I guess it was a matter of time, Hit and run at its finest Options

[enderswift]

Hey 6gc its my turn!

this happened right in front of my house while i was inside studying for my physics midterm... its been a good day -_- . THANK GOD the rear suspension wasn't touched. all the panel gaps look good too so there doesn't seem to be any frame damage... coulda been much much worse.

to bad im a poor college student who can only afford liability though at least now i have a chance to brush up on my bodywork skills

enjoy:

[enderswift]

Just a couple months ago I was sitting at a red light in our GS430. The car in front of me all of a sudden put it in reverse and slammed on the gas at full throttle into the front of my car. I couldn't believe what had just happened. I always thought there would be a time I would get in an accident...but not like that. I get out of my car, and he takes off. The guy seemed wasted. I got his plate number, but when the police ran it, it came back as nothing...must have been out of state plate and I didnt notice that part. The police had no intentions of driving around looking for him and barely wanted to file a police report for me b/c they said that they probably would not have the time to investigate it. I have full coverage on all our cars, so I had to eat the deductible cost.

whoa that rough, too bad you didn't get the state.

To really do it properly, the rear quarter needs to be replaced (still available from Toyota) or a shop needs to cut out the damaged area and weld in new metal. Coat it with POR-15 (or similar) and repaint. I strongly urge against using bondo as I dont believe bondo is a fix.

really? I always thought once the rear quarter panel was hit you had no choice but to salvage it. Isnt is a main part of the unibody?? and I agree with you about the bondo, I never liked when it was used.

This post has been edited by enderswift: Nov 2, 2009 - 12:12 PM