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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 02:02 PM
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hit a tree! ouch

about a mount ago i was going way to fast around a hair pin corner and lost control and hit a tree. here are some pics of b4 and after. i fixed it myself.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 02:13 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 02:21 PM
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jk, looks a ton better in your sig.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 02:22 PM
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if it makes you fell better i lost it around a long right and smoked a tree. However 8" thick by about 15 foot tall tree doesnt have a hope in hell against 3500 pounds of american iron. Man did i ever kick the crap outa that tree. Check page 3 in my sig for pics...
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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srry to hear that thats not bad I did it head on in a CRX took me a month till I could walk again. broke two vertabrea 3 ribs nose collapsed lung and broken nose. My seat ripped out of the floor didnt know the floor was a little rotted. and the car was demolished. so be glad it wasnt that bad.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 03:07 PM
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nice car man and good work! It almost happend to me yesterday we have some sand on the road's and I was on it pretty good around a corner and came right around....
It was a slow ride home after that as Im thinkin $hit $hit I almost
had more $$ to spend
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 05:10 PM
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Ouch...nice looking fix.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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at least you can fix yours...passenger side of mine is pushed back 3 inches...
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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Originally posted by mw66nova
at least you can fix yours...passenger side of mine is pushed back 3 inches...
that sucks
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 06:38 PM
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yeap, pretty much. you should have seen the two brick walls i went through. they didn't stand a chance. i was going around a turn WAY too fast for a residential area. i ended up plowing down the mailbox, hitting the first brick wall on this side of the driveway, it bucked me up and over the driveway, then i landed on the second brick wall and came to a stop in a BIG ditch. i crawled out without a scratch (G0D is good). anyways, the car is pretty much toast.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 06:42 PM
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showing accident pics are we..

i tore up my first car live and learn
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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showing accident pics are we..

i tore up my first car live and learn
"ouch"! anything salvaged out of it?? what was that 88 or 89
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 07:07 PM
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it would really suck if that was a 1990. my motor seems to be salvageable. the motor was pushed forward 1 1/2"...or maybe my crossmember was pushed back? anyhow, i have moroso solid mounts on it, and the twisted like a pretzle. i will get pics tomorrow, as i am pulling the motor tomorrow.
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 09:14 PM
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mine was a 90....im going to grab a pic later tonight, im really scared because my car looks fine but i hit the curb going really fast and now my passenger door is out of alignment with the front 1/4 panel there is like a half-3/4 inch gap so they dont sit flush, im really scared i bent the subframe....
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 09:22 PM
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Hmmm- heres a pic of my last Camaro- a 96 RS- car got loose while avoiding some animals in teh road, got sideways, and hit the guardrail doing about 70 nose on...
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 09:48 PM
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You guys should go drifting!!
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 10:11 PM
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they alredy did
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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MW66NOVA---what did you do?!

Xceleratemaro--comming along good
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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 10:54 PM
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Cop t-boned me... Fucckin cops!!!! Damn I hate them.



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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 11:59 PM
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Originally posted by Z dude
"ouch"! anything salvaged out of it?? what was that 88 or 89
yeah sold most, paid like 500 for the car then parted it out made like 3 times that. 88 iroc-z 5.7 fully loaded

accidents happen.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:24 AM
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Originally posted by camarogirl18
MW66NOVA---what did you do?!

i was coming around a turn way too fast. basically what i did was run a car that was made to go fast in a strait line, and it did just that. i hit a mailbox and then crashed through two brick walls. the kind folks put at the end of their driveways. hit the first one, bucked up, OVER the driveway, landed on the second one and came to a stop in a very BIG ditch....that's what i did. scared me. the only thing that kept the car from folding is the subframe connectors.

if anyone is in the market for sub-frame connectors, i suggest the JEGS bolt in ones. they say the bolts rip out, well, that's cause not only are the bolts still holding, but the connectors are strait as an arrow. and they are going in the next build up.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:49 AM
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Cop t-boned me... Fucckin cops!!!! Damn I hate them.



