See you guys in 2027 for the next video

I like when the finger guy uploads

Finally, a KZfaqr fixing a car in a way that doesn’t dramatically cost more than the car

Nobody has shown as much love to a Tiburon as this. You deserve a medal for this.

Dude BRAVO! Putting this together looked like a monumental task!

This is one of the best channels on this entire website. Every upload is a treat

The amount of pockets that will trap moisture in that frame is insane.

Came for the rebuilding, stayed for the humor. haha, Great video. Thanks for sharing the whole process.

Ronald Finger, Now that’s a name Ive not heard in a long time. A long time.

I got two things from this video: 1) this takes a lot of work. 2) that Poloraid jacket goes way too hard for it's own good.

Im an autobody tech and im impressed with how well you got everything to fit. Especially at home without the proper tools! Good job man. The gaps look way better

OMG... I absolutely love your self deprecating humor and complete honesty when you screw something up. That honestly is how I feel with so many home projects. Love seeing the ingenuity and knowledge you share with these videos!

I love your humor and simultaneously showing that anyone can fix a car....with enough time....and money...and loss of sanity.....and money.

Gotta love Ronald. Starting an engine with the heaviest (Rod) Knocking noise. "Hmm lets fix the battery first" :D

Very nice. Well done. Reminded me of replacing my Fiesta sedan's rear bumper and repairing/re-aligning the bumper supports.... in my garage. I resorted to jacking the car by the bumper support and then climbing into the trunk and jumping up and down until I convinced the support to bend back into place. It was fun. I was in my mid sixties at the time. Made me feel like a young man again, except I was 64 and not a young man any more and felt like it. Got a used bumper and a lot of other bits and pieces, had it re-painted at MAACO and put it all back together. The Hyundai that hit me , piloted by a young man on his cell phone, wasn't so lucky. It was totaled, and to add insult to injury, since the person driving it wasn't on his mother's policy, Allstate refused to cover the damage. When I appeared in court for the incident, the other driver turned to me and was completely befuddled. "Why are you here" he asked. "I'm the guy you hit, remember" I replied. "But I'm gonna get a ticket now that you appeared", he was sad and completely lost on what he had done and his responsibility. Allstate never did cover the total cost of the repair. I thought I owed it to him to show up for court.

Ronnie is the best presenter on KZfaq. Great manner, intelligent, all his videos show everything in detail and very funny. Should have a real show on TV. If they still had TV.

i just love that this guy still has like 3 other broken cars in his garage.

My first car was a 2008 tiburon in dark blue, just the 4 banger, loved that car with all my heart, hit a patch of black ice going about 100kph and hit a concrete barrier almost straight on, wrote off car, and broke my leg, arm, and a bunch of ribs, car went out with a fight and I miss it so much 😭 gonna be fallowing this closely 😬

Lengend says the wasp is still circulating in the cooling system, even to this day😂

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="82">1:22</a> WAIT THAT'S YOU? I literally have that gif saved in my meme collection on my computer because I found it so funny

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1483">24:43</a> I feel like this perfectly sums up working on cars. Your so excited that you personally fixed something so minuscule with zero qualifications but to everyone around you it seems easy and pointless

Good job, I've been rebuilding cars for a little now and its all trial and error and you've inspired me, thank you

So glad you’re back man. The world misses you.

Your videos are the most accurate representation of repairing cars on KZfaq. The extreme frustration + slow progress is basically my experience every time I try any "major" car repairs. Your humor, writing and editing make these videos much more entertaining than my actual life fixing cars, though. Keep up the awesome work!

Hi, it's me! The person who bought a used 20yo car off fb marketplace for $2800 in "working condition" to save myself the trouble of repairing/sobbing over a mess of a cheaper car and boy howdy let me tell you - you made the right call. It is taking a similar amount of work to get my car into a fully working state after all of the bearings AND brakes turned out to be bad, the alternator died 3 months after purchasing, and significant interior damage required some attention. Car was $2800, but I've spent nearly that much on all the fixes, which I guess makes sense given what you came up with. Maybe that much frame damage is worth avoiding, but I'm still going your route next time around, no matter how much trouble it seems to be. Can't be any more than what I just went through lol.

You are the man, man! 🎉💯 I've got two and a half years left to get my Fiero 2m4 done, and I'm praying your videos will still be around by then, because they are so dang helpful! 👏🙌👍🥳

Very enjoyable and refreshing to watch. There's a lot of people on KZfaq who rebuild cars but no one does it like you. Hope to see you try this again, maybe with cooler cars that interest you.

Thank you for stopping me from buying cars and fixing them myself for flips. You are a true inspiration to keep my money in my pocket.

