So I was on my way to my friend's firestone dealer to meet up for dinner...

And I was driving along and there were some construction plates in the road which looked like I was about to drive over the rocky mountains. I was going around 40 mph... I figured I could swerve around them but shoot... there is an unpainted island.

I hit the curb with my front bumper and the car goes flying upwards and lands on the edge of the rim.



Thus producing this sorry site.




Not only did I bend my rim... I tore a piece of the S-03s. Luckily the replacement of the S-03 is covered under the Firestone road hazard.

And... I pushed my fender up and created gap between the door and the fender...

The cost will be:

$50 for the tire
$120 to fix the rim (if they can) otherwise a new rim $399
$180 to repair the fender at the autoshop...

Stinks...
I thought contruction crews were supposed to leave the roads in a driveable condition. Meaning that there would be asphalt lining the sides of the plates so that there would be no lip on the plates.



oh well

 

Ouch!!! that sux, how about your suspension wise any damage on that area

 

checked the suspension... I did not blow the front koni.

But my alignment is out of wack... I was going to take it back anyways to fix that... all in all a bad day yesterday...

 

Sorry to hear about it Jeff. I hate contruction on the roads, the roads are always screw up. Hope that they can fix the rim. When did you get them? They must be new.

 

OUCH!!! That's gotta hurt. I can picture your face now.

 

My friend moo need to make quote last month.. so I got them probably first or second week of January...

When I sold you the brake lines, I had these on.

 

Sorry to hear your FOOK up, so when did you get S-03's ? I'd call the city manager and complain about the road conditions etc......
Keep us posted !
Heard or seen Technique lately ?

 

J-

Sh!t that sux.. where was this at? Up by DC??

Damn.. I know you're pissed..

 

Jesus H. Christ! You got owned!! I think it would have been better for you to have gone over the construction boards.

 

talked with technique about a week ago.

he's just messing around and going back and forth to la.

 

Ouch, we feel your pain. That's a nice feature on the Firestone warranty.

 

sorry to hear about your rim, but there have been plates nearby my house also and they are a pain in the ass. everytime you go over them your car flies and rocks start hitting your car. they finally repaired it yesterday though.

-briancl

 

Damn! Ocean Avenue is a bitch to drive on!

 

The amount of laughs Moo is gonna get out of this...INFINITE!!!

Just fucking with ya Jeff....now we can get your fender rolled too..