I Made A Boo-boo...

[htial]

Today in peak hour traffic I got a little too close to the car ahead...

Two cars shot down the left of me and the car ahead and then both tried to cut back in again... ...So the woman ahead of me slammed her breaks on... ...And sadly I was looking over to my right to try and merge right to make room for the two tools thinking that the second car was about to try and merge into where I was... ...but he went ahead of her and she slammed on the breaks... ...She tried to get the number plate of the second car but only got the first two letters...

And here's the damage...

I'm hoping it is all plastic damage... ...Doesn't look like any metal is bent... ...Apart from the few metal clipping points just behind the grill and left headlight... ...which pushes the headlight up a little and I can't close my bonnet... ...It clips down but doesn't latch... ...And I'm guessing I'm going to need a new bar... ...because it looks like this isn't fixable...

What annoys me most is I see day after day people shooting down those left lanes in peak hour traffic intersection after intersection and using the service lane to jump ahead of the traffic... ...I guess this time it was my turn to get caught by these poo heads...

[THR34T]

ouch man! sorry to hear. lucky the headlight didnt get broken. yeah i was heading to the westside in peak hour today was awful to see the amount of people who cut in turning lanes and literally just drive infront of you almost hitting the front/side of your car.

[WYTSKY]

ur taking it well mate....

atleast it wasnt that bad.... but kinda makes the car look like she is crying now

if u dont have to drive the car I would be taking out that headlight to prevent anymore damage... (they cost 500 a light from nissan if you cant find one on the forums) so keep it safe...

only thing I know Id be doing is using my skyline power to chase after the mofo....

gl with it mate!

[htial]

There's really no other way to take it... ...I was only doing about 30 to 40 after taking off from lights... ...It wasn't the woman's fault... ...If anything I was too close...

I know what caused it... ...And I'm not usually in that lane on the way home to try and avoid things like tools shooting up that extra left lane and cutting back into the left lane... ...I usually leave a huge gap that almost always gets taken up by some tool trying to rush home...

Just one of those things...

I will get my break balance checked at my next service... ...I do kinda feel that my front wheels locked up way too quick for the slow speed... ...Last service I had the rear disks/pads/calipers/bearings done... ...maybe there's something there...

The other thing is I need my car for work... ...So any time off the road is time lost income... ...I guess I can take the light out for a week or two... ...I don't drive at night much... ...if at all...

[_Ryan_]

sorry to hear about it, nothing shits me more than when approaching glenferrie road outbound on toorak rd, and the trams are terminated there, and everyone is backed up patiently in the left lane, and then people start pulling out and cutting in on people just before the intersection.

[ashneel]

that sucks laith.

but good time to upgrade to series 2 front???

if you plan on doing the work yourself, let me know if you need a hand.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

so $1200 in headlights later... hardly think that's worth it...

any other damage? if your headlight is busted i think i might have a spare lhs s1 lying around

[SABBAi]

Sorry to see/hear about your little mishap....

+1 Banana Bar. Contact Mav

[ashneel]

oh ye do banna bar

PM Mavric.

[krzysiu]

Dont do banana bar lol, Dont get why people like it, its ugly.

[babia]

You may be able to get the front bar plastic welded, if your looking at keeping the standard bar. I had damage almost identical to my car ages ago but on the driver side. Check the reo (metal bar behind the front bar) as well, to see if it's damaged.

All the best with it.

[femno]

Oh well...this is what happens when you follow too closely...

The headlight looks fine but the mounts will be broken...its useless.

The bar looks pretty badly damaged, it will probably cost you just as much if not more to repair it as getting another s/h one.

In Clayton theres a place called A1 Bumpers or something like that, they do good plastic welding.

Usually in an accident if the situation has caught you off guard and you just slam the pedal instead of squeezing, there will be no weight transfer and the fronts will just lock.

[htial]

Got a couple of quotes today... ...anywhere between $1200.oo and $1800.oo... ...Looks like I'll be doing it through insurance...

Only one clip on the back of the headlight is damaged... ...the reo bar is damaged... ...girll is fine... ...but the metal clipping point in the center is bent...

I like the S1 bar more than the S2... ...And have no idea what you mean by "banana bar"... ...Please send photos...

One place said they'd never seen the silver surrounds on a 33... ...And had no idea where to get replacements in silver... ...another said they could just send the headlights off and the backing would be replaced... ...the rest of the headlight could be fine...

Anyway... ...off to call Just Cars now...

[CrispyFries]

Got a couple of quotes today... ...anywhere between $1200.oo and $1800.oo... ...Looks like I'll be doing it through insurance...

Only one clip on the back of the headlight is damaged... ...the reo bar is damaged... ...girll is fine... ...but the metal clipping point in the center is bent...

I like the S1 bar more than the S2... ...And have no idea what you mean by "banana bar"... ...Please send photos...

One place said they'd never seen the silver surrounds on a 33... ...And had no idea where to get replacements in silver... ...another said they could just send the headlights off and the backing would be replaced... ...the rest of the headlight could be fine...

Anyway... ...off to call Just Cars now...

Silver surrounds are off a 33 4 door. My panel guy had no problem getting a new one after a merging incident.

[htial]

Silver surrounds are off a 33 4 door. My panel guy had no problem getting a new one after a merging incident.

That's what I told him...

[180Roman]

if you are handy with fibreglass, you could fix the front bar yourself, but its tricky because resin and plastic don't bond well.

[htial]

if you are handy with fibreglass, you could fix the front bar yourself, but its tricky because resin and plastic don't bond well.

I have no skills like that...

[saff_cossie]

Banana bar link:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3...ar-t108696.html

Not a bad bar at all

[KURAUN]

if you are handy with fibreglass, you could fix the front bar yourself, but its tricky because resin and plastic don't bond well.

easiest way to do that is drill 1/8th holes either side and tie it all up with mig wire

(after you get it back into rough position by heating it up and pushing it back into place)

then when you fibreglass over it the mig wire has all the strength that used to be there and the fiberglass goes over to start the smoothing process

tricks of the trade (when i was a panelbeater apprentice )

[Mohsen]

shit looks like her towball munched your bumper

hope nothing else is damaged man

+1 on banana bar

or

400r front bar