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05-08-2010, 04:16 AM
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God was really with you that day.
i got the chills when i read ur post saying you thought ur gf was with you and you thought you killed her.
way to be strong and make it through everything
05-08-2010, 10:34 AM
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I was going to put a 6 point cage in the car but I ended up paying for my school book instead because the GI bill takes a while. It was like my 4th day of school at masa college. I missed my exit and was going to take the next exit but someone cut me off. The trans am didn't really roll it was flipped. The deivers side rear axle hit the curb while I was spining and it flipped it up on the side of the hill. It kept sliding until it slid into a semi that was parked on the exit. Good thing I hit it or I would of slid back out into the 805 again!
05-08-2010, 04:27 PM
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damn, Cj... I remember those pics. you're defenatly lucky to be alive after that crash. I remember Cj always telling me to get a roll cage for safety purposes. I'm really considering one.specially since i tend to **** around alot.
Cj- you healed really well bro.your scars look alot better. take care bro.
Cj- you healed really well bro.your scars look alot better. take care bro.
05-08-2010, 05:50 PM
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damn, Cj... I remember those pics. you're defenatly lucky to be alive after that crash. I remember Cj always telling me to get a roll cage for safety purposes. I'm really considering one.specially since i tend to **** around alot.
Cj- you healed really well bro.your scars look alot better. take care bro.
Cj- you healed really well bro.your scars look alot better. take care bro.
I have a wolfe 6pt chromoly welded cage in my WS6 with 5pt harnesses on a cam lock. I have been pulled over 100's of times for doing nothing and them thinking I'm a racer. Once I tell them about the accident and show them my scars they think otherwise. My Gieco insurance tried dropping me because I they saw I had a cage in my car with 5pt belts. They thought that it was a race car. I had to explain to them the same thing as the cops. They saw the pics of the accident and understood.
05-08-2010, 06:22 PM
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Damn CJ, those pics are crazy...like someone said before, obviously someone upstairs wanted to keep you around for a reason, and I'm glad that you had Him watching over you when that went down.
05-08-2010, 10:34 PM
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*Cages are actually pretty dangerous for the street. If you get into a wreck without a helmet(which you'd be wearing at the track) your head can hit the bars and kill you or leave you a vegetable.
Also from what I understand they really don't protect you from a T-Bone as the door bar will just cave in because it's not made or reinforced to protect from the side. There made to stiffen the chassis and protect from a rollover or head on with the wall.
Also from what I understand they really don't protect you from a T-Bone as the door bar will just cave in because it's not made or reinforced to protect from the side. There made to stiffen the chassis and protect from a rollover or head on with the wall.
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05-08-2010, 11:38 PM
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*Cages are actually pretty dangerous for the street. If you get into a wreck without a helmet(which you'd be wearing at the track) your head can hit the bars and kill you or leave you a vegetable.
Also from what I understand they really don't protect you from a T-Bone as the door bar will just cave in because it's not made or reinforced to protect from the side. There made to stiffen the chassis and protect from a rollover or head on with the wall.
Also from what I understand they really don't protect you from a T-Bone as the door bar will just cave in because it's not made or reinforced to protect from the side. There made to stiffen the chassis and protect from a rollover or head on with the wall.
A t-bone would suck worse without the door bar. The stock f-body has only a 3/4'' tube that like 1/16'' thick that mounts to fiber glass in the door jams to stop the t-bone. The door bar is a lot thicker and wider. Its also welded from your hoop to the floor on a large plated piece of steel.
I vote cage 100% It does suck getting in and out of though for a DD!
05-09-2010, 01:11 AM
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Even with good padding. Get hit at 60 and whip your head into it, its not going to feel good and I'd bet without a helmet it'd still do alot of damage. A roll bar behind the front seats would be a good idea but still bad if you ever had any passengers.
05-09-2010, 02:17 AM
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