i have just crashed the idny into a hedge well if you can call it a crash i went straight ahead on a coorner on fu**ing salt and hit a country hedge/bank not very hard but seem to have done a lot of damage its bent top and bottom wishbone and snaped the end off of the shock bit gutted cant afford the parts to fix it as money a bit tight

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oh man bugger, dosnt look to bad though.

mate, gutted, but could have been much worse. as long as you're fine
also as long as its only wishbones and a shock, its not toooooo bad. remember

how much you enjoyed building the car? you can re-live some of that again
sorry

I did something similar in mine on a hill climb.

Good news was I replaced the wishbones and checked the geometry and it required no adjustment - the chassis was totally as before.

fingers crossed for you

Cheers

mark

Sorry to hear that m8. At least you are fine.
It is winter which gives you plenty of time to fix till summer when there isn't any salt on the roads.

yes true i should not of taken it out untill summer i just got the new engine in so could not help my self lol

As long as you're walking, talking and chewing gum, you're ok. The car is repairable!!! I'm sure some nice soul will help you out with some spare parts.

were you far from your house? glad to hear that ur ok, as already said there car is repairable

gutted for you mate.
i know how you feel, but doesn't look too bad.after crashing mine, i fully stipped my car to get a profesional check of my chassis and things appear to be better as i thought first, so be confident!

Sorry to hear about your car. There have been some much worse crashes on here. At least yours should be a fairly easy repair

Ouch, my feelings go out to you, looks very similar to the damage I enflicted on my car this summer. I'm just about over it...

Not claiming on your insurance??

Did exactly the same back in Feb this year.

No one's hurt that's the start point

The anger and disapointment does fade - trust me

I'm in the process of (slowly) rebuilding mine by replacing a front lower wishbone. The downside is I went further than planned and have now stripped all of the suspension for powder coating, replaced the headlights and started fitting an oil catch tank.

It's all part of the kit car experience in my book

Yep you'll feel gutted for a while and keep going over what you might have done to avoid it.

I had an off on the my last track day in December 06. I basically ripped the front wheel off the drivers side and it looked quite bad on the day. I could have just replaced the wheel, wishbones, brake line and front wing. However I actually used it as an excuse to "upgrade" the whole Sierra front suspension to Capri uprights, alloy hubs, matching wishbones and lighter front wings!

Main thing is you are OK, and no one else hurt either.


Looks like the car did what its designed to do.
There is NO crumple zone on a Se7en.

The Wishbones collapsed and disipated some of the energy. Its what happens.

As long as the chassis is undamaged, its just a couple of wishbones.
Thats something that you can fix over the winter fairly easily.

Its that time of the year where the roads are greasy, covered in wet leaves, and generally crappy.

Put it behind you, plan the repair, save the cash, and execute the plan. You have several months before next Summer.

At least you wont have gained an insurance black mark, and the increased costs from having a claim.

Put it down to experience and remember for next time wne you are out on a less than dry clean road.

Main thing no one has bee injured.

Good luck with the repair. Shouldnt be too difficult.

Macs there done that twice

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=J_3bKbGjMR0.

Its a cheap fix

Gutted for you, but as all the above at least you're okay.

Nigel