Kat
What were you doing to get t-boned by the police? Running away from the flashing red and blue lights is a bad idea.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 01:11 AM
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The cop must have seen a doughnut on the other side of his car and bolted for it.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 01:54 AM
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better yet, how did you get hit on the driver side? was it the cops fault?
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:11 AM
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my car Before after, I bought it wrecked for 900 with only 47k Origional miles





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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:17 AM
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Originally posted by theratdude64
my car Before after, I bought it wrecked for 900 with only 47k Origional miles





:lala:
Xelerate - good lord man you did awesome work on that! :hail:

Ratdude - It's come a long way, hasn't it? Good job on the new nose, hood and paint!
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:56 AM
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Originally posted by mw66nova
i was coming around a turn way too fast....
Dang, with the heck did this happen? I sure missed the post about it
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 07:35 AM
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Bad cop , no doughnut
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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here's some pics of under the hood where i had to re weld in a parts car corrner. thats a brand new gm bumper cover. i have bought some new wheels and tires z rated!! so when the car goes back on the road there wont be any more loseing control around corrners.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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It was the cops fault. I was making a left, going home, on a two lane road. Cop kicked his lights on and tried to pass me on the left in the on coming traffic lane... Hit me on the door.

Yes I got phucked on that deal.. BTW I think cops are worthless POS's

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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 11:08 AM
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opps im going to sneek this one in of the new motor.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by EvilCartman
Dang, with the heck did this happen? I sure missed the post about it
friday, i didn't post anything that was just my car. figured i would share my misfortune to help some body else feel better. i have other pics of the car, i will post them later.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:43 PM
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this pic shows how badly the car is twisted...
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:45 PM
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bent headlight bar and inner fender. that whole side of the car was pushed back like 3". the x-member even got pushed back a ways. it bent my moroso solid motor mounts....
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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think i may have ya all beat.

1988 IROCZ 350 TPI

light rain plus 135+mph over a small hill equals wipeout. My bro bought this car in the condition it was in. Used it for the motor. The car rolled a few times the driver was ejected through t-top and survived. G0d was looking over that man!
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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the rear of the car was totally obliterated. Rear passenger side quarter panel sticks out about 45 degrees from original.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 03:16 PM
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last and worst

This used to be the rear hatch area. We had to take a very large crow bar and jimmy it into the "luggage well" just to remove the carpet.

More pics can be seen here if the bandwidth doesn't get exceeded (which it will cause geocities is restricting)
More Carnage....
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:16 PM
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Originally posted by billsfirebird
last and worst

This used to be the rear hatch area. We had to take a very large crow bar and jimmy it into the "luggage well" just to remove the carpet.

More pics can be seen here if the bandwidth doesn't get exceeded (which it will cause geocities is restricting)
More Carnage....
hmmm.... I dont think that one is repairable
daaaaamn
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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Man gotta watch those curves...glad ya not hurt!
The car is replaceable...You are not!
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:07 PM
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There are definately some crazy accidents in this thread!!

But thankfully everyone is alright!!!

Big metal cars =
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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well i might be even with that other car.... ford explorer 45mph into my drivers door... lost it arond a corner due to a blow out...
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:16 PM
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this flew by my head and missed me by les than 3 feet...

my hat that i was wearing, my firedpartment gear bag, all landed 20ft + down the road.


i recieved two concusions- a leather pouched socket set hit me in the back of the head and someting hit me on the left front side of my head... 7 badly bruised and dislocated ribs, sprained ankle (my shoes came off), and disloacted shoudler with muscle andligiment damage...

i did get out of the car myself and pick up my **** and get my hat... i musta been a bloody mess from all the glass in my face, people were stayin away from me...


and the guy driving the ford had the ***** to yell at me while im about to pass out from putting my shoudler back in...
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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locked wheels with a truck at 65mph sideswiped a car on the right too. Wasnt me that wrecked it though, a guy i work with
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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One thing i really like about this site is the members actually fixing their cars and creating something new and better instead of giving up........Keeps the Thirdgen alive........
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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fb305svs: Holy crap!!! Glad you got outta there alive.
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