Little Accident

[Cyrix]

I was driving on the highway today and somone decided to do a U-turn right infront of me, i didnt hit them but had to swerve to miss them and slid into a curb, and broke my spindle :-(

heres the pic

[Themeneea]

that really sucks. while your at it maybe pick up some new tires

[angelluv98]

Originally posted by Cyrix
I was driving on the highway today and somone decided to do a U-turn right infront of me, i didnt hit them but had to swerve to miss them and slid into a curb, and broke my spindle :-(

heres the pic

That has happened to me before, except I didn't do any damage to Angel and it was 11 @ night. I was goin down the small highway by my house, and these ppl pulled over like they were gonna turn right, but instead, the busted a u-turn right in front of me. If you go down there, you can still slightly see my skid marks where i swerved around them.

That definatly sucks... hope that nothing else got damaged :)

[92CamaroRS]

how did you get the GP rims to bolt up. i thought the GP used a different bolt pattern.

[99GrandAMSE]

Originally posted by 92CamaroRS
how did you get the GP rims to bolt up. i thought the GP used a different bolt pattern.

99+ GAs have the same bolt patterns as GPs ... sorry about the car :(

[Chain]

That sucks dude. Kind of makes ya wish you would have hit the moron. You damage your car to save theirs because of there stupidity. Sorry about the car.

[JoeyK]

Wow, well,.. that's not supprising. Have you gotten a good look at the GA spindles? Aluminum w/ weak braceing. Sorry 2 hear bout you're bad luck.

[Cyrix]

they are kinda weak, im going to the junk yard soon to pick up a new one, maybe i should buy a few just in case lol

[Madman]

doh!

are your tires bald, or was that from the accident?

[Cyrix]

yeah the front ones are bald before the accident, i was just getting ready to change them

[HighwayProwlerz]

I did that to my first GA, I had to make a turn real fast and hit a curb and snapped the axle. Cost $5000+ to repair. Good thing I had insurance.

[Loopy]

Next time, hit the person and make their insurance pay for your damages...

[beckybun]

Man that sucks....

[Grandam02chick]

that suxs sorry to hear least that's the only thing that happened,glad ur ok

[ritzard]

Originally posted by Loopy
Next time, hit the person and make their insurance pay for your damages...

Just what i waz gonna say just run right into them cause now your stuck fixing your own car and they dident learn anything cause they got no damage but i guess first instinct is to avoid the accident.

[Lost My Keys]

^ Yeah, when you are in the 'zone' you try and avoid an accident, because we were always taught that. But in some cases [like this one] you get screwed.

Sorry to see :(

[Jordon'sGrandAm]

that sucks hope it gets fixed.

[Bouchie11982]

YIKES! sorry to hear about it...umm yea u DEFINATELY need new tires those suckers are BALDER then Geroge Foreman

[JoeyK]

Originally posted by Bouchie11982
YIKES! sorry to hear about it...umm yea u DEFINATELY need new tires those suckers are BALDER then Geroge Foreman

Ahhahaha! That's too funny! Good one!:lol:

[Bouchie11982]

LOL thanks JoeyK...i was gonna use Dr. Phil but he still has hair

[Big Joe]

wow man that looks exspensive

[JoeyK]

Shouldn't be too bad. The GA I was working on a few months ago at work had the same problem, along w/ body damage. If I remember correctly the part was around $230 something. (Plus labor).

[Cyrix]

well today i got the car all taken apart, all i need to get is the new part, it shouldnt be that much money, its just a chunk of metal

[Cyrix]

here is a pic of it all taken apart, nothing else seems to be damaged, except for the spindal

[Cyrix]

here is the chunk of the spindal

[Cyrix]

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[Bouchie11982]

yikes :shock: that dont look good :(

[01GrandAmGT]

Originally posted by Themeneea
that really sucks. while your at it maybe pick up some new tires

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture, I was like man that tire is bald! Did you lose traction or anything?

That does suck though, I'd be super pissed since it was his fault, I would've hit him probably.

[Cyrix]

well i got my new spindal installed, the car is up and running again, the part was only $50 at the junkyard... not too bad