Watch me Repair my Mustang!
07-17-2012, 03:33 AM
#21
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 49
I actually slowed for the turn. It snowed that day (May 28th, I know) and I also have run ins alot with deer. I hit a piece of asphalt and game over. I thought the fence would be safe....just didn't know he'd fly. They had 5 deaths in that turn over the last 3 years. one 2 weeks before. And yes, his name is Rebel, though wasn't wanting to test that one. When I bought him in TX, I couldn't fiqure out what to name him, and I flipped on the stereo. Alabama's song When it all goes South was playing, and played the line "get yourself some rebel pride." name stuck ever since.
Me and the dog after the wreck. We're okay!
Dog sees that as HIS car... he NOT happy
now pictures that you all care bout. crappy, I know. mechanic took them, best he could do with no visibility.
Me and the dog after the wreck. We're okay!
Dog sees that as HIS car... he NOT happy
now pictures that you all care bout. crappy, I know. mechanic took them, best he could do with no visibility.
Last edited by stormshadowlover; 07-17-2012 at 04:01 AM.
07-17-2012, 07:21 PM
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Orlando FL
Posts: 13,373
Im a full time college student. Between a rent increase, bills, roommate skipping out, and *So far* no debt for classes, had to cut full coverage, and being 21, its expensive. My insurance did try to give me a 150 dollar hike though PER MONTH. said screw them. The frame stayed straight on the UNDERSIDE. the upper part bent, but that's not so hard to pull. mechanic thinks 2-5 pulls, bout a $1000. not a single broken engine bracket, transmission still works, the rear is fine. thing turns over, starts, and roars just perfectly. I haven't been able to bring him home yet. I wrecked it almost 200 miles from home, but have batted my eyelashes enough to at least get a discounted tow by hopefully next week. Control arms probably broke, though hard to tell. I DO need a new bumper, fender, and probably a new front clip. New shocks, new tires, new fuel door, new Driver headlight (It works, just crunched) Driver side front marker, and the plastic cover where the oil fill cap comes out of (tore that clean off), and new windshield. It turns on, electronically, everything sound. Not a single code thrown. I think that's the impressive feat. might need knew driver seat belt. it stopped retracting after 1st impact, though I think I just need to pull the panal and it's probably just jammed up. Hood is trufiber, And I worked alot with fiberglass, and it's just got minor cracks. letters are off ebay for 0.99 each, did the measurements and spacing myself.
The door seperation was fixed already, the outer shell had just come loose, the fender also was moved back.
The door seperation was fixed already, the outer shell had just come loose, the fender also was moved back.
The passenger side door doesn't even close properly due to the impart from the other side!
Your A-pillar section (Where the door hinges bolt to) is all out of wack and it will take some tricky pulling to bring that back to specs.
You don't need a mechanic but rather a bodyman, and a good one at that.
Your car is very savable still, but make sure that who ever work on this is a professional, not a back yard grease monkey.
In the end, with paying out of pocket and all, it'd be best for you to find a shell (titled) if possible and swap everything to that.
07-18-2012, 04:44 PM
#23
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 49
Actually the passenger side door outside shell just separated from the inside part. That was fixed already, and the fender realigned (bolts moved a bit, it was moved back already.) the a pillar was fine on the passengers side. That side is uniformed and fixed now, easy part if repair. Driver side door was also separated, fixed that too. Its the driver side that needs most work.
Last edited by stormshadowlover; 07-18-2012 at 04:50 PM.
07-19-2012, 09:04 AM
#26
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 49
Well Its still fa from home. Hopefully completed, with new paint on whole thing by dec 07 2012, my 22nd bday. Drive able again probably round oct. I'm delayed as I was chossen as a contestant for the miss Wyoming pageant. I never have worn heels even but I'm excited. If I win then parents help me get a gt500. However this one still be done hopefully by dec
07-19-2012, 10:16 PM
#27
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,212
We going to be seeing you hanging out out with D Trump in the Miss USA contest?
Man, 1 day off my birthday.. and my birthday is one hell of a ways off (in my eyes.. lets keep it that way.. far far away) Can u even drive a mustang in wyoming in december? I would be too much of a wuss.. i know i would.
Man, 1 day off my birthday.. and my birthday is one hell of a ways off (in my eyes.. lets keep it that way.. far far away) Can u even drive a mustang in wyoming in december? I would be too much of a wuss.. i know i would.
07-21-2012, 01:30 PM
#28
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 13,322
from underinflation and the resulting heat
cause blow-outs. How did you hit the rock
with the back side tire and totally miss it
with the front tire? Was the back end that
far swung out for the front tire to miss it?
Maybe you were going backwards when you
hit such rock?
How many people are swallowing this story.
I read into it that you were going way too
fast for those 215/65-16s and lost control.
We dont take kindly to made up reasons for
a wreck caused by the drivers inability to
keep control of the vehicle.
Just love the "rebel" scheme.
You cant control a V6 on 16s and stepping up
to a GT500 with mundo ponies under the hood.
BTW, GT500 insurance is about twice as much as V6 insurance.
What are your parents thinking???
Last edited by 157dB; 07-21-2012 at 01:37 PM.
07-21-2012, 05:00 PM
#29
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Clermont, FL
Posts: 2,952
Rocks dont cause blow-outs excessive heat
from underinflation and the resulting heat
cause blow-outs. How did you hit the rock
with the back side tire and totally miss it
with the front tire? Was the back end that
far swung out for the front tire to miss it?
Maybe you were going backwards when you
hit such rock?
How many people are swallowing this story.
I read into it that you were going way too
fast for those 215/65-16s and lost control.
We dont take kindly to made up reasons for
a wreck caused by the drivers inability to
keep control of the vehicle.
from underinflation and the resulting heat
cause blow-outs. How did you hit the rock
with the back side tire and totally miss it
with the front tire? Was the back end that
far swung out for the front tire to miss it?
Maybe you were going backwards when you
hit such rock?
How many people are swallowing this story.
I read into it that you were going way too
fast for those 215/65-16s and lost control.
We dont take kindly to made up reasons for
a wreck caused by the drivers inability to
keep control of the vehicle.
I was thinking the same thing.
