What does GPF.net think of this 98 GTP?

**kyle99gtp** · 09-01-2011

Quick details:
1998 GTP, 118,xxx miles. Mostly stock, SLP catback, u-bend delete, K&N drop in filter, stock/always has been stock s/c pulley. Guy had the SC snout replaced at the dealer around 80K because the coupler went bad and he didn't know it could be replaced. Oil changed "every 5 months" with synthetic. Oil looked good, coolant looked good with some sludge (to be expected). Rocker panels are actually pretty solid but the rear strut towers are pretty bad. There's some surface damage to the passenger side from a snow plow but it would be easy enough to fix. The rust on the rear quarter panel is all on the surface from the plow, it's not through the metal or coming from the inside of the wheel well, the wells are solid on both sides and so is the inside of the gas cap. the underbody was pretty clean as well. LIM and VC gaskets need changed, also to be expected.

I drove the car and it felt fine, it shifts smoothly, no misfires/hesitation. Drove like a GTP does, nothing was unusual. Guy is selling it because he bought a 2011 WRX ironically.

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He's asking 2800 but he's negotiable and it's been sitting since July so I could tell he wants to get rid of it. I'd love to pick it up for around $1500, the most I'd pay would be $2000. What do you think? I wouldn't be keeping the car, just driving it until next summer when my younger brother gets his driver's license.

**ZR1Vette09** · 09-01-2011

i'd pay a bit over 2k for that car tops, so you're in the ballpark. so long as the strut tower mounts are okay.

**kyle99gtp** · 09-01-2011

They're rusting pretty badly. Not as bad as mine were in the 99 GTP when I sold it (I could see light through mine). They aren't the whole way through but they're on the way.

**OH4CompG** · 09-01-2011

Buy it, sand the rust on the strut towers and bathe them in some POR 15 and drive the piss out of it

**kyle99gtp** · 09-01-2011

OP edited, it needs VC and LIM gaskets changed too. I've done it before so it's not a problem but I don't want to get a whole lot of money wrapped up into it.