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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 12:57 PM
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This is what happened when I was stopped at a 4way and a 85 year old lady drove straight thru at about 55 mph and creeped into my line while my car was at a dead stop older crown Vic they drove there car home and it totaled mine
YIKES! sorry for the mishap bro besides the obvious how bad was the damage, did you have to replace a lot of parts?
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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 01:12 PM
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yes the frame was off by 4 millimeters and I had to put it on a frame machine replace the front bumper hood, fender an inner fender all of the brackets that held the inner fender to the bumper and to the frame, headlight, passenger spindle, shock, tierod and end, bumper cushion the foam piece behind bumper, hub assembly,just for piece of mind really, and im sure theres parts im missing but yes its was a bunch of parts well to me anyways
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 08:49 AM
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I would be Homicidal!!!!


Originally Posted by stockishz06
This is what happened when I was stopped at a 4way and a 85 year old lady drove straight thru at about 55 mph and creeped into my line while my car was at a dead stop older crown Vic they drove there car home and it totaled mine
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 05:25 PM
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Yep juat did heads cam intake and full exhaust, swutch to a spec 2+ clutch had to drive it 500 miles to break in clutch before I could get it tuned and it got hit at 510 miles, ill get it tuned as soon as its fuxed,ive never even layed into it with new setup
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 05:58 PM
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Pretty nice!

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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 06:01 PM
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That really stinks about the accident but kinda exciting to paint it that BMW blue! Subscribed for pics!
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 11:15 AM
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It will be a while for paint, weather is still kinda chilly here and it will be about a 4 day process for jams and stuff im thinking about getting my rims hydro dipped in carbon fiber im switching to 17's all the way around because rear tires are half the price in 17's than 18's ill post some pics what the car looks like now in a few days its been raining and cold alot and yard is to wet for me ti back it out the garage
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