Feck it feck it feck it. Managed to modify my bumper and front axle yesterday on the inner kerb of a roundabout :cry: :cry:

 

Was rushing to get to a meeting and approaching a roundabout ive taken many times before. left-hand lane has a lovely camber to it which guides you onto the roundabout. took the right-hand lane to pass some dozy fart waiting at an empty roundabout and learned (a little to late) that there was no camber there at all, just gravel and a fookin great kerb in front of me (me new brake pads still hadnt bedded in yet even after Ferrybridge) :headvswal CRUNCH!

managed to slide her almost side-on, trying to avoid a belly-removing head-on, the front offside wheel took all the weight of the car and the bumper had a nasty scrape to it. not sure about alloy but tyre began to shred on the arch, axle/sus/shocks all probably fooked, front offside indicator not working :confused:

Gave Mickey a bell and he and his dad were there in an hour with the trailer :bow: :bow: i just hope he can make some sense of it - its in safe hands tho.

While I was waiting for Mickey a copper turns up, says "roundabout was it?", i said yes, he plonks some cones down for me and boogers off! proabably for the best tho as i was expecting to be breathalysed and make a statement and all sorts of bother.

i still cant believe i was so stupid as to misjudge a roundabout i know well (albeit never used the other lane before). i had to stand there with my car while a GTO passed, two buses full of oggling fools, an RX-7, a scoob. bet they all loved it the buggers.

 

(the trim in the picture is from another poor victim :rolleyes: )

Shit, Dave , bad luck mate :(

Feel for ya.

Let us know if you need owt as Im breaking my zed - arms etc are ok.

nooooo...

 

hope it gets better soon man, thats gotta hurt!! bet you wish you'd had a GTO now...? :x: :)

Shit, Dave , bad luck mate :(

Feel for ya.

Let us know if you need owt as Im breaking my zed - arms etc are ok.

 

cheers buddy, you got pm.

 

cheers Vigil, but im not that gutted!

Gutted for you mate. Hope it's repairable. 99spec unblended front bumper time maybe? Or are you going to repair current one.

fookin hell dave,

i bet your gutted, and feel like kicking yourself.

hopefully you'll get all your bit's off here so it'll not cost ya to much.

 

is the alloy ok.

:cry: Sorry to see that Dave! :(

 

She'll be back up to her old glory soon enough buddy!!

Gutted for you mate. Hope it's repairable. 99spec unblended front bumper time maybe? Or are you going to repair current one.

 

cheers Si. im hoping the bumper's repairable - the guys at the bodyshop know what theyre doing (they only fitted and painted it in Nov '05! :eek: )

know how you feel dude - i mashed my wheel up in a similar way after chasing a skyline... to say i was gutted was an understatement - the wheel was scraping the arch, and was crunching and cracking as you turned the steering wheel!

 

The good news is that the zed seems to "bend in all the right places" - I fixed it up no problems with parts from a scrapper, and fortunately there was no other damage to the steering!

 

Sure it'll be better than you're expecting!

FFS Dave! :( Bad luck fella - hope you get her back on the road sharpish! :cool:

 

Steve :)

:eek: unlucky dave, where did this happen?

hope you can get it sorted :cry:

:eek: unlucky dave, where did this happen?

hope you can get it sorted :cry:

 

cheers Yaseen. it was at the roundabout between Great Glen and Oadby (next to the Horse & Hounds). might go back there and pick up bits of my tyre and try to make a new one :headvswal

 

Thanks for the comments guys - really cheered me up.

Blood hell Dave, what are you like?? ;) :tongue:

 

 

Well hurry up and get it sorted!! :D

 

Nice to hear of a copper who is Happy To Help :rofl:

at leasy ur ok hope ur zeds not needing alot of work

Dave!-wot yer' doin??

Hope it aint' too bad fella,wheel don't look healthy tho'! :wack:

sorry to hear that dave,just had a similar thing happen to a z owner,when it arrived at ztech on inspection the tension rod had snapped,shock damaged and anti roll bar out of shape,hope it isent to bad,could of been worse anyhow

FFS Dave!!! Sorry to here that buddy, I know what it's like to fall of round-abouts in a Z... Did the same thing hit a high sided kerb after and ended up with bent suspension geometry!!! Gutted mate.... :cry:

Dave , wot are ya !! :slap: :slap:

Glad your ok bud ,the car looks like an easy repair. :dance:

Sorry to hear that m8!....hope you get it fixed soon.....anyway...the main thing is your not hurt!!!!!

UPDATE: well i got the car back from Mickey last Friday - drives just as good as it did before i bent it :slap:

its in the bodyshop at the moment covered in filler. they'll be putting my new tailgate on too (thanks Jay ;) ). then its over to my mate's for a new Avon 18" tyre, then over to the MOT place, then over to an alloy refurbing place, then job's (as they say) a goodun.

Good to hear (read) that Dave :duffer:

Bet you're happy? :D

Yay!! good news Dave!! Hopefully she'll be better than ever!!! Bet you can't wait to get her back on the road!!! ;)

yep youre right i cant wait to get her back in all her glory (and with new spoiler too :cool: )

i'll be grinning all the way, up until people start handing me the bills :cry:

Dave, i hope you get yours sorted soon buddy. if youre at a dead end for bodyshops you could always try these guys - although i know Leicester isn't exactly next door to Grantham.

YAY!! Glad yer nearly sorted it Dave!!

 

I did shed a tear at Micks place the other day when i saw it!! :(

 

Now, I'll only charge you £30 an hour for drifting lessons :rofl: :D

YAY!! Glad yer nearly sorted it Dave!!

 

I did shed a tear at Micks place the other day when i saw it!! :(

 

Now, I'll only charge you £30 an hour for drifting lessons :rofl: :D

 

cheers mate. youre too late, im getting my drifting lessons off Spinksy :nelson:

cheers mate. youre too late, im getting my drifting lessons off Spinksy :nelson:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Ohhh there's just not enough smilies allowed for that one

 

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