I smashed my car while showing off

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:39 am

it's hilarious... you have to sling the car around... but it's soooo much fun!

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:41 pm

Well.... the video isn't up but I managed to get the control arm replaced today.... thought I'd show you guys the damage. :twisted:

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:47 pm

Well.... I guess I should see if I can put the fender back on.... it's pretty screwed up as well..... oh well.... it's going to get cut up once I get that wide body kit for my car so it doesn't really matter that much.

Hmmm..... perhaps I should go for a test drive before I fool with the fender.... the lower stabilizer bar is cut off..... and I won't have a replacement until monday or tuesday.... so it will proabably take another week to get everything to the point where I can drive it again.

With the control arm mangled up I couldn't remove the ball joint!!!!

I ended up separating it with a hydraulic Jack!!!!

In the end I had to push the suspension up a foot and a half before I could loosen up any of the bolts and drop out the contol arm.... each time I took out a bolt the whole suspesion moved..... the first part of the control arm moved 3" forward and 2" out when I droped out the bolt (which sorta caught my arm.... but I'm ok... it was just a few hundred pounds

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Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:17 am

well..... it drive straight as an arrow

Looks like the fender will fit as well

daftmajin · Post by **daftmajin** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:24 am

lucky dog!

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:40 am

wow... that looks very familar actually. i did a similar thing to my lanos several years ago and my control arm looked very similar.

i was lucky though and had the stock rims which took a lot of the grunt of the hit

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:52 am

Ya..... those are my stock rims.... during the "fun" I managed to scrub about 20% of my tread off my tires.... the corners have chunks of rubber missing :twisted:

I have a nice set of Ultra light Centerline wheels for the spring.... well technically they were supposed to go on in the summer but I had a couple of tire deals fall through on me.

That reminds me..... I should try and dig up another deal now so that I can make sure that the tires and rims are ready as soon as spring hits.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:15 am

Erfinder@PrecisionBoost wrote:Well.... the video isn't up but I managed to get the control arm replaced today.... thought I'd show you guys the damage. :twisted:

OUTCH!

MMamouh

rage_rman · Post by **rage_rman** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:49 pm

Tom Get me those vids so I can post it for these guys. Chris your lucky i didn't hit you with the Sentra. Tom you need yor Kadet on the road to joing in.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:52 pm

Tom Get me those vids so I can post it for these guys. Chris your lucky i didn't hit you with the Sentra. Tom you need yor Kadet on the road to joing in

and ya'll need to come down to oklahoma to work on my car too damnit. sorry just ran with the flow.

nick

rage_rman · Post by **rage_rman** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:37 pm

Yeah Tom we need to go to Oklahoma NOW>>>>>

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:38 pm

He didn't give them to you yet????

And here I thought you were the holdup on the vids.... I was with a customer so I did't get a chance to talk to Tom before he headed out.... I wonder if he's going to work at APEX tonight... I'll give him a call.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:33 am

still waiting for that vid!! Oh, and Chris... check out that srt4 vs wrx thread one more time please

Thanks!!