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stat1K
05-10-2006, 11:01 PM
so here i am driving down the us60 in az goin about 70-75mph and all of a sudden a tire comes from underneath the car in front of me. I don't know if it fell off the car or if the car was just tall enough to avoid it but either way it hit my car, and the car behind me, and the car behind him, and the car next to him. Did quite a bit of damage to a couple of them. My poor mertyle betsy (that's my car) took the brunt of the impact though.

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Acid X
05-10-2006, 11:22 PM
Ouch. That sucks! Sorry to see that! Poor car....

ex1z7
05-11-2006, 01:02 AM
Holy crap!.. A tire falling off a car going about 75 would sort've um.. make a relitively big accident I would assume.. Did you lose control out of surprise or anything or just kinda, pull to the side of the road and try to realise how a tire just hit you?


:wtf:

ZackieDarko
05-11-2006, 01:06 AM
a semi tire exploded infront of me once and i had to run it over go'en about 75mph and my suspension was seriously fubared b4 this..scarey thing huh?

LiTtLe xOx BitT
05-11-2006, 06:56 AM
That suck, good thing your ok though. Some people would see what happened to your car as a bad thing, i look at it as and excuse to buy a cf hood and bodykit, lol. Hope you get everything fixed.

stat1K
05-11-2006, 08:08 AM
lol about the cf hood cus that's what i said. but i didn't lose control i've played enough racing games to not freak out about stuff like that. i was more surprised like where did that come from???!?!?! and i just got off the freeway and took a look and was like that sucks. then i made sure it didn't rip my transmission off or anything. then i cried. just kidding... but it is sad my poor baby!

carotman
05-11-2006, 08:29 AM
Almost the same thing happened to me 2 years ago but it wasn'T that bad. I was following a Nissan Pathfinder on the freeway. Suddenly, a motocross seat came out under the SUV. This thing was high enough to pass above it but not the Accord. The seat just got stuck under the car. Since then the exhaust heat shield makes a rattle noise, got to fix that.

speedpenguin
05-11-2006, 09:20 AM
Almost the same thing happened to me 2 years ago but it wasn'T that bad. I was following a Nissan Pathfinder on the freeway. Suddenly, a motocross seat came out under the SUV. This thing was high enough to pass above it but not the Accord. The seat just got stuck under the car. Since then the exhaust heat shield makes a rattle noise, got to fix that.
:lol: That was two years ago and you just now have to fix that? :lol:
Sorry to see your car in that state, Stat.

HostileJava
05-11-2006, 09:59 AM
lol about the cf hood cus that's what i said. but i didn't lose control i've played enough racing games to not freak out about stuff like that. i was more surprised like where did that come from???!?!?! and i just got off the freeway and took a look and was like that sucks. then i made sure it didn't rip my transmission off or anything. then i cried. just kidding... but it is sad my poor baby!


You just got off the freeway? I woulda floored it trying to find where that damn tire came from.

stat1K
05-11-2006, 07:25 PM
well when something hits you that hard and makes a noise that loud i think you're more worried about my car running again not so much flooring it to find where it came from. i was more interested in whether or not my oil pan was on the altima behind me.

HostileJava
05-11-2006, 07:33 PM
well when something hits you that hard and makes a noise that loud i think you're more worried about my car running again not so much flooring it to find where it came from. i was more interested in whether or not my oil pan was on the altima behind me.

You don't know me very well:chainsaw: , I would have driven till I either found the person responsible or the car died/exploded.

MessyHonda
05-11-2006, 09:42 PM
You don't know me very well:chainsaw: , I would have driven till I either found the person responsible or the car died/exploded.

lol...yeah if it was driving he could not continiued on a rim.....im not clear if it was a tire+rim or shreads of a tire.

stat1K
05-11-2006, 10:12 PM
i'm not sure if it was a tire or a tire and a rim that hit my car all i know is it did some good damage. but either way i'm pissed still.

lostforawhile
05-13-2006, 12:42 PM
it doesn't look too bad,probably a hood and grill,also a front bumper,possibly a radiator support. be glad it didn't go under the car or through your windshield, it might have killed you if it had hit you.

sinisterfuzzy
05-13-2006, 12:53 PM
that sucks and blows....

