eclipsegsx

hey guys, some idiot in front me me knocked over a cone, and i had to drive over it. my fiberglass ate it.







does the lower lip come off? the paint shop guy is charging me $200! he said he'll take the lip off and to come back and pick it up when its done.

its an 06 copper red shinka

Shini

What the hell are you doing to get that? Steep drive-way ramp? Or is it those nasty concrete curbs that are just barely high enough to not give clearance?

bizron

iTrader: (1)

Are you serious?

"some idiot in front me me knocked over a cone, and i had to drive over it."


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4me2

Cones are made of soft rubber???????????????

eclipsegsx

this was one of those hard plastic cones. the suv in front of me knocked one over, and i couldnt swerve in time, there was another car in the right hand lane.

bleh

Shini

Are you serious?

I DIDN'T SEE THE TEXT AT THE TOP

PLEASE STOP YELLING AT MY EYES!

Edit: What the hell kind of cone? I've ran over cones in my Trans Am doing atleast 70 before and it didn't cause damage like that...

(Shutdown airforce base, racing on the air strip, the coned off a section, doing a 110 then BAM Cones out of ******* no where)

So uh yeah...a cone...How fast were you going? Cause uhhhh I'm pretty sure my front end is made out of the same material...Must be one hell of a cone

Uncivilizedracer

sell it to me ill fix it

4me2

What your insurance say? What deductible you have, and is that classed under vandalism?

eclipsegsx

no idea, i havnt talked to insurance yet. I mean since i dont have the other guys plates i guess i could go after "road hazard" or something.

Shini

Unless you have a REALLY good insurance your deductible isn't going to cover $200...

I have full coverage with Progressive and my deductible when my car was broken into, the deduct was 500 but it only cost 230 to replace the window. Also even if you had a good deduct you have to consider how much that claim will raise your inusrance, in the long run it might just me cheaper to fix it with your own money.

Edit: ENGRISH!

rddragoness

OUCH! Sorry to see that........OH and GUYS CONES DO DAMAGE! I hit a RUBBER cone on a closed autocross course, and it cost me $150 to replace the valence ( plastic piece under the car) + labor.
That should be considered road hazard. Give your insurance a call, and see. Run go get an estimate and go from there....My baby has been hit twice. One supposedly my fault according to the stupid cop that didn't search the crackheads car that hit me.( after she had no license and no insurance proof) and was higher than a kite!!!!!!

but I digress.......hehehe

ANYHOO...... My insurance didn't go up because of claims...not one red cent. It can't hurt to ask, you still have the choice to file with them or handle it yourself.

elf

You can remove the lip since it's screwed/bolted on, but you'll have to replace the double-stick tape that seals the lip to the front part of the bumper.

devildog1679

If your going fast enough it doesn't matter how soft it is. Beleive me, I ran over a cone at the track and it cracked by whole front lip. I was doing about 80.

Shini

I hit one going no less than 70 before and I didn't get anything...My friend in his Z28 got his air dam cracked in half, but as far as the front bumper everything was okay.

You haven't lived yet til you see cones fly over your hood.

jones75254

iTrader: (2)

...ehh! some bondo, sand paper, paint and elbow grease will fix that right up.........a passage taken from the book of Honda.

CarAndDriver

You might just want to buy a new one since discounted new ones are in the 300s from the dealers on here.

laythor

zerobio

Crap man, that is a drag. Hope you can get it fixed at a decent price and then all will be good again.

kersh4w

iTrader: (3)

i'd attempt to go at it myself.

buy some bondo, a paint gun, and paint. total that might run you $200. but then you can say you fixed it yourself. and you will know what to do next time. no metal body damage that might be harder to fix. just some bondo and sand paper. and the nice thing about paint is, if you did a horrible job you can sand it off and do it over.

and if you still cant seem to do a good job. you can just sand the area down. take it like that to the body shop and have them do it. then it'll only be like $50 or so.

Silver_Mazda09

Well good luck on your project. Damm Cones!

Silver_Surfer

I know it does'nt feel like you got off lucky but you did. I hit a traffic cone like you but it also took out a oilcooler, foglight and engine underside cover...

Shini

God after reading all these horror stories about cones I'm starting to think I should have just kept my TA, it was obviously the incredible hulk of cars

Good luck with the repairs, let us know how the insurance thing pans out.

JeRKy 8 Owner

Waste of money. Buff it out a little, live with it and pretend it's bird ****...gas prices are getting close to 4 bucks a pop.

eclipsegsx

thanks for the replies guys! some very good comments!

Razz1

Ja you can buuf and touch up paint that yourself.