Glad to see you back online, Copart probably bent the controls arms with the fork lift 🤔

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="144">2:24</a>. I like how the light takes on an angry red tint as the ashtray won't stay closed. Perfect show of rising frustration through video. ( I guess it sounds less fun to describe than to watch.)

That clip was amazing. The music, the cuts, video editing, the story. Everything matched. Amazing piece of work. It doesn't matter you payed 3000usd to all of those repairs, you accomplished something :) and boy oh buy. it was great to watch.

Your humor and editing is top-notch Ronnie. I love your videos.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="70">1:10</a> That "Auto journalist" Cameron Eittreim is not a car enthusiast. He only specializes in clickbait and knows nothing about cars other than pop culture surface level stuff. He also lumped the Toyota MR2, Fiero, Audi Quattro, Firebird and Mustang in that same list of "Ugliest sports cars that true auto fans NEVER DRIVE"

Thanks for the diy frame pull tutorial, I've got a foxbody I have been working on and driving that has some damage to the front frame.

Nice to see someone show love to Tiburons, they are imo very underappreciated for what they are. I had a 2007 model for 2 years, it was a 14 yo car with 200k + kilometers when i got it but it was clearly taken care of by the previous owners. The only reason i swapped was it was the 2.0 liter 143hp model, i wanted something faster.

Oh god, he has another one (Glad you're back too)

I'm very glad to see that the flying SUV is now a running joke. CAUSE IT CERTAINLY AIN'T STOPPING

The Ending was the best! Thanks for the knowledge.

This video takes me back to so many cars I owned as a kid. All the mistakes and lessons learned along the way!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="864">14:24</a> Thank you for not making a 'blinker fluid' joke. With that said, <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="864">14:24</a> blinker fluid, hehe.

Been a while! I thought you should know I still like turtles.

I really enjoy your videos!! both the figuring shit out aspect and the comedic timing!! Reppin that H-town the best way possible. Keep at it!. I'm a proud owner of one of your shirts!

French guy here ! Discovered your channel recently, love the vibe in your videos. See you next year

Even if the cost was $3000, the amount of experience you gained as well as the satisfaction of putting the car back on the road is priceless! Oh, hopefully video revenue too since I did not skip any ads.

The comedy in your videos is just pure gold. I find myself giggling throughout. Especially during your retrospective narrating.

I love the Pole. Essential piece of car repair equipment. ALL HAIL THE POLE.

Great work dude! Looks fantastic. Love seeing people do stuff with normal tools and equipment. No lift? No problem, no frame machine? no problem

The number of actual funny jokes you manage to cram in your videos is just astonishing. Incredible work!

They are called the Hyundai Coupe this side of the pond. The body was designed by Pininfarina. The video is funny AF.

I don’t know what else to say besides how effing happy I am when your videos randomly appear in my subscribed list. So so so good!

I am so glad, YT suggested me this channel. Absoultely loved and binge watched the whole Kawasaki GPZ1000 RX and the 240Z series in like a day. This should be a 1M Subscriber channel. Please keep making quality videos !

Hahaha. Proud owner of a 2004 Tiburon "Tuscani" myself. Had it for 17 years now. Absolutely love it. It's like a go-kart with leather, heated seats. Perfect size, very comfortable, handles like it's on rails.... and it probably helps I put a Sony SACD multichannel stereo in it, so I can listen to vintage 70's Quadraphonic albums on SACD. They're also adorably attractive cars. Compared to most of the dreck being churned-out today, the Tibby's are gorgeous. Mine's a V6 and I've always joked that it has the power of a four, the smoothness of a six, and the thirst of an eight. It really was the dark ages in the times before variable valve curves. **Addition** Wow! Your local Hyundai dealer actually had parts for a Tiburon?? Mine told me to F.O. and stop asking several years ago. I've since found a source in Korea who buys dealer overstock and Hyundai corporate throw-aways but even he's having a hard time sourcing parts anymore. Try finding OE floor mats for the car. Not available anywhere for any price.

Dude you are SO FUNNY. Had me laughing practically the whole video. I never thought I'd watch a video featuring a Tiberon, but you make everything so entertaining. I hope you keep making more.

Loved this. Your editing and ability to show the trials of ameteur car repair is amazing. It feels like a fight at every step.

more videos like this please best car repair video ive seen on youtube sir you dont make it boring im not saying working on cars is boring i work on them but watching someone working on them can be

Forklift fudged the sway arms

RONALD! WE MISS YOU! And seriously, I love that you chose a Tiburon, it's always been one of my favorite cars.

Fun to watch--great editing. Thanks.

Brother! I'm literally 2 minutes in to this video, as a first time viewer and I can can tell you that this is something special you have going! Subbed, now kicking back and finishing the video!

Not sure how Copart work in US, but in UK they drain the "breaker" cars from all the fluids. That is basically when they deem the car "unrepairable", they do the "decontamination" on it and your car only being worth $700 maybe was considered scrap at some point (likely before you bought it) and thus it was at some step of "decontamination". I can't see any other reason why the coolant would not be there. That said at least in UK you can't put "breakers" back on the road, so there is no ambiguity - "breakers" are never sold to general public and therefore it is never an issue. Although, it is still very annoying when I buy the breaker for parts and let's say I want to check if engine is running as advertised, but I have to gamble it, because before they even allow me to break the car for parts they drain the oil and remove the filter. Recently I got screwed like that on Lexus IS250 which only had 12,000 miles and I hoped for engine in perfect condition... turns out engine is completely seized, and I missed it because I could not try to start the engine before taking it out. Why is it seized?! Who knows, maybe they drained it and then decided to drive around in the lot without oil. Anyhow - my experience with Copart in general - avoid at all cost. All cars are always worst posible version of themselves. Imagine the car of certain age and mileage and then imagine it is most uncared car you have every seen, never maintained, never washed etc. and then the one being sold at Copart will be double as bad as you thought. Point being - if you think it is a lottery, then it is a lottery where you always lose, it is not like you lose on one car, but other you get cheaply and it turns out to be easier to fix than you thought... Nope it does not work like that at Copart, they are all completely scrappers, which somehow avoided being scrapped. At least that is the case in UK. All the cars that are worth saving got picked-up in dealer auctions, or insurance own options or in some other private ways... and what ends-up in Copart are always the cars that nobody thought could be worth anything. I guess maybe going to to auction site and checking the car before buying makes a difference, but I have bought several dozen of the car, with damage and just used, and also scrappers where they offer the service for you to come and dismantle the car yourself... and they were all not as described, in shocking condition etc. For example the Lexus IS250 I bought was deemed unrepairable (so can't be registered), but it stated car runs and drivers, only 12,000 miles... should it should have been perfect parts car. When I came to dismantle it, it had one wheel completely missing, like whole suspension arm ripped-off (they found at some point), the door was not closed for who knows how many months, so interior started to get mouldy, the underside was all damaged from them moving it around, as mentioned engine was seized for some reason... so in the end there was quite little that I could salvage from the car. Also Copart fees are just ridiculous... so again for example I bought that Lexus IS250 for £275 (say $350), that was my bid... with all the fees it ended-up costing me nearly £900, and that was the service where I had to dismantle the car myself within the time slot of only 9 hours (you can extend for extra day for additional £250). Like HOW? How does £275 turn into £900? Obviously, it is little bit extreme example... if the car would have been £12,000 then say £12,800 final cost would be minor change percentage wise, but for cheap car my bid basically tripled. Now going onto your example - your car was clearly messed with. It looks like it was in minor accident... what happened with control arms? Why is chassis bent? The answer is probably - somebody bought car after much worse accident, cosmetically dressed-it up to look like minor collision and then sold it again. That said doesn't seem like it worked out if you paid only $700... Also it may have been not the first collision of that car. P.S. now that I watched the video to the end... it is so funny. It basically exactly how my Lexus IS250 project turned out. During covid I sold my Lexus RC-F, because 1. I didn't drive much, 2. it went UP in value by a lot and 3. I was afraid it will start depreciating again... Immediately after that I find myself in strange spot - so I got for the car more than I paid, but that was because ALL cars were now more expensive and I just wanted cheap runabout... So I found Lexus IS250 for "cheap" on Copart... turns out it had loads of electrical problems and some idiot has already been "working" on it. Several month later, I replaced several ECUs, Engine harness and the car still wasn't running right. I ended-up buying that other IS250 breaker for parts and when I had basically whole spare car I was able to fix my original purchase. Decent IS250 in UK is £3000 (probably was more like £4000 during covid), I have spent £1800 on my first car, then another £900 on parts car, then another £300 on some other ECUs that I have replaced in the process and I basically paid £3000 for that car. I am not even counting tools (most tools I already had) or that I spend 6 month fixing it... Well I guess we can call that "for experience"!

Watching your video editing and timing skills grow over the past few years has been a blast, Sir. There is no more creative, hilarious and undeniably human example of ‘shade-tree mechanic doc/essay’ than what you’re putting up here. You’re creating your own niche and mastering it as you go. Thanks for all the time and effort you’ve clearly spent splicing this together and polishing it for maximum enjoyment- it’s always well worth the wait.

Just stumbled across your channel on my homepage. Enjoyed the video and editing style. You've got yourself a new subscriber!

Informative, educational and always funny as hell. Thanks, Ronny, for your effort and bringing us along for the ride. I so appreciate your production quality, writing and comedic timing in editing. One of the things you always use to great effect, of course, is foreshadowing! Already looking forward to 2027!

I have no shame is saying your videos are the only ones I watch without skipping forward. You’re a true genius and make my day.

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="350">5:50</a> The Fiero!! 🚗

Just came across your channel, I must say I really enjoyed the video, your editing skills as well as your sense of humour made for a really enjoyable watch.

Love this guys presentation and voice and camera work. Really top tier. Please make more frequent videos and don't wait til 2027!!!

“Buy once, cry once.” “Do it nice or do it twice.” Or something like that.

Ronald Finger 🤝 Bobby Fingers Underrated KZfaqrs who rarely upload but are worth it every time. Also fingers.

So flipping cool! Thank you for sharing!

Really enjoyed this video! Love seeing rebuilds on cars that have sentimental meaning.

Why not more! I love this guy and his filming style and humour ❤

Dude u are a editing genius, the transitions, the music, the jokes, everything is so fluid and natural! Cheers to you dude! enjoied every second

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="928">15:28</a> small neodymium magnets and a flexible metal rod thingy. Great for getting in and collecting wandering bits. Also great for keeping them where they should be

Ah, I love get notifications of new content from you!!! One of the few channels that must be watched in peace and quiet. Love your sense of humour and for this one the brilliant underhanded joke about all the CoPart rebuild channels and the overall cost of the project. Maybe there's a bigger margin in the more expensive cars but also those channels make a shed load more in advertising revenue I'd wager 😉

the presentation and filming of your videos is incredible, there's so much attention to detail and the editing it makes a great watch

I really appreciate all the work you put in! Not just into the project you take on but also the script, the camerawork, the editing, and everything else behind the scene. Thank you❤

Ron, you made this video a blast to watch, thanks for sharing that adventure, a friend and I used to straighten frames using a big tree and a come along / cable winch puller (same thing), whatever it takes to get the same result you did, perfection or close to it. good job!!

The humor in this channel! Chef's kiss!

Your videos are always the greatest! I recently bought a 2007 bmw X5 and am doing the same just minus the collision damage. Everything on this X5 wants to break if you look at it sideways. Weekend junkyard runs, Amazon and eBay purchases and scouring OfferUp. Keep up the great content because your knowledge, lack of fear, brutal honesty and sense of humor are second to none on KZfaq.

Nice one, Keith.

I love seeing cars not thrown in the bin - and I love your videos.

This felt so relatable, great job 🎉 and I was like “same” in so many parts 😂😂😂 great job on the 🔥

Big car guy here, thanks for making a video about them! Also, thanks for just good storytelling in general. 👏🏼👍🏻

its's not always that you have a notificatin from this channel, but when you do, you know is pure Gold!

Your car videos and general editing style are an absolute treat. Please never stop 😁

Your commentary and editing is fantastic. Especially for car work. I would appreciate another video in 4 years

I've been looking forward to this video more than any summer blockbuster.

So basically, fixing that car gave you free tools. Thats how i justify buying expensive tools anyway

You could have bought my Volvo on CoPart for $1500 a few months ago. No body panel damage, engine and drivetrain 100% and well maintained. All it needed was radiator, oil cooler, AC condensor. Not as sporty as your car though. Props to you for taking on this challenge! For what it is worth, when I was around your age, I messed up the rebuild on my VW bug engine, because I didn't know what I was doing. I admire your approach. *edit* You did frame work. Some good, some bad. It's all about learning.

I’m in love with this guy’s humor 😂. Definitely subbing

How did I just notice your energy sword tattoo? Love your videos, can’t wait to see all your weird future projects. I enjoy that you choose vehicles that there aren’t a lot of videos of. I hope you don’t stop making videos like these. Thank you brother.

Ronald and Mike are 2 of my favorites, really hope they put out vids more often some day..

Ronald, you are legitimately my favorite KZfaqr. You are the only person I've ever "hit the bell icon" for. Please don't make us wait until 2027 for your next video, I need to see the outcome of your garage.

I have a 2004 2.7 v6 manual one ( 6 speed manual ). Had it 13 years, its very very strong a blast to drive. Over in Ireland they arent called Tiburon there called Coupe.

Well done on the adjustable arm. I usually mark the distance they are at then wind them in till the thread start to tighten because of the damage then straighten and wind in further until it will go all the way by hand.

Man i just watched your datsun video i looked at the channel and said nah this man isnt posting any new videos then 10 minutes later there was a video. I am a subscriber now.

You may be able to buy one for 3k and you fixed yours said and done for 3k but what you cant buy is the experience, frustration and headaches topped with the feeling of accomplishment when completed.

I owned a Tiburon and loved it. Great car and super reliable! Bought it for $7k at 95k miles back in like 2012, sold it for $2k this year with 225k miles. Great video. Really interesting frame repairs.

I was literary laughing out loud. 😂 Ronald you are my hero.