A few pics of the (broken) ED...

oneredED · 12-04-2005, 12:14 PM

Well, as some may have read in the Melb Mini-meets thread, my car came off a little broken after losing control and sliding around into a gutter. Stupid mistake, i was being a clown, learnt a lesson. I'll quote what i said in the other thread (i'll quote it down the bottom after the pics) to save me telling it again. Luckily, i had just put "lows" in the back instead of my usual "super-low" springs, so the body never hit the gutter.

Here are some pics that show the rear damage, but i have none of the front 1/4 panel.

Here's one of the gutter (below). Looks like i wasn't the first to go through it, my one is the bit on the right, you can see the freshly broken concrete, with oil off to the side. Oh, and the picture is deceiving, the gutter is almost a foot high.

Short story:

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For those that may wanna know what happened, i lost control at around 80km/h after about 100m of controlled powerslide (almost full lock) when the auto grabbed 3rd gear and sent the tyres spinning at 190km/h instead of around 120. Was my own stupid fault, i forgot to leave the selector in 2nd like usual. I won't drift an auto single spinner ever again, i'm too scared LOL. Was bound to happen, but it took over a year of this shit for me to come unstuck, lucky i guess.

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The front right wheel (an ajr wheel) hit first but miraculously rolled up the curb (it shouldn't have it was facing the wrong way to roll up) with nothing but a superficial scratches that'll rub out.
The right rear took the full force of the impact side-on, but luckily it was only a stocky. The car hit with enough force to push the diff out the side of the car (hence a broken watts link or whatever where it goes into the diff's back cover.) I managed to tear a foot long chunk of reinforced 6" thick concrete clean from the gutter with the back wheel, so it's fuct, and i think i may have wrecked a caliper/disc as well as the diff/axel housing.

Thanks to those who offered help

: , but we took the car back to Ararat, a bit far for most to travel to help out LOL.
InitialD, i'll chat to ya in a couple of days re: the EB diff you have, i may need some stuff.

dansedgli · 12-04-2005, 12:19 PM

Ouch, hope its not too bad to fix.

**Polyal** · 12-04-2005, 12:47 PM

yeah that sucks..been there and done that. Its alot worse when you fudge the front end up; I had a qoute from pedders; $2500..no thanks

I ended up getting the e-series gang to help me out; Karl, Wayne and an unnamed expert did it for me for less than half that.

Good luck with it. Its sucks because you know how aviodable it was. You should hunt around for a 3.45 lsd, its a good excuse!

InitialD · 12-04-2005, 12:52 PM

AS I said before jared, Stop driving like that! :P hahaha

niko · 12-04-2005, 01:05 PM

blame tyres, your car, diff and auto, but never yourself

oneredED · 12-04-2005, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by niko

blame tyres, your car, diff and auto, but never yourself

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Originally Posted by me

Stupid mistake, i was being a clown, learnt a lesson

ooops, i should have covered it up more. Ummm, a tire blew-out? LOL, it was my fault so why hide it.

niko · 12-04-2005, 01:16 PM

well u can blame the car, if it wasnt single spinna u would have had much more control, no dangerous locking up

LSD its worth it! ;)

ehhe sounds like a corny add ive heard bfor

Tiga_EL · 12-04-2005, 02:24 PM

uh oh... ouch... I know how you feel mate, ( had a fence incident) luckily there wasnt that much more serious damage, and you didnt hit any 1 or property..
Did u have to tell the cops?

Best of luck fixing it mate, hope it gets sorted soon

EFFalcon · 12-04-2005, 03:48 PM

damn, coulda been worse.
coulda had a mag wheel on there!

OED666 · 12-04-2005, 04:12 PM

one of the studs looks a little off in the first pic...

yea, drifting in S/S autos aint fun... smash in an LSD at least... hopefully you get your car back on the road soon...

EFFalcon · 12-04-2005, 06:47 PM

crap moved elsewhere.

Sundeep · 12-04-2005, 06:48 PM

OMG...here comes the censorship again.

Typical.

Sundeep

Yagz · 12-04-2005, 06:48 PM

You can only cover it up for so long, John..

Yagz · 12-04-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundeep

OMG...here comes the censorship again.

Typical.

Sundeep

It was actually censored to save your Acting VP's ****.

So i'd be grateful.

Sundeep · 12-04-2005, 06:51 PM

Go eat a hamburger.

Sundeep

Yagz · 12-04-2005, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundeep

Go eat a hamburger.

Sundeep

Go serve some curry.

Sundeep · 12-04-2005, 06:55 PM

Don't mind if I do, since I work in a Indian Restaurant.

2 points.

Sundeep

Yagz · 12-04-2005, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundeep

Don't mind if I do, since I work in a Indian Restaurant.

2 points.

Sundeep

Do you get paid? Or do it for mummy..

442,213 points.

Sundeep · 12-04-2005, 06:58 PM

Try not to eat some of those points man, you could get sick.

Sundeep

Yagz · 12-04-2005, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundeep

Try not to eat some of those points man, you could get sick.

Sundeep

Only way i'd get sick is if i ate some of your indian food..

EFFalcon · 12-04-2005, 07:02 PM

next to post will be banned.

dansedgli · 12-04-2005, 07:02 PM

I have that EB wreck if you need it mate

Damo · 12-04-2005, 07:06 PM

you guys are dicks! What was censored ?

Jared, that's shit. Take it easy mate.

neil101 · 12-04-2005, 07:12 PM

I have a spare diff housing I'm going to take to the scrap yard it's yours if you want it? I only brought it for the centre.
Got some spare arms too if needed and in a couple of weeks a 3:08 s/s and spare axels

Neil

EFFalcon · 12-04-2005, 07:13 PM

Before this goes any further.
the mention of Melb minimeets in the initial post does NOT mean this event happened at a eseries meet.
The discussion on why onereded wasnt going to be attending the next one was that his car was damaged, no other reason.

dansedgli · 12-04-2005, 07:15 PM

Am I still getting banned?

Yeah let me know what you need, Ive got that wreck which I was getting rid of in the next week or two, all the under car stuff is there. cheap cheap
Might be too far though.

oneredED · 12-04-2005, 07:32 PM

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one of the studs looks a little off in the first pic...

Yeah was worse than that, we had bent it back a little in an effort to be able to remove the wheel by that stage.

Dan, neil101, thanks heaps for the offers

but i've already sourced an entire diff to replace mine. Not an LSD dammit, but it was cheaper than one.

Dez · 12-04-2005, 07:50 PM

how do the aff admins let these threads go on? you guys organise meets in threads where you publically announce that you are breaking the law on a regular, scheduled basis...

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dansedgli · 12-04-2005, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

how do the aff admins let these threads go on? you guys organise meets in threads where you publically announce that you are breaking the law on a regular, scheduled basis...

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Why arent you banned? Your not an E series member?

Psycho Chicken · 12-04-2005, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

how do the aff admins let these threads go on? you guys organise meets in threads where you publically announce that you are breaking the law on a regular, scheduled basis...

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He didn't do it at a meet.