooth to adhere to.

Frank89IROC

car came out looking great.

86blackiroc

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Everything looked great until I looked at the third pic (rear view), they didn't take out your tail lights and there is paint on the edges of them because of it. They also got overspray all over your exhaust tips. I know you're happy to finally have the car back, but I would make them fix it.
BTW, if the shop uses Martin Senour paints, which I think they do (saw the Sherwin Williams banner in an earlier pic), they likely mixed a shade of blue pearl in with white paint.