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stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 18th, 2008, 8:42 pm
by MRVERG
drove bout an hour and a half to work in Macloed on wendsday, pissing down rain, litterally 100 metres from the work site and my front wheels just didnt seem to want to grip to the road as i went through the round about lol

STRAIGHT INTO THE GUTTER!!!!


cops pulled me over ofcourse, bretho'd me haha and went over me car, couldnt find anything to pik on tho,
didnt get a tiket for wreckless driving even tho i wasnt trying to do anything stupid coz it was too early and i was too tyred to be a hoon haha,

me old man came n got me with the trailer and the result is : front left wichbone/axle is effd, steering to the left is efffd, and looks like i need a new set of rims also hahha

owell should b bak on the road in no time!!!


some piks:


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Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 18th, 2008, 8:47 pm
by Frost
Hmm not fun hitting the gutter.

Rain sucks, mainly after it hasnt rained for a while and the road is all greeasy

Best of luck with getting it back on the road.

Visit Sundeep auto spares to get some parts I rekon.

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 18th, 2008, 8:55 pm
by Louis_XR6
DONT BE SHY TO HIT GUTTERS, I HAVE!

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 18th, 2008, 10:57 pm
by OED666
OUCH!!! sucks that the cops had to rub salt into the wound. might need a (prolly replace both) shock as well.

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 12:20 am
by needfordspeed
Damn that sucks, at least your alright though, cars/parts can be replaced. Speaking of parts....I have a steering rack if you need one :P

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 6:39 am
by Malakai
It looks fine to me. :?

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 8:42 am
by Eb Barbie
Bugger! At least your ok and its fixable i guess...

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 9:04 am
by EFFalcon
ouch, coulda been way worse :P

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 9:55 am
by Dumpsta
Aww suck mate! Bad luck, what sort of tyres were you running? I got crappy ones and Ive had them go straight ahead in the wet a little, bit hairy but they're ok when they wanna go sideways.

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 10:16 am
by MRVERG
yeh the front tyres arnt the best not really made for wet conditions.

pulled everything out, its only 2 parts that need replacing at this stage!

but dont know if the rim is buckled slightly yet, goin down to dandy reckers to get the parts today,

lucky thers no panel damage, dono how that didnt happen hahaha

shocks r fine and managed to straighten the steering rod thing bak to normal.

lets hope thats all that went wrong!

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 1:51 pm
by pHaT`eL
Jollys to the rescue again!!

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 2:07 pm
by EFFalcon
speaking off... Jolly's advertise on the TV now.

$99 sundays :P

Re: stakd the fairmont on the way to work :(

PostPosted: December 19th, 2008, 2:52 pm
by Barnsy
Its worth paying a few extra dollars and getting good brand name tyres, pity about the cops