My 8 needs a new face...among other things
 

So I'm peeved at the moment. On my way home to RI from MD, and NJ turnpike, ~6ft long full width tire tread gets kicked up by the car in front of me (a modded VW Bug...humorously enough, I have pics of it).

Pics will go up when I get home, but front lip nearly ripped off (only 2 attachment points not broken clean through), lower bumper edge shattered, splash pan shattered, fog light ripped off it's mount (hanging from it's wires), bumper mounts along the front and right front bent/broken, front grill cracked and mounts broken (wobbles if you touch it), Right front wheel-well guard mounting pins missing, and right front oil cooler vanes smashed. (No fluid leak fortunately, figure the fog light was pounded back into it)

Good news:
$0 deductible on comprehensive , so it won't cost me anything but time.

What. The. Hell.

pics of the damage?

Damn, I had sort-of the same thing happen to me a couple of days ago, except it was a piece of a truck that flew off and hit the front bumper and scratched it to high hell and messed up the paint. Among other things. :banghead:

Heh. I posted that from a rest stop on NJ turnpike. Wasn't home yet.

Here they are.

Before: (I happened to take this picture yesterday, conveniently)
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/100_1844.jpg

After:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/100_1849.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/100_1851.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/100_1854.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/100_1858.jpg

I kinda wish this would happen to me, so I can get an aftermarket front bumper for free!

Wow, that sucks man. Hope it gets fixed soon. I hate big trucks on the road and other cars flying over their crap w/o concern for themselves or others.

I would ask the dealer about hooking you up with the Mazdaspeed nose! They are about $1200 pre-painted. Probably cheaper than stock replacement with airdam.

Yeah, I'm asking :)

I will probably need a dealer anyway, not sure I trust a random recommended body shop to be able to match the whitewater pearl.

^not a fun color to match, thats for sure....it's a tri stage

Ugh. I'm really sorry to hear that man... that's freaking terrible. I just got your messages a while ago (I had left my phone in the car). Let me know if Mazda gives you a Mazdaspeed bumper for free... that would be well worth the hassle!

Same thing happened to me but it was van tread kicked up by a bus. Friggen insurance company is saying its collision which is friggen bullshit. Watch what the insurance company says.

Thus the reason why I keep a safe following distance :) Gives me time to manuver out of the way of flying objects.

+1 on MS bumper...thats what I would do

I was on the phone filing a claim within 2 minutes. It is comprehensive. I was expecting collision as you said, but they told me it was comprehensive. USAA has always been very good to me.

I probably wasn't 2 seconds behind, but not closer than 1 second. If I hadn't of dived for the shoulder it would have impacted just left of center, instead of far right. (Shifting right wasn't an option, car there). In retrospect, it was still probably far better, since if it hit my airbag sensor, it should have been alot worse.

Mazda Gallery in Norwood quoted me $1220 for a new painted MS bumper, so if you are looking to go that route I would check them out.

No MS bumper :(

The adjuster wasn't receptive to alternates from stock. Kept stressing 'exactly the way it was'. (Tasca Collision Center, Cranston RI, attached to Tasca Mazda dealer)

Ah well, I'll get it another day.

At least he recognized the tri-stage paint, and I am confident he will match it. Should be going into the shop this Thursday, but not confirmed until later today when he knows when he will have the parts in.

A bit longer to get in the parts than expected, but just got the call they are in. My 8 goes in the shop tonight.

Kinda nervous.

well at least you got your rock chips touched up ;)

Can't be worse than my wait man... I just found out today that my car probably won't be ready this weekend (week 3 now) and might not even be ready by the following week depending on brake damage.

I hit a tire 2 weeks ago
Part of my front lip rip off

wtf, everyone has been getting hit with tires lately :lol:

I've had to have my Copper Red painted twice, because of two separate incidents, and it is also a tri stage paint. The dealer recommended shop matched it perfectly.

Another way to approach it, is check with the recommended shops through your insurance company.. I found that they both listed several similar shops.

Maybe you can work a new bumper into this. I'm glad you nor anyone else was hurt from that debris.

The guy wasn't receptive to a change to a MS bumper. Unfortunately. He insisted "just like it was before". Not a massive deal, still love the look. And there was only 1 Mazda dealer shop on the recommended list. I prefer to worry less about the paint and not have an MS bumper than worry about the paint and maybe get the bumper.

That is -EXACTLY- what I'm nervous about. So maybe it is all cosmetic, and they only have to swap the visible pieces and redo the paint, but maybe not? That was alot of weight in that tire, and I don't know what else may have been damaged under that, that takes a week+ to order in. I mean, it just looks like a gash and some separation on the right corner, but when you start actually touching the pieces, everything feels held on by loose duct tape. Nearly every bumper/lip/screen/grill mount is snapped or damaged, along the entire front of the car.

It seems rare that someone on here posts a fast turn-around time on repair work.

So they did find more damage. The bumper filler and grill(which I pointed out to them) need to be replaced as well. Fortunately they have those parts in stock, but it pushed the ready day from tonight to Monday.

Well, it could be a lot worse man... I'm going to update my own thread about my car, but lets just say your car will probably be done before mine and I haven't had mine for 3 weeks. Take some pictures when your car is finished so we can see her in good repair.