Pawel062's picture thread

well i thought i would show everyone what my camry looks right now....



this is what happens when a mid age guy driving a old pick up forgets to look left when making a turn off route 46 in NJ. i happened to be going down the hill from the car wash with mikey7ds to my house to wax my car. he cut right in front of me at the last second and i had no chance of breaking or swerving without hitting a tree, pole, or another car.































































the list is pretty long. its lots of things under bumper but here is what needs to be replaced:

bumper cover, lower grille, upper grille, emblem, passenger side foglight, bumper absorber, bumper reinforcement, both headlights, upper stabalizer/top mount of bumper, radiator support headlight brackets, left and right wheel skirts, left fender, hood, rocker panel left(see pic 2, it actually got touched by fender and the front of it is actually buldging out a bit), underneight/lower engine covers, hood stickers, battery tray,



my paint guy came by like 2 hours later and said it was bad. when the insurance adjuster comes he said to also inspect these things for damage:

front frame rails, cover near left fender/fuse box, radiator supports, inner fender parts, under the bumper and headlights all the different mounts and pieces, foglamp wiring, the wiring behind bumper for lights etc.., hood hinges, and hood latch.



i hit like i said a old pick up. the guy just got out, said he has no damage, sat on the pick up, and looked as if he was just a person passing by. didn't ask if i was ok, didn't call the caps, didn't even say a word to me. luckly mikey was there so we called the cops and directed traffic etc.. i'm ok and the wheels, engine, and tranny are all ok. air bags did not deploy. my dad drove the car the remaining trip home(was blocks away) even though the wheel skirts were rubbing the tires and the engine cover was just hanging along with bumper.



my retrofit is salvagable. i just need to remove the inside reflector/projector mounts and shrouds and transplant to new headlights. no need to redo anything. the left side headlight cracked and scratched my shroud but that i can just touch up as it's just 1 scratch.



i'll try to have my car fixed and ready to meet up with netforcer next month. we might have to move the trip 1 week forward though so i can come down too.

Reply 1 : Pawel062's picture thread

damn man im sorry to hear that, especially since you just finished your retrofit not too long ago... im assuming the other guy is totally at fault and his insurance is gonna take care of it, right?

Reply 2 : Pawel062's picture thread

yes he is totally at fault. he will pay for it. also will probably get a rental tommorow or so. i know they have camaros available for rent so i'll press for that. like i said. retro will be back in once the rest is fixed. once adjuster comes out and does his thing then i'll take out these busted headlights and will transfer everything to my original xle headlights. i should be good to go by the time we have a meet or go down to netforcer. i'll try to still get a set of headlights as spares though for doing other people's retrofits etc..

Reply 3 : Pawel062's picture thread

Was he turning left or right? How could someone not look when turning onto a street? Ridiculous...

Reply 4 : Pawel062's picture thread

he was making left. maybe i should drop in a google map image. pretty much it happened on the off ramp from route 46. the people going up and down the hill have the right of way. the people coming from 46 need to look left and right and go when clear. the dude looked right then turned and looked left and saw me coming. my abs engadged once right before i hit him. i say WTF and slammed on the brakes. i was probably like 5-7 feet from where his car was so my only option was brake or swerve right into other cars behind him or the on ramp to route 46. i think if i would of went right i might of still hit him or missed but hit another car or the curb. no way out of it. mikey7ds was about 4 car length behind me and said there was NO way of avoiding this.

Reply 5 : Pawel062's picture thread

^ Wow, that sounds retarded... I can't believe he wouldn't look left first when he was turning left...

Reply 6 : Pawel062's picture thread

yea. i think the dude looked left when i was further out and saw me. then looked right and saw car is coming quick so went for it but didn't realize i was right there. another option is that he looked right, started letting go of gas, looked left, and saw i was almost there and floored it. i heard his tires screech, mine, and then impact.

Reply 7 : Pawel062's picture thread

I have to make a left turn most days into a blind VERY busy intersection:



http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...2&z=17&iwloc=A



You can't see the cars coming down the road until they are basically too close already... but there have never been any accidents there as far as I know. People look left first, and then right, and then look left again and block off the street completely if they have to while waiting for eastbound traffic to pass.

Reply 8 : Pawel062's picture thread

well people usually do the same here but i guess the guy wasn't using his brain. it's a very busy intersection too and i'm always careful here but when someone jumps out at the last second there is not much you can do. i would say i was at same spot as the car on the top of hill coming down the hill when he jumped out. he came out of the left like that truck:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=garfield+nj&s ll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.60973,93.076172&ie=UTF8&ll=40.88 6589,-74.092685&spn=0.001306,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cb ll=40.886265,-74.0931&panoid=6Te87u



edit: you need to drop the street view person icon between northview and 10th street.

Reply 9 : Pawel062's picture thread

damn that sucks, glad ur alright. Now its even easier to do the 6.5 conversion

Reply 10 : Pawel062's picture thread

yea i'm thinking about 6.5 but i think i'll just leave it at 6.0 and do se bumper, lip, side skirts, etc..

Reply 11 : Pawel062's picture thread

that sucks man, glad ur ok and that the car can be fixed.

Reply 12 : Pawel062's picture thread

Ye I was right there if that was me in pauls place I would of came out and knock the shit out of the guy after it just happened I drove right by the guy and gave him the most evil look ever and told him Wow.. Yea this was impossible to avoid as soon as I saw that guy movin I had a Deja vu final destation shit and I knew wat was goin to happen .. Anyways rime for those new se kits and get that camaro so we can test drive it!! Haha still in shoock that I was right behind u andd imagine I hit u too.. I d kill the guy lol

Reply 13 : Pawel062's picture thread

Pawel,

Sorry to hear about the bad news. Glad that you are O.K, and your retrofit is salvagable. Good luck with everything.



Glenn

Reply 14 : Pawel062's picture thread

Damn that sucks I hate people that just cut you off madd close like that. But... on the bright side i guess its easier to get se lips now!