Well after 8 months i will finally have my tl back on the road. It was involved in a crash on 9-11-08. It has been siting since then so i was wondering what should i do before bring it back out? Its getting painted where it was damaged this coming week. I drove it to the shop and it seemed good besides the brakes making noise due to the rust on the rotors. I plan on driving it first see how it runs before doing any major work to it. I plan on giving it a oil change even though the one in it was just done back then. Should i do a tranny fluid change? Im also planning on doing a brake fluid change if i keep the car since i will be getting slotted rotors. Im thinkin its a good idea to drive it with ease for teh first couple weeks. Anything else i should do?

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- Car involved in accident 9-11-08
- Sitting for about 8 months and is finally getting ready to be on road
- What should i do before driving maintenance wise

 

-check tire pressure
-change engine oil and filter
-make sure battery is fully charged and topped off with fluid (if needed)
-wash it
-enjoy it

P.S. any before and after pics?

 

Well i will for sure do a oil change. Battery is brand spankin new. Rims have been off and i dont think i will put them right back on. Will post before pics soon. Going to get prepaint pics on monday most likely.

 

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It was a very bad 9-11 for me

Anyways cant wait to get it back and hope it runs perfect. Even though it was branded salvage now. Hopefully still runs like a champ it did before. 126k miles.

 

damn dude that sucks! hey any pics of Beemer??

 

salvaged....????...jus for that .. i seen cars survive front end horrific damages and werent salvaged

 

Here you go

 

Apparently it was going to cost about 9k to fix they said and they decided to pay me 13k. I couldnt complain cus i kept the car since i knew engine ran good and wouldnt be a issue but just worried now since its been sitting for so long.

 

thats sweet ^^ i would def have kept the car too. love your front end man, good luck with the ride

 

9K for THAT? 8 months for THAT? Wow... in that case you don't even want to see pics of my accident which was a lot worse and $12.5K worth of damage. Not salvaged either

Anyhow grats that its back!!! Party time

 

It was in the shop only for like 2 months. 8 months since it's bn sitting cause I had to save up again to fix it. How'd they not salvage your with 12.5k worth of damage? Mustve been a while back when your cars value was more. It was 9 k due I the impact. There was more damage underneath but lukily frame wasn't damaged.

 

hey bro you know that lower grill area? isnt it supposed to be black? did you want them to spray it white?

 

Yeah i had that done a while back. Wanted to make it look a little different.

 

I had a few quick questions. I just piked up a new seat but was told so many different things im confused. I was told i had to change the srs module in the dash and sensors somewhere on the car, depending where it got hit. Is this true? I was also told i install the seat and reset and turn the car on theres a chance the seat airbag will once again redeploy. I dont belive it but dont want to risk it. Cars suppose to be done sunday but gotta goto the damn dmv and pay them more then they need LMK thanks

 

i got in a accident a while back, all I had to do was (yes not good but it was the cheapest way to go) get the comp module reset, I had to pull it off, and a guy resealed everything for me, and it worked great, no airbag of course, but its all I had in mind

 

I have all airbags. Only one that came out was the seat and that's being replaced with a new used seat. What comp module are you refering to?

 

glad you're finally getting the car back.

one question, you're 22 and have a tl-s and a 750li??? am i missing something here???

 

Not really. I am 22 and I do pay for my own car. Let's just say I'm lucky and end it . No drugs involved :p.

 

What about the gas in the tank?

 

gas, insurance, and all other personal expenses are paid by me.

 

It was in 2005. The adjuster estimated it at ~$6,400 in damages, however once I had already paid my deductible and they were 1/2 way through with repairs, they noticed a LOT more damage. Due to my deductible being paid and the amount of time/money already invested they decided to just finish it. My damage I can remember off the top of my head:

replace k-frame, headlight with ballast, hood, fender, front support, bumper, grille, wheel, all driver's side suspension/steering/rotating components with axle and brake system, replace foot area in driver's side, 14 hours on a frame machine, replace windshield, remove dash to pull firewall back, cut out/weld-in new driver's-side strut tower assembly, re-align door jam, new strut bar, airbox, battery, driver's side electrical/vacuum/relay components, new throttle linkages, all mounts, transmission mounts, and entire 5-speed auto-transmission.

I LOVE my car

 

so basically you got lucky with repairing your car and I got lucky being able to get a second one btw isn't it a 4 SPd tranny on yours?

 

i think its 6 spd ^^

 

I saw that but says when it was wrecked they put a 5 spd. Guess no one knows about the srs modules.