It was 55 and not a cloud in the sky yesterday, and it's 30 and snowing. It really had to ******* snow today!!! I'm coming back from school and I'm 3 minutes from my house. I'm coming up to a turn and slowing down. I'm doing about 30 and braking normally and I'm getting ready to drop to 3rd gear. That split second when my clutch is in and I'm downshifting i'm in neutral. The roads are wet. What happens when the roads are wet, you're car is RWD and you're in neutral AND you're turning? Yeah. You spin. So I spin, normally this is a "weeeee" kind of feeling. No. Not when you hop a curb and through utterly **** luck your *** slams dead center into a ******* pole. No pole for 100 feet in either direction. And I have to hit this ******* spot dead center.

Here is the aftermath...

 

labor by itself would probably be about 150 on top of parts and paint

 

Damn...

Gonna need a new bumper support under the rear (big metal Bar, but it think a good body man will be able to fix the rest of it for a few hundred.

 

yea looks like somewhere between 500 - 1000 closer to 500 though

 

Hmm, OK. How much would a bumper and reinforcement cost me? Right now I don't care about a wing on the car and good thing the lights are fine.

 

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ah, sorry about your car. its like in the 70s here. 60s, maybe 50s at night. looks like its time for a new bumper (and wing if ya really want one). hard to tell what else is easily fixable. good luck with that.

 

Your car is toataled i bet..flame me if you want to but be realistic, the car's body is one peice back there so replacing panel is out of the question, the frame is probably bent, hitting it in the middle there probably did it in....it is fixable yes......but you need to decide if the frame is worth keeping, I say pull out the motor tranny and ect.... put it in a good bodied rx7, sorry to hear that happened, it's times like this i don't miss the snow at all.

 

Well ****. Let's pray to the FC gods that the frame is OK.

 

Accept my condolences!
It is very a pity!

 

nothing is totalled when you dont have full coverage. if the damage isnt that bad (what we cant see), than the car shouldnt be dropped like a mediocre prostitute on rosedale.

 

I'd go outside and start pulling **** off now but oh wait, it's a ******* blizzard.

 

Ha, this needs to stay on the down-low with insurance

 

Everyone is always so quick to give cheap quotes but painting the bumper rear section and spoiler will cost $500 alone
bumper- $80-$100 used-
spoiler- $100-$150 used
Rear bodywork- $80+ an hour plus parts and materials
minimum 8hrs body work - $600-$800
Frame check - $80hr minimum 1hr
paint- $500

Realistically you are looking at around $1500-$2000 if you want a quality job that won't look crappy if you have no frame damage.....good luck

 

Fantastic, that's about 1500-2000 more than I can afford right now.

 

good luck dood.....I have a wing and a bumper I can sell you cheap.......I dunno about shipping though. It can get expensive especially for the rear........keep us posted and just go out and get estimates.....don't guess just do it.

 

Eh, I can pull the wing off for now, I don't care about it. The bumper I am looking for though...

 

pull out the bumper and fiberglass the wing.. done. who cares about paint. just get the car drivable. then get maaco

 

take the spare out and get some pics of the inside of the car.

 

The spare compartment is caved in from the bottom. I can't open the hatch either.

 

you're best off getting the items yourself and taking it to a reputable body shop. "Phils Auto Body" in deer park does good work, my shop has known him for a very long time and we race our BMW's together in SCCA. I'm sure you can find the bumper/wing on the forums.

 

Yeah I've contacted a few guys already and a friend around here says he knows someone with bumpers. We will see. I'm just want to get the hatch area fixed and the bumper. The wing can wait.

 

at least the quarters are still intact...the metal where the tail lights mount is very very thin and getting that back into place should be real easy for any body shop. I wish I had some parts for you man since I'm local...

 

You spun because your tires lost traction, and nuetral is the least offending to traction.

 

UPDATE!

I pulled everything apart. Doesn't look too bad. I put the bumper in my boiler room and the warmth softened the bumper up and by itself it's back to its original shape! So I won't be needing a new cover! I do need a new internal reinforcement though. It cracked pretty badly. I will put some pics up later tonight.

 

thats some good news what about the rear hatch best of luck to you