Ran the Celica straight into a sidewalk curb..., damn snow T_T Options

[CelicaBuddy]

I know this isn't like anything major... I just lost control and went plowing into a sidewalk curb.

But its just shocking because my car's kit sits pretty low to the ground, and its fiberglass of all things... And yet I went head on into that curb, it did not break. I swear I'm the queen of getting lucky when it comes to this kit... There have been SO many times where if I were not more careful, I could have f***ed it up royally.

But yeah... Hit a patch of ice on a down hill turn, I guess I was taking it a little faster then I really should have, lost control and went straight for the curb. (thank god no one was on the sidewalk at the time - not that I went over it anyways...) Miraculously, the kit went up onto the sidewalk, and my rim took all of the impact of the curb. I dont know how the hell that happened, but damn... I'm friggen lucky as hell, that could have been REAL ugly.

And of all rims to get the worst of it, it was my bent rim Poor thing has been through hell by now, but when it hit, it broke off a pretty big chunk of the metal, so I'm gonna havta replace it now. And then my sealing on the front lip cracked... but well.. it was already pretty cracked to begin with... I'll get pictures of that rim... its pretty nasty lol

But this whole ordeal did leave me scared sh**less I'll give ya that lol My first "car accident" lol I was so shaken up by the whole thing the extremely nice guys helping me, offered to drive my car into my work parking lot... I'm obviously fine though Just a bump on the head haha

But yeah...

I HATE SNOW!

EDIT: Pictures...





This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Jan 28, 2008 - 6:17 PM

[fanboy95]

i hate snow too, i got hit about a month ago cause of the stuff. i did wind up getting projectors out of it though. the rim looks pretty bad.

[CelicaBuddy]

oooh awesome with the projectors, sucks what the car had to go through to get em though

Yeaaaah that rim got pretty messed up...
But! I just bought the replacement an hour ago So I'll prolly get it in like 2 weeks.

This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Jan 28, 2008 - 10:52 PM

[Celicav]

Good thing it was not worse. Wow, that is quite a chunk out of your rim though.

[96bluevert]

I'm surprised you keep the 17's on durring the winter, with the crappy weather we get in WA. But it's good to hear that it was only minor damage to the car and your doing alright.

[Culpable04]

I'm glad you're ok Sabrina, so out of all this you only got scared and that's all ? considering you had to replace the bent wheel anyways lol you're luckier than I am, I hit pot hole on the road at 85 MPH with my new wheels like a year ago, let's just say that the wheels weren't consider new after that lol, but at that speed I can't complain about the results, so I guess I'm kind of lucky too

[CelicaBuddy]

I'm surprised you keep the 17's on durring the winter, with the crappy weather we get in WA. But it's good to hear that it was only minor damage to the car and your doing alright.

Well normally its not even necessary because winter here isn't even half as bad as it has been this year. Most the time its a pathetic lil dusting maybe twice in the season, and if there's more then that, it's gone within a few hours because of the rain... Its more hassle then its really worth, and in my case, putting the stocks on makes the car sit a tad lower which is not good with the kit sitting low... Ive had more scarping damage with the stocks then I ever did with the 17's, and not only that in the snow i'll be just as good a snow plow with that front lip.

This is when I different vehicle would come in handy T_T

I'm glad you're ok Sabrina, so out of all this you only got scared and that's all ? considering you had to replace the bent wheel anyways lol you're luckier than I am, I hit pot hole on the road at 85 MPH with my new wheels like a year ago, let's just say that the wheels weren't consider new after that lol, but at that speed I can't complain about the results, so I guess I'm kind of lucky too

Oh man same thing happened to my rim when it got bent... There was a pothole in the MIDDLE of the freeway of all places and of course I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and BAM! I'm kinda glad it was that rim that got the worst of it, it was really annoying cuz it messed up the smoothness of the ride lol It needed to be fixed anyways, but hey dont havta worry about that now haha

This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Jan 28, 2008 - 11:45 PM

[shin]

404 kits and rims can always be replaced. important thing is that you're alrite sabrina.

[illneversellmyce...]

wow never seen a rim do tha b4, but it did its job safety wise and took the brunt of it. glad your ok, and glad that kit is fine lol.

oh yeah ive bent my rims in jersey before, the road was 6inches lower then the bridge, before i noticed it was too late BAM! then alot of cussing

[95CelicaST]

Oh noes. You're the second PNW 6GCer I heard from about sliding into a curb.


I gots AWD now, so that doesn't happen


Glad you're okay though.

- Off topic, but how well to the vert tops handle the cold weather and stuff?

[96bluevert]

- Off topic, but how well to the vert tops handle the cold weather and stuff?

not that bad actually, little colder, but you turn the heat on and your good

[CelicaBuddy]

Yeah agree on that one as well ^

my top however is a piece of junk because its so old and in bad shape, so it doesn't do so great when it comes to the rain... My car fogs up so much now because its so moist inside of it

But thats why I'm getting a new one in summer Hopefully leakage will cut down a lot more, and not only that itll look A LOT better.




This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Jan 30, 2008 - 5:47 PM

[captainpyro1]

wow, that is lucky, my friend drove my car into a snow bank the other day.... trying to teach 'em to drive... yeah... pretty good eh? lucky it was a 3 foot wall of powder. yeah the only reason i like snow is it slicks the road up just enough to keep people off it so you can go drift.... heh... but i did tap my rear right wheel doing it... broke the wheel bearing....sigh... live and learn...

[Valo666]

man..sabrina that sucks. I saw that pic of your rim on your facebook page, but i didnt know it was that recent. well, hopefully you can every thing fixed up and get it back on the road soon.