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Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 09:52 AM
Just sharing some "lowered car mishap" humor...

The offender... a rediculously placed plastic "despite your massive rent increases, we're too cheap to repave the old half- flat/cracking bump" speedbump right in front of my apartment...
http://fazeshift.org/pics/albums/userpics/08-09-06/DCP07806.JPG

The damage occured at a crawl... just enough to make it over the bumps, only to hit the downpipe on the plastic bump. This happened conveniently the day before the Albany meet.

What broke... the donut gasket between the exhaust manifold and the downpipe...

http://fazeshift.org/pics/albums/userpics/08-09-06/DCP07812.JPG
You're looking at the side that got crimped enough to cause a nasty-sounding leak. It's slightly blackened by the exhaust gases.
More here:
http://fazeshift.org/pics/thumbnails.php?album=150

And the best pic... changing the gasket during the show and shine at the Albany meet. :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/RAYZ97/dcp_3466Medium.jpg
(Photo credit... Rayz)

Oh, thanks go to Cory (92camaroRS) for finding that replacement gasket... an odd part, being that it was not originally for a 95 GA. There's no way that bootleg Advance Auto store would have found it if you didn't get on the computer to search for it yourself. Thanks also to those working on the car with me (which was oddly kinda fun) and Kyle (insaneskippy) for lending that virgin floor jack. :bigok:
sunrunner_pei
08-11-2006, 10:03 AM
Where's the shot of the everse ownage of the speedbump? :lol:
Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 10:09 AM
Originally posted by sunrunner_pei
Where's the shot of the everse ownage of the speedbump? :lol:

Mission status: still in the planning stages.

Once I catch up on sleep lost last weekend, the black hoodie is going on, and those plastic bumps will cease to exist.

Edit: Oh yea... unexpected side ownage...
There's a Harley edition F-150 close to my place. In the spring and fall with the windows open, the startup wakes me up just about every morning. Since I have to drive around the long way (around back) to avoid the bump (which sadly is pointless since nothing stops me from going 40+ MPH that way) I pass the truck. I set off his car alarm 3 days in a row now. :lol:
nice96gt
08-11-2006, 10:28 AM
Damn speedbumps! That would have been quite the time changing it in the parking lot...lol.
It's weird because that bump doesn't look that big...
Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 10:35 AM
Originally posted by nice96gt
It's weird because that bump doesn't look that big...

I tried to get a profile shot of it... looks tiny in my pic. The new plastic BS is at least 3" tall... enough that went I hit it while coasting 3-4 MPH in my Sentra, the car came to a dead stop. (and spun tire trying to get over it in the rain) There's already a bunch of gouges in the top where cars have been scraping. Does bother the SUV's tho... just makes it louder when they go over. But even before the plastic one, the remaining bump was big enough for me to go very slow over it, in all my cars.
nice96gt
08-11-2006, 10:42 AM
why they make them so big like that I'll never understand. It's like they intentially design them to do serious underbody damage...
Big Joe
08-11-2006, 11:02 AM
I say let it be till atco, then we'll have our way with it.....
kickarsgrdam01
08-11-2006, 11:11 AM
haha...i don't even feel those bumps...gotta love big SUV's with A/T tires
Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 11:25 AM
Originally posted by kickarsgrdam01
haha...i don't even feel those bumps...gotta love big SUV's with A/T tires

Exactly my point on how useless the bumps are in the first place. And it would be one thing if kids were out playing everywhere... but I've seen zero kids in the complex... it's all yuppies and retired folks.

Originally posted by Big Joe
I say let it be till atco, then we'll have our way with it.....

Not waiting that long... my Sentra is in PA at my parents... the 95 has been my daily driver. Besides... the hot summer weather helps my mission... all of the windows are closed and AC's running constantly. :evil:
Chain
08-11-2006, 05:48 PM
The main reasion I have not droped mine.

Our streets suck. Heck that little bump is nothing.
Our normal streets have bigger bumps that that and they are not even supose to be there.

Glad you didn't damage anything.
iceman
08-11-2006, 07:11 PM
The bumps aren't that big alone.. but for some reason, how they have em placed, it's pretty harsh, even in my equinox which is pretty high... i'm with you on tossing those things
Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 08:51 PM
Originally posted by iceman
The bumps aren't that big alone.. but for some reason, how they have em placed, it's pretty harsh, even in my equinox which is pretty high... i'm with you on tossing those things

:mad: Ugh... asshats installed more sometime today... in the back corner near my dumpster... C-blocking all routes to parking in front of my place. I may do a solo mission tonight. I'm just about positive I can have all 3 sections of that one out within 1 minute.
DontPassTheFence
08-11-2006, 09:11 PM
thats some lame stuff matt :/ I hate those plastic ones, I owned my old sentra on them at a friends complex once or twice. Luckily I didnt give 2 shits about that car XD Im pretty sure my GT wouldnt like them too much, probably smack the cat or something else on them :(
iceman
08-11-2006, 09:11 PM
heh.. i'm here working on this keg, i'll be down in a pint or two
TA^Guy
08-11-2006, 09:32 PM
Want to barrow my truck?

Hit that bitoch at about 30mph with it and you won't ever have to worry about it again. :)
Matt95GT
08-11-2006, 09:37 PM
^Haha... not even needed. When Cory was still here we confirmed you could lift it right out of the ground with 1 hand.
Mando
08-15-2006, 11:27 AM
hey you have a 4th generation eh? could you send me some pictures of like a close up of the side panels and the front and rear bumpers? i just got a 93 SE w/ Quad-4 laterz
Big Joe
08-15-2006, 11:31 AM
^wow
Mando
08-15-2006, 11:39 AM
what body modifications do you havge on it?
Matt95GT
08-15-2006, 11:45 AM
Use the links in my signature below. The body is 100% stock GT.
redhotdj
08-15-2006, 03:10 PM
nasty bump
'96GAGT
08-15-2006, 08:25 PM
Tear that sucker out man! I'd be pissed.. gotta justify people workin on your car... tear that bitch right outta there!
InsaneSkippy
08-16-2006, 01:01 AM
Lol glad the jack worked alright, it had to be broken in at some point haha
Jessika
08-19-2006, 03:12 PM
Man its crap like this why I'm afraid to lower my car. Especially where I'm living now, the roads are awful and very hilly.
92CamaroRS
08-20-2006, 10:10 PM
update pics?;)
DontPassTheFence
08-20-2006, 11:59 PM
ill go with cory on this one :D lets see some clean pavement.
Matt95GT
08-21-2006, 08:55 AM
Originally posted by Jessika
Man its crap like this why I'm afraid to lower my car. Especially where I'm living now, the roads are awful and very hilly.

I has been lowered since 2001... never ever had any problems before. It was driven daily... even in the winter (snow) back then. This bump was obviously 'engineered' very poorly... I never scrape on anything else. Additionally, the downpipe and exhaust are far from stock... this prolly would not have happened on a stock exhaust system - the downpipe hangs pretty low on my car.

Originally posted by 92CamaroRS
update pics?;)

I'll have to covertly snap one... let's just say the section of plastic bump closest to the camera has gone 'missing.'