Curious for some thoughts on what others would do.
My 04 'vert (ported/pullied/intake/tune) has 250k on it (3rd owner from 10k) and has been rock solid. Just eats multiple throw-out bearings, rear pinion seal once and had to replace rear hub after the axle nut came loose and I drove like that for 2k miles (oops).
Roll pin broke in the transmission over the winter and when the shop fixed it they didn't bother to rebuild it because they said I could probably go another 200k miles with the shape the syncros/etc. are in. And my clutch is still the stock clutch with I swear half its life remaining.
It is my daily driver in Canada, so that means it sees salty winters. My rear quarters have rusted and I've had them repaired a few times, but it's at the point now where the bodyshop fixes the bubbling paint (wheel arches and lower area beneath side scoop) and 2 weeks later the paint starts bubbling again. They can't weld new metal in because there's nowhere to weld it basically, lol
Replacing the rear quarters is $5-6k (for both) because it's a cut and weld job, not bolt in.
I keep debating on if I should sell my 04 cobra and get another, or fix the quarters.
I'm leaning towards fixing the quarters because the car's been good to me mechanically and with my luck I'd buy a lower mileage car that likely has mechanical issues. But it is a lot of mileage....
My 04 'vert (ported/pullied/intake/tune) has 250k on it (3rd owner from 10k) and has been rock solid. Just eats multiple throw-out bearings, rear pinion seal once and had to replace rear hub after the axle nut came loose and I drove like that for 2k miles (oops).
Roll pin broke in the transmission over the winter and when the shop fixed it they didn't bother to rebuild it because they said I could probably go another 200k miles with the shape the syncros/etc. are in. And my clutch is still the stock clutch with I swear half its life remaining.
It is my daily driver in Canada, so that means it sees salty winters. My rear quarters have rusted and I've had them repaired a few times, but it's at the point now where the bodyshop fixes the bubbling paint (wheel arches and lower area beneath side scoop) and 2 weeks later the paint starts bubbling again. They can't weld new metal in because there's nowhere to weld it basically, lol
Replacing the rear quarters is $5-6k (for both) because it's a cut and weld job, not bolt in.
I keep debating on if I should sell my 04 cobra and get another, or fix the quarters.
I'm leaning towards fixing the quarters because the car's been good to me mechanically and with my luck I'd buy a lower mileage car that likely has mechanical issues. But it is a lot of mileage....