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Offline elff

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Add me to the List - car hit from behind
« on: June 25, 2010, 09:52:57 AM »
Got in a 3 car accident.
I was stopped, the car behind me was stopped
The car behind her was not stopped

Boom  Boom Fawk!!

I got hit square on the license plate.  The trunk is slightly misaligned.  [Was perfect due to Randy@DDM fixing it just 2 weeks ago at Nationals!!!!]
and I have some minor damage to the rear bumper  and stock rear valance.  [Fortunately I did not have Norms Fascia on the car]

It drives fine although the alignment felt out of whack.  Really need to get the rear bumper off to see what happened underneath it. 
Doors work and line up fine, so this should just be an aggravation and nothing to worry about.
Due to parts being an issue, I am hoping they can just repaint and realign.
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« Last Edit: June 26, 2010, 08:57:35 PM by DeepBlueGXP »
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 10:00:19 AM »
What a bummer, elff!  Nothing you could do about it.  Just minding your own business, and you get rear-ended! 
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 10:04:10 AM »
SUCKS, but at least you are okay.  Custom paint?
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 10:17:37 AM »
sorry to hear that elff.
hope you get it fixed soon !
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Re: Add me to the List
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2010, 10:52:36 AM »
Bummer, the nicest why sky being damaged  :gaah:

Hopefully there are only minor easy fixable problems  :thumbs:
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Re: Add me to the List
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2010, 10:57:19 AM »
Sorry to hear that, it may have been a radical christian trying to kill Lucifer
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2010, 11:14:17 AM »
Sorry to hear about another KAPPA getting "slightly" crushed.  Cannot count on both hands how many times I have had to drive aggressively to avoid getting squished. Best of luck in your repairs!!!
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2010, 11:21:43 AM »
 :cryin: I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you are okay and I hope everything gets fixed fast and correctly.  :sorry:
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2010, 11:35:27 AM »
Quote from: DeepBlueGXP on June 25, 2010, 10:57:19 AM
Sorry to hear that, it may have been a radical christian trying to kill Lucifer
:lol:  :rofl:
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2010, 11:57:54 AM »
Best of luck.  Any Photo's?  especially of the car that hit the car that hit you?  Just so we can all avoid being in front of them at a stop light...

Glad everyone is ok.

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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2010, 01:31:46 PM »
None at the moment.

THANKFULLY I did not have either the new or original fascia from Norm.
That would have sucked. 
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2010, 01:50:26 PM »
elff, sorry to hear this, seems like everyone has it out for the Sols these days. Glad you're OK.
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« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2010, 02:03:30 PM »
Um, Sols AND Skys. SHiNY and elff own Skys. Just sayin'...
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« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2010, 05:20:19 PM »
So I get home and I have a nice big box from Norm.
Talk about timing.
I am sooooo Glad I didn't get it early. 

Inspecting the rear of the car, the gap between the rear bumper and trunk is definitely wider than it was and the lines between the rear bumper and quarter panel now have spaces at the top.
So it looks like the entire bumper got pushed/rotated down.
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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2010, 06:21:08 PM »
Hopefully that bumper took the brunt of the damage and everything underneath is in good shape.
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Re: Add me to the List
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2010, 06:39:58 PM »
I'm really not that worried.
The car drives great so there can't be anything structurally wrong.
and worst case scenario is I need 1 bumper and the mounting hardware.

Aside from the scrapes on the paint, anyone who doesn't own our car, probably wouldn't notice anything until I point it out.
That's going to be the fun part
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« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2010, 06:48:59 PM »
There should be some styrofoam-type material behind the bumper cover that absorbed most of the force of the impact.  That's its job.  It's only good for one hit, though.  It will likely need to be replaced.  Get an estimate from a good body shop!
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« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2010, 07:03:53 PM »
I have a great body shop which is why I'm not worried.
They have done a bunch of the Black highlights I have on my white sky.
They are very particular to detail. 
I have some additional stuff I am going to have them do while the car is down to eliminate some Vinyl.
All in all this really isn't that bad of a bad thing.
Just pushed up the time frame of some stuff I wanted done.
My Cobalt handles will be given to them.  :)
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« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2010, 07:21:52 PM »
Painted to match your helmet? :rofl:
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« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2010, 07:23:35 PM »
That would be bad ass
But I don't think I could convince them I need a total repaint of the sky
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« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2010, 07:26:09 PM »
Hey I would pitch in 15-20 bucks, maybe you could get others to help you cover most of that 8-10 k paint job
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Re: Add me to the List
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2010, 12:50:22 AM »
Quote from: elff on June 25, 2010, 07:23:35 PM
That would be bad ass
But I don't think I could convince them I need a total repaint of the sky
Why not they never get the repaired parts to match the existing color .Let them knowthat the impact knocked all the Pearl off the Mother of . Its a wonder the air bag didn't Pop. Glad your OK though
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« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2010, 08:48:24 PM »
Glad you are OK elff.
My Daily driver (not the GXP) got totaled a couple of weeks ago.
I was hit by an F150 with a winch in the front of his bumper, the whole trunk of my car is plaster against the back seat of the car.
This was a four door car and the back doors cannot be open and the 2 front doors have to be push hard to get them open.
I am glad this accident did not happen when driving my GXP on the weekends.
I am sure if this would have been the case, not  sure if I could be typing this right now.
I hate insurance companies, specially Allstate (the other drivers insurance Co.). Although my 2004 car is totaled Allstate only wants to pay wholesale for the car.
Now I have to get a lawyer to fight this mess.
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Re: Add me to the List - car hit from behind
« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2010, 10:40:23 PM »
  I am glad both of you guys are ok. elff hope you get you car fixed just the way you want it. Send some pictures when you get it all fixed back up.
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« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2010, 06:13:02 PM »
Wow - do we have bullseyes on our cars???  Glad your OK and the damage seems minor.
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