Zabo

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12:30ish yesterday afternoon I wrecked the T/A at around 80mph. Lost traction in poor conditions, car's tail went out from under me. Wound up spinning 1.5 times before impacting a barrier and sliding backwards about 40-60 feet at 60mph before coming to a stop. Ended up calling the day from the tower after weather began to fall apart again. Apparently some drivers were telling them to shut it down before novices like me got out there and tried to kill ourselves.

Only car involved, and I'm perfectly fine aside from a bruised neck. Rear diff is crunched, 2 rims cracked, tierod pretzel'd, door sandwiched and split, rear quarter smashed along with the core, and the frame is twisted.

Oh, and the drivers side seat snapped in two on impact.

But, I'm alive. Thank you, GM. Thank you St. Therese.

She will rise from the ashes, $7,800+ USD later. 38,218 original miles. Totally out of pocket on this one.

WARNING: F-BODY GORE BELOW! (Will resize tonight)

y2k_ta

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I can't believe that's only 4 grand worth of damage!

The most important thing is that you are ok!

With the twisted unibody (these car's only have a subframe) & severe rear quarter panel crunch, you might look into buying a roller and swapping all the good stuff over.

NC01TA

That'll buff right out

20TA02

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wow... glad youre ok.. very similar damage happened to my friends ws6 when a front tire popped and he spun out of control and hit a mini... the car ended up being way too damaged to fix. hope youre able to buff it out like NC01TA said... lol and not have to swap everything over to another car... especially since it has 38,218 original miles. good luck.

SweeTbone

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Damn that sucks dude. As stated, at least you didn't suffer any major injuries.

Fr8Train

damn mike, that sucks for sure on the other hand, that really isn't that bad of damage (for a milan wreck). glad to hear you weren't injured

mynameisray

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damn man, sucks its out of pocket... at least youre not hurt bad

firebirddude98

don't ya just wish that commercial where the kid and dad start washing their wreck and it pops back into perfect shape could happen in real life. nice car man, sad to see you did that to it. good thing youre alright though. just keep on truckin man

Zabo

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Got the bill today (minus possible driveline damage): $7800 bucks. Again that's if the 10 bolt didn't shatter and the T-56 didn't strip itself.

We're going ahead with the reconstruction.

Bonus to me: I told him that when he orders the replacement door badges that he order them in 1998 Sport Gold Metallic (if he can).


Also getting my tail filler panel sanded and painted over gloss black. Replacing the Trans Am Vinyl with SGM paint.

SweeTbone

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$7800 is like buying another LS1 F-body. How long do you think you'll be down? I'm bout to have the 10 bolt out of my car in a couple of months once my Midwest Chassis Fab 9" comes in if you're interested it.

Zabo

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Yeah, but I'd make $0 off of the car if I parted it out and paid off my loans. So it was a matter of weighing options. With it only having <39,000 miles it was a shame to part her out so I just bit the bullet.

I mean it wasn't like I was going to try to turn it over for a 5th or 6th gen. I actually planned on keeping it from the beginning. Also found that what I paid for the car eventually evens out with this giant bill because I paid WAY under what it was worth in the first place.

Hell, not like I'm going to sell it anyway since this accident single-handedly killed any resale value the car ever had.

Also, my body guy actually located a matching GU6 w/ TC rear but we don't know exactly how screwed it is. Should know by tomorrow evening when we lift her and put it in gear for a low speed test. Depending on the test, should only be down till late summer, expensive and extensive.

y2k_ta

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Good luck with the reconstruction!

jbowles17

thats crazy. find a roller swap it over

transamtom

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Thats too bad, it really sucks.

I hate hearing about stuff like this at the track and there are too many questions.

Why did they let anyone run if there was moisture?

Didn't they scrub it first with the tractor?

Why didn't they send a track truck down to test the grip?

Zabo

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Because where I went it actually started to come down just enough mid run. Totally dry on the line! They ran the tractor every 3rd run or so to make sure but people were running up to the tower once I was at the 1/8 to shut 'er down. By then I was already crossing into the left lane for a $7800 bill.

From there it just degraded. Got a little better.. degraded again, then finally SNOWED (2:30ish?). So in the end I don't know what to think. Luck of the draw and I drew the s**t straw.

They were still running in 'slick' conditions even after my wreck.. calling it from the tower at around 2PM. Just shouldn't have gone to the track that day.

Zabo

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Bump for raeg.

Body guy and I found out in a pleasent surprise that it's damn near impossible to find a pair of PA6 rims that aren't done half assed. Got a supposedly good pair in today only to find them chipped and painted quite poorly.

Ugh. Back to the drawing board, and someone is gonna get reamed by the both of us (body guy used them before but this was just WTFBS)

Other than that, quarter is in, car is on the frame puller..

jamin

damn what a shame

transamtom

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I have a set of 4 stock 16x8 5spoke Chrome rims in great condition.

They have 245/50/16 Khumo Ecsta's on them.
There is a couple 2/32 of tread left.

$300.00 picked up

Take a mini vacation to Niagara Falls

99_LS1_WS6

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That sucks man, but at least your not giving up on it.