Help Needed. Car Sideswiped.

[Kozeyekan]

Hey everyone.

Last night, my car got sideswiped, bastard drove off.

Thing is, he left bits of his light assembly all over the place. I managed to put the pieces together in a rather amateur NCIS manner, and on the bottom, it shows NISSAN japan ICHIKOH 3429 L

There was also bits of a headlight protector there.

I wanted to know if anyone has a hook up with Nissan, or can tell me the model that this part came from. Our street is a pretty quiet one, and only local traffic goes through, so it might help find the arsehole who did it.

The only lucky thing is that they swerved away from my Skyline, into the Swift that the missus drives. If the line was hit, I'd be too livid to type this, and probably in a violent rage, or thoroughly drunk.

Anyone who wants to be a smartarse about owning a swift, consider this: If we didn't have that, the missus would have to drive the skyline. Her understanding of the manual gearbox seems to be limited to mule kicking the clutch, and throwing the gearshifter like a softball pitcher's fastball. It's little, auto and usually cheap to run.

We have full insurance though, but the $600 excess sucks, as we're trying to save for a wedding.

anyhow, any help would be appreciated.

thanks

[alr33x]

bad luck man that really sucks.

nothing wrong with a swift either. good luck finding the bugger!

[Priestley]

Sounds like a drunk driver to me and probably a local. I hope you find the scum and get your excess covered.

I searched in google and didn't get anything from those numbers. You could try calling a nissan dealer parts center?

[jezza boii]

  Kozeyekan said:

NISSAN japan ICHIKOH 3429 L

ICHIKOH are apparently a headlight manufacturer.

http://www.ichikoh.com/index_e.html

Is "3429 L" the entire code? Search engines keeps returning "3429-L-303" if that means anything

[Kozeyekan]

  Priestley said:

You could try calling a nissan dealer parts center?

Yeah did that. Servicing couldn't help and the parts section do not answer their phone apparently. I've sent an email, and will try again later (called three times this morning, 9am, 10am, 11am.)

[J'z-R33]

pretty sure its a lhs indicator off a 2000-02 nissan pulsar.. if you see one near by check it out to see if they numbers match to be 100% sure..

If it is, ask a few panel shops nearby if anyones come in lately with that kind of damage..

Good luck mate,

Johno

[Birds]

Okay the part numbers are a wild goose chase. I recommend doing what I've been doing for you, i.e. looking at the physical shape of the headlight and google imaging each and every Nissan model there is (car classifieds websites are good for this). So far all I've come up with is:

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[Birds]

Well Johno beat me to it

Looks like the culprit.

[geraus]

damm sorry to hear cuz

[Kozeyekan]

  J said:

pretty sure its a lhs indicator off a 2000-02 nissan pulsar.. if you see one near by check it out to see if they numbers match to be 100% sure..

Good luck mate,

Johno

Looks about right to me. Some googling turned up a russian site where the part is for a nissan bluebird, which is sold here as a pulsar.

I'm going to wander the streets looking for one with a busted left headlight, and will call in to the nearby workshops.

Thanks a heap for that Johno. Much appreciated.

-Josh

[Birds]

We also got the Bluebird here Josh.

[ezy_09s]

looks like n16 pulsar

[jesiotrot]

Looks like the Pulsar indicator to me. Is there a pub close by to your house? Maybe go wander around in the carpark every night for a few days, see if you can find the car.

Can you find any foreign paint marks on the Swift?

[Kozeyekan]

  jesiotrot said:

Looks like the Pulsar indicator to me. Is there a pub close by to your house? Maybe go wander around in the carpark every night for a few days, see if you can find the car.

Can you find any foreign paint marks on the Swift?

No paint marks, but there are grey curls of plastic, which I assume are from the other cars bumper.

Really shits me when people do that crap and drive off.

[KezR33]

Let us know how you go!

[JEPPE]

Damn it man, that is cruel!

The NCIS stunt made me lol though... as simple as it seems I don't think many people would think of that. Good work and I hope it means that you find the #$^%&*^%#@$$%^& *ahem*

[D-G]

I am on and off in your area, i will get the word out so people around keep an eye out. Will do my best to find this a-hole. I also had a similar incident but was unlucky with my findings a couple of years ago. You have my eyes and ears bud! Will also contact some places i know that deal with jap specific cars that are a bit more "backyard jobs", never know what could come up. If you want PM me your mobile, i can contact you easier if i find anything.

-Andrew

[R31Nismoid]

looking like a pretty common car...

Dunno how much luck you'll have finding it.

Even a buzz around some local panel shops in the next couple of days? Looks like it'll need a bit of attention

[teK--]

love it how quickly the sau community pulls together for stuff like this

[rb25wpn]

nissan pulsar most likley