Another fuked up BMW this winter (mine)...

SpeedinBlueBimmer · #1 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:22 PM

I turned a litttle to fast and skidded and hit the curb pretty quick. My friend says my tires were too low, I figured 3mm was fine, obviously not. Another interesting thing was that DSC didnt flash showing that it was going on. My front control arm is FUBAR and barley holding on and bent as hell. My rim is screwed to all hell. My fender and bumper need to be replaced. Those are the damages I can SEE...

I have pics if anyone wants to host them...

Iwannadinanm3 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:26 PM

ouuuch that sux man. See if you can get pix posted up through your photo gallery

BayBimmerM3 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:35 PM

sorry to here that man.

SpeedinBlueBimmer · #4 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:36 PM

Iwannadinanm3 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:47 PM

ah damn. Are you gonna go through Ins. or pay out of the pocket?

NCBimma · #6 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 07:47 PM

hey man, i did the same thing EXACTLY last year
i can give you details if you want...damage and price to fix

SpeedinBlueBimmer · #7 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Iwannadinanm3
ah damn. Are you gonna go through Ins. or pay out of the pocket?

Insurance... I haven't made any claims in a while and I imagine it will be quite a bit considering the damage...

Quote:

Originally posted by NCBimma
hey man, i did the same thing EXACTLY last year
i can give you details if you want...damage and price to fix

Yea please. I'd like to know what I'm in for. How long did it take to fix? How much? If you dont want to post PM me.
Thanks, Ben

X5 Gee · #8 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 08:05 PM

OUCH!! .. Sorry to see that. That kind of happended to me in the X5 last year .. but I just bent the rear rim.

Iwannadinanm3 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 08:16 PM

oh well, good luck. Take it to the most reputable shop, don't use some douche bag shop that they contract with to do the work

NCBimma · #10 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 08:40 PM

i took mine to an independent body shop...they did good work
heres the run-down...its gonna sting a bit

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MorningCruiser · #11 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 10:07 PM

erg, that say $8767?

jinxed84 · #12 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 10:26 PM

is that 5700somethin in PARTS?!?!?! id cry

mental note: dont drive fast in the winter

mad-ass · #13 (**permalink**) 12-19-2003, 11:13 PM

gotta have hineken...BEER!!!

ComeOnNow · #14 (**permalink**) 12-20-2003, 02:06 AM

OK, so its not that bad. Your tread depth looks fine, dont kid yourself, this was driver error

You have a bent/curbed wheel, mushed up bumper, bent fender/rocker, bent control arm, and you ripped the control arm bushing out of the mount.

This is just what I can see, you likely bent the strut housing, and misc suspension links also.

DSC wouldnt be flashing if you understeered into a curb, and the rear tires were perfectly happy, it was the fronts that lost their hold. (assuming this is what happened, which it looks to be)

Evil 330ci · #15 (**permalink**) 12-20-2003, 02:20 AM

I had an accident similar to yours, but i was goin a bit faster. Damages cost me a total of $4900. I too thought that maybe its just the rims and fender, but when they took my car apart, it was a whole lot more damage. