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My original 2006 Malibu and my rebuilding projects
Travis Kranek
May 9, 2017
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My original ans still owned 2006 Malibu slighlty customized but trying to keep that factory feel
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2017/05/09 00:49:01
The wreck to be reborn
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2017/05/09 00:52:38
Online photos of rhe first wrecked malibu I would attempt to rebuild myself
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2017/05/09 00:53:17
At firsr it didnt look so bad from these online photos, man was i wrong and too foolish to stop
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2017/05/09 00:53:55
I had to locate some donuts ans parts just to ger some wheels on this thing only to discover that although the engine start it wouldnt move and i started to have my first real doubts
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2017/05/09 00:57:01
Although i did hear a curious noise that seemed to indicate the transmisson was working just power wasnt being transferred to the wheels I found the cause the cv transfer bar waa broken
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2017/05/09 00:58:15
The drive damage was beyond my limits of repair so it got pushed into my garage to clean up all the damage the insurance company found and marked all over the body
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2017/05/09 00:59:09
There was no shortage of "minor dents and scratches" to buff
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2017/05/09 00:59:59
And i would still need to.address this busted up front end
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2017/05/09 01:01:11
Scratches and dents everywhere
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2017/05/09 01:01:59
The insurance companies stamp of death on the windshield
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2017/05/09 01:04:32
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2017/05/09 01:06:06
I had to replace that destroyed rim and mount some temporary tires from a junk yard to continue
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2017/05/09 01:07:09
Now off to the professionals to get this sucker moving and aligned
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2017/05/09 01:09:25
Arrived at the shop notice the parts boxes in the back seat
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2017/05/09 01:10:29
This was the moment of truth after the car was repaired we found a bent a arm that was also replaced and the car was alighed at this point we were ready for inspection and passed ans finally got an R title. Now to really make this car glow
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2017/05/09 01:11:43
Tesr fitting some chrome oem look alike hubs
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2017/05/09 01:12:38
After a nice test fit i ordered some badges to make my imitation oem hubs look more like the real deal
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2017/05/09 01:13:14
A lot more buffing and after reassembling the front end she was finally ready for a close up
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2017/05/09 01:14:05
This was my firsr ever attempted at rebuilding a car so i chose a cheap but newer model
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2017/05/09 01:14:56
All in all she didnt turn out bad
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2017/05/09 01:15:32
I think you would be hard pressed to figure out where any of the damage was
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2017/05/09 01:16:39
Even more hard pressed to figure out what parts are not oem
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2017/05/09 01:17:15
That entire front end had to come off to properly reinstall the lights and check for additional unseen damage. Thankfully tjere were no more surprises
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2017/05/09 01:17:57
The front end started to feel the rebuilding love
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2017/05/09 01:18:42
The no longer grizzled front end
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2017/05/09 01:19:28
I have already bought and brought home another malibu. This one is much newer
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2017/05/09 01:42:45
And this one is more grizzled
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2017/05/09 01:45:33
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2017/05/09 01:46:50