Wrecked my car in the snow last night...

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Old 12-11-2008, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by whitehooptie
The body line not matching on the back hatch can be a sign of more serious damage.
it is possible, but i have seen many fbodies where the hatch gaps are
uneven
and these are never wrecked vehicles, i always just figured it was a common thing with the hatch misalignment. have seen more than a few times on random fbodies, all 4th gens.
Old 12-12-2008, 12:35 AM
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Damn it boy!
Old 12-12-2008, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by kevinclark09


Dude that thing is so far from being totaled.


Here are some pics of mine when i first picked it up as "totaled"

i found myself another quarter panel and 2 weeks later in a good paint shop it was back to normal.


Old 12-12-2008, 01:24 AM
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That looks like an easy fix. New quarter panel and wheel, a little paint and you should be fixed!

Damn 99problemz what chewed on your rear quarter panel?
Old 12-12-2008, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by GMCHammer
Damn 99problemz what chewed on your rear quarter panel?
Some guy towing a trailer decided it was cool to switched over to my car's lane without first checking his mirrors on the freeway.
Old 12-12-2008, 02:49 AM
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I have a 93 v6 camaro, a 94 Z28 and an 02. None of them have a hatch misaligned. My 93 has over 250k miles on it. Maybe I'm lucky?
Old 12-12-2008, 03:12 AM
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man your tires are really wide, that didnt help out at all with the snow man, sorry to hear that sir. I live in OK and this will be my first year with the camaro during winter time, we dont get much snow here at all, but we get a lot of ice. i guess i just wont be driving it much this winter
Old 12-12-2008, 06:34 AM
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Well i feel better that you guys dont think it is totaled. I really want to be able to hang on to it for another fifty thousand miles.
Old 12-12-2008, 06:35 AM
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Oh and by the way, my passenger side tire doesnt really stick out that far. The whole rear end shifted when i hit the curb.
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Originally Posted by kevinclark09
Oh and by the way, my passenger side tire doesnt really stick out that far. The whole rear end shifted when i hit the curb.

Which means you probably bent some suspension components, like the panhard bar(s) and LCAs. Stock replacements of those can be had cheap.


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Old 12-12-2008, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
Which means you probably bent some suspension components, like the panhard bar(s) and LCAs. Stock replacements of those can be had cheap.


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or aftermarket
Old 12-12-2008, 09:13 PM
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damn that really sucks. i had to drive in that slush stuff last nite on blad d/r. woke up this morning and decided it was time for new ones.
Old 12-13-2008, 12:59 PM
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Definitely sticking to aftermarket suspension
Old 12-16-2008, 07:43 PM
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Well the insurance company looked at it today and it is totaled. No word on how much I'm gonna get for it yet, but I'll probably know by the end of the week.
Old 12-16-2008, 08:02 PM
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yeah its crazy how little visible damage will lead to it being totaled. Those rear quarter panels are really hard to replace.
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Sorry to hear that man. I've been in the same situation (totalled my old 98 trans am). Just glad you're okay. Cars can be replaced, life cannot. Good luck.
Old 01-01-2009, 01:07 PM
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Well finally got some new from the insurance company and they are going to give me 10k for it. I am very pleased with that because I paid 10.5k for the car when it had 54k miles, and it had 82k miles when I wrecked it. As for starting over with another F-body, I dont think it is going to happen. Ill be over on performace trucks from now on.




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