Cheeseburger
05-13-2006, 12:56 PM
dam that sucks bro.

truetune
05-13-2006, 01:37 PM
holey crap, man that had to have been tire and wheel to make that type of damage. as everyone else said good things your ok that possibly could have been something really seriously bad espicaly with the car or truck it came from not owning up to their shit. even with that lil damnage I would soo want the owners insurance info. yeah you do have a good excuse to get CF hood now.

stat1K
05-13-2006, 08:18 PM
it doesn't look too bad,probably a hood and grill,also a front bumper,possibly a radiator support. be glad it didn't go under the car or through your windshield, it might have killed you if it had hit you.

it did go under the car it just didn't do any damage... and the radiator supports are ok but yeah hood/grill and bumper.

ex1z7
05-14-2006, 01:08 PM
How did it hit your hood/bumper AND go under the car?

aftermarket bumper + cf hood time eh :)

w261w261
05-14-2006, 01:34 PM
I was behind a car with one of those 1 wheel trailers behind it a few years ago. In the trailer was a wheelbarrow. The car hit a bump, and the wheelbarrow just lifted right out and to me, looked like it was suspended in the air. Then it was time for the big swerve. But the mental image of that wheelbarrow just hanging there has never left me.

A couple of years ago I was driving down a 4 lane road (all lanes together) when this piece of plastic, looked to be about 8" square, comes whizzing my way from the other lanes. I think it came off a truck, but don't really know. It was rotating very fast, like a buzz saw. Hit the hood and slightly dented it in 3 places, then bounced off the windshield and was gone. Very scary, because I was pondering what would have happened to me if I had been on my bike.

bullard123
05-14-2006, 03:56 PM
I was behind a car with one of those 1 wheel trailers behind it a few years ago. In the trailer was a wheelbarrow. The car hit a bump, and and the wheelbarrow just lifted right out and to me, looked like it was suspended in the air. Then it was time for the big swerve. But the mental image of that wheelbarrow just hanging there has never left me.
A couple of years ago I was driving down a 4 lane road (all lanes together) when this piece of plastic, looked to be about 8" square, comes whizzing my way from the other lanes. I think it came off a truck, but don't really know. It was rotating very fast, like a buzz saw. Hit the hood and slightly dented it in 3 places, then bounced off the windshield and was gone. Very scary, because I was pondering what would have happened to me if I had been on my bike.
Wow dude thats amazing. if the cops find people with unsecure items like that on the freeway they will be looking at some big fines! Too bad you couldn't get his license plate# stat.

3G Jester
05-14-2006, 04:12 PM
sdhoulda gotten the plate # in front of you and called it in. get his insurance info and money

stat1K
05-14-2006, 05:15 PM
How did it hit your hood/bumper AND go under the car?
aftermarket bumper + cf hood time eh :)

yeah i know right... fuckin weird is all i have to say. yeah some of your guys stories are similar experiences i've had... since i've driven around 80k miles in the last 2 years on the freeway. one time i was in my moms ford taurus and a stack of buckets came out of a truck in front of me luckily i was able to avoid them but they hit a car about 200 feet behind me and i never saw what happened to it. but yeah if i was on a bike i would have been dead. but oh well what's done is done. :-( and yes time for a cf hood lol.

stat1K
06-17-2006, 09:02 AM
update...
got a gold hood off an 86 from the junkyard...
also got the headlight covers since mine were busted. only thing i need now is new marker lights... if anyone's got any i have a pair for 86-87 i'd be willing to trade.
here are the pics.
the hood needs to be moved forward about a couple mm's but i had to go to work so it just got thrown on.
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/8986/dsc00111qb.th.jpg (http://img60.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00111qb.jpg)
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lostforawhile
06-17-2006, 04:34 PM
possibly what type do you need?

snoopyloopy
06-17-2006, 04:54 PM
looks much better. your car got raped by that tire. but good thing you're okay and able to fix it and all.

stat1K
06-17-2006, 08:37 PM
i need the 88 front markers... the ones that were clear and stuff. i imagine the ones that i have will fit on your hatch and they are in great shape... i'll get some pics up so you can see what i mean.

MessyHonda
06-17-2006, 09:05 PM
looks good...makes it look kinda good since its like a 2 tone thing....sorry about what happen..i would be pissed too

stat1K
06-18-2006, 09:43 AM
these are the front signal lights that i have that don't fit i guess... i really like them if someone knows how i can get them to work i'd be much apreciative... i think i might have to build a little bracket to attach to the old screw hole since my signal lights don't have screws in the front i guess they are on the bottom. but i couldn't get them off when i tried to. anyone know how it works?
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1830/dsc01523wf.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01523wf.jpg)
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crazykamper
06-19-2006, 07:49 AM
sucks!!! can insurence cover any of it???

get a cf hood to replace old one!!! lol.