Well i was taking a turn at 35-40 mph.....blew a tire,did a 1080 and trashed the camaro...Its fixable but its gonna cost...atlesat im alive so thats all i care about right now...There is some curb rash on the rim,front spoiler needs to be replaced and i need a new rear end...My rear tire came off and snapped the axle shaft with it...pics will come tomorrow.

 

im sorry man atleast your alright! you always can fix a car

 

Exactly. I know what you going through right now the feeling is awfull. That sucks about your car

 

oh man thats too bad to hear

 

That sucks Dude! Glad you're OK. Build her back better than before!

 

really sucks....i once almost wrecked hydroplaning on the freeway. i dont drive bald dr's in the rian on the freeway anymore......

 

man thats terrible , you said your tire blew. Will you be able to get any money from the insurance company or the tire maker. At least you didnt get hurt.

 

 

Thankfully you're OK.

...sorry to hear about the car.

 

man, that makes ya sick to your stomach doesn't it?

 

sorry to hear that bro...***...and you had just finished this project with new paint and wheels.
Any reason why the tire blew? Was it a defect of the tire?

Tommy

 

Sorry about the car but it will look just as good if not better when you are done with it.....as long as you are ok thats what is important....sorry though, i know how it feels.

 

man thats sad to hear good thing your ok and as far as your car goes jus make sure u come out on top of this n make her better than before

 

Yeah glad your ok and sry about the car.. that sucks but it will be 10 times better when your done .... Hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving

 

Just wanted to say thanks to all who gave me words of encouragement...Reality has set in over the night and I am just thankful im just alive..The camaro isnt in that bad of shape but it will cost $$ and T.L.C...Im going to just swap out the rear end with a disc brake posi rear end with a posi and 3:42s since the axle shaft just snapped off on the drivers side...I might go ahead and do the eibach drop at the same time....As for the front spoiler,ill have to get that re-painted once i paint my other cowl hood...and my drivers side rim has a couple of nicks/scratches here and there...I think ill keep it ton the camaro for a reminder ...

As for the tire blowing,i have no idea...just a freak accident i would say....it felt like i was in a video game while in the 1080...Ill post some pics later tonight...Thank you to all who are here for me...it is greatly appreciated...I thought i would be a lil bit angrier(sp) than i am about the camaro...i guess i was wrong


Happy Thanksgiving,
Jon Sampang-brokenhearted

 

Man, I realllllllllllllllllly liked your car/paint.

 

Dammnn, your car is gorgeous, I hope everything goes well and you can get it fixed!

 

Sorry to hear about that also I love the look of your car its one of a kind. Good thing your alright.

 

thanks for the words of encouragement everyone...im about to order the drop,then look for a rear end,two new tires,and then im taking apart the front clip to see how much damage there is.just some bad luck for me

 

dude, im sorry and trust me i know exactly how you feel. just the day before thanksgiving i got rearended by some bum going 15 over. hit me at about 30-35 when i was stopped. flowmasters are broken, bumper gone, and the gas tank got crushed in on the pass. side, also the pass. side panel crumpled and it looks like it might me history......... my sister had a sprained neck and i went to the hospital just in case. man i had a sore throat for like 3 days from yelling so much.

 

good luck with the repairs.. your car is awesome. im glad its getting fixed back up

 

yeah, sorry to hear it

i nearly spun out taking a turn at a speed i thought i could take it at. well the car started to slight out on me and i thankfully saved it. I felt like i was going to throw up. LOL i can only imagine if i did actually wreck it LOL

 

can somone tell me how many pictures i can post of the accident?

 

3

 

you can post 3 or you can link them from somewhere else such as cardomain

if you want i can host them for you just email them to me at lnowell@madisontelco.com

 

That sucks. Don't know if I really wanna see the damage. It's painful.

 

ouch! sorry to hear this bro!! good luck with everything!

 

well since i can only post 3 pics,here are the worse 3 pics...ill see if i can post the links a lil later on

dont ask me how this happened to the fender but it happened


here is the tire blow out...i can almost fit a golf ball in the hole


and the broken axle shaft

 

here are links of the accident...the pictures do not do their justice because they dont show the dents on the fender or any fine detail...

http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_001.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_002.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_003.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_004.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_005.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_006.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_007.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_008.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_009.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_010.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_011.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_012.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_013.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_014.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_015.jpg
http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1000/...cident_016.jpg

 

if you are hosting them somewhere else like you are doing then you can post as many as you want

 

Damn, that sucks.
You can post more than 3 pictures if they are not attachments.

 

hhhahahaha now someone tells me jk

you cant tell in this pic but there is a big chunk of sidewall missing on this tire

something is wrong here

 

and my final three pics that just makes my heart stop beating for a second or two while i shed a few tears lol

here is the close up of the broken axle shaft

and my rim rash

 

well i thought it would be worse they way you described it....


so you need a rear end good time to upgrade to a nice posi... plenty out there for around 100 bucks. the nose will need a sand and repaint.. and those marks on the fender you can almost heat that area up with a heat gun and tap the flanges pack into place. if the heat is right it won;t even damage the paint.

from the look of the tire it seems you may have ran over something that is way to clean to be a blow out. moist all blow outs have straingh tlines and the metal cords are broken jagged not clean cut like those. looks like a pip end of a bottle just right.

the rash on the rim could be sanded and re polished depending on how deep they are. hard to tell in the pics.

don;t get down easy fix in my view even if you replace the rim and have a body shop do the front nose repairs. if you change the rear yourself. maybe 1500-2000.

jeff

 

yeah i know what youre saying jeff...however,i was just about done with the camaro and to put in another 2K into it is not satisfying to a broken wallet...Thats a nice engine swap if you ask me...but its just the way the cookie crumbles...Im looking at about 50 bux for a new spoiler,350 is the cheapest disc brake posi rear end i can find,750 for 4 new tires,then since i have the rear end out,i minds well and do my drop so add 200 bux to that...then i have to take into account the paint...which isnt gonna be nice...but like i said..just the way the cookie crumbles so what can ya do.....

 

you know now that i look at that tire pic... what came first the tire blowing of the axle breaking? the axle could of broke cause the tire to fold and have the car land on it causing that rip.. where was the wheel after that accident? was it still under the car or down the road?

jeff

350 for axel i got my disk posi for 110. came outta a 88 9 bolt crappy gears but that can always be changed some day.

 

any cracks in the spoiler? if not it can be sanded and reapinted that will save some money...

i know i don;t mean o make it sound like no big deal.. but it is only cosmetic for the most part the body is still straight and relative little damage you are lucky...it could of been much higher a loss....

the reason i ask about the axle it may change your insurance covering it or not. and mechanical failure like an axel may be coverable as the cause of the accident where a tire may not be. depending on your coverage.

jeff

 

well thats the thing...there are cracks all over the front spoiler and bumper...not to mention my drivers side door barely opens...so i know there is a lot more damage than the eye can see...

 

oh can;t see that in the pic. the door may be just a simple loosen all the bolts on the front fender and realign. don;t panic yet, it is a real pita to adjust those things.

car looked real sweet good luck with the rebuild,

 

Yeh why does it barely open is it cause the fender is bent into it or what? You might just need to readjust the fender it might have got bent. If you have to adjust the door that would mean the frame had bent.

 

yeah i know not to panic but money is a big thing....just the way the cookie crumbles at times