(good story)I F*CKED UP BAD

[whitethunder]

So for all of yall North Carolinians the past couple of days have been full of icy roads and snow storms. Me and a buddy of mine were going to go pick up these to girls the morning after the storm occurred and everything went well on the way to their house. (keep in mind i am i need of new tires because all of them are very bald). So on the way back from picking them up we entered my neighborhood and there was a ice patch up ahead of me, so i started to accelerate fairly quick when i hit the patch and my back end started to whip out to the right of the street. (also keep in mind, to my left there is a gated neighborhood, and a giant ditch with a concrete culvert). I tried to recorrect and the tail end whipped to the left and into the grass, sending me directly into the ditch and concrete culvert. It bout ripped my axle off along with the drivers side tire. I have to replace the Axle shaft, upper control arm, lower control arm, knuckle, hub bearing and tires. It completely broke my lower control arm and axle shaft and warped my knuckle. Oh and it dented up the front bumper pretty good too
Still deciding wether to send the 6 inch RCX lift back to pay for damage or just to lift and fix it at the same time.
Ideas?

 

[Tat2hemi]

Man I know what your saying black ice here in the triad sucks!! I almost lost mine yesterday went from one side of the road onto the other side back in forth luckly I got it back in control and I credit my toyo A/T tires for that. You doing a insurance claim then you have to pay a deductible and then look at how much extra it cost you to have your lift installed. I know that was a bad feeling.

 

[DavidRam]

Sorry to hear about that... but what happened with the chicks??

 

[Merc225hp]

Sorry to read this happend. Ideas yep, maybe some new tires before that lift kit is in order no?

 

[MagSport]

I agree with merc, glad to see your ok though!


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[whitethunder]

We'll see I decided since I need a new knuckle, which are almost 500$, I'm just going to get the lift kit which comes with 2 knuckles and I'm going to keep the stock tires until I'm ready to buy my open country R/Ts.

 

[whitethunder]

 

[dapepper9]

Y'all just ain't as used to driving thru I've and snow as we are in the northern half jk, for real tho that sucks. Any body damage?

 

[whitethunder]

Just a little bit of denting on front bumper, i posted a picture on my profile

 

[ram1500pete]

Man sorry about your accident hope everything gets fixed quick.

 

[Arlucian]

Sorry to read this happend. Ideas yep, maybe some new tires before that lift kit is in order no?

Say whaaattt!? Why change out such a good pair of racing slicks?

 

[whitethunder]

Thanks man i appriciate it! I also found out i snaped the left shock so i just got 2 5100 bilstiens

 

[ST-8]

That **** looks pretty rough from the one pic.. I think I'd be more worried about tires. But I was 19 not long ago an same as you cared more about aftermarket stuff an not actual **** like tires, suspension parts, maitence stuff etc. chicks an your friends can't see that stuff

 

[hotkarl]

Never under estimate the importance of good tires. I used to.
Then I realized what a difference it makes when you have the right tire on your truck (or car).