Weather takes another one...
Ok so driving to work this morning the guy in front of me decides to slam on his brakes because apparently he misses his turn. I then step on my brakes and hydroplane due to the slick wet surfaces on the street. As you can see by the pictures I totally screwed up the front end of my car and now am asking anyone who can help to please do so with extra parts you have or even just any info they have about their own experience with rear ending an econoline van. Yes unfortunately the only pictures I have up right now are on my facebook site.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...&id=1069855488
Well I have an update on this accident. The insurance guy went to the body shop I had the car towed to and it ends up that the insurance company estimated that there is 9157.18 of damage. So the auto body shop is going to order all the parts and give me a time frame when the car will be ready when the parts come in. The name of the body shop is Rich's Automotive Auto Body Specialists in Emerson, NJ. If anyone is from Bergen county and has been in an accident I highly recommend these guys. Rich himself is a great guy and easy to communicate with. I'll keep ya posted when parts come in and progress of the work.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...&id=1069855488
Well I have an update on this accident. The insurance guy went to the body shop I had the car towed to and it ends up that the insurance company estimated that there is 9157.18 of damage. So the auto body shop is going to order all the parts and give me a time frame when the car will be ready when the parts come in. The name of the body shop is Rich's Automotive Auto Body Specialists in Emerson, NJ. If anyone is from Bergen county and has been in an accident I highly recommend these guys. Rich himself is a great guy and easy to communicate with. I'll keep ya posted when parts come in and progress of the work.
advice: i would get a check with the estimated amount. there are alot of parts you can buy used on evom and save TONS of money. infact you can replace alot of the parts yourself to save a TON more if you are a DIYer. such things as hood, front bumper/fenders, IC, radiator and oil cooler is very easy to replace yourself.
Last edited by mifesto; Dec 17, 2008 at 11:56 AM.
thats a nice qoute man. my front end damage was way worse then that and i only got 3500 dollars. What exactly needed to be replaced. My radiator, intercooler, bumper and fenders were all damaged
Sorry to say but your probably going to have some frame damage , the accident looks like the one i had . Drive in a pickup slams the brakes and i hit him . Same damage front headlights pop out , bumper is bent and hood opens . It looked good but when i was getting it fixed they found that both frame rails had bent .
Did you get hurt? If not, then the air bag did not need to go off. I was riding in a BMW that rear ended another car going faster than you said you were going, and its bags didn't go off either.
I have seen some Evos take some serious hits without the occupants getting hurt too bad.
Sucks that it happened though. Make sure the frame is straight
Yeah, I'm one of those drivers that leaves a lot between me and the guy in front of me when driving in the snow. I may have pissed a few people off but I haven't hit anyone, or gotten ticketed for following too closely or driving too fast for conditions.
I would give some extra distance when roads are slick out, I always see some bone heads out here in Vegas that decide to turn at the last second. Sucks sorry to see, hope they make it better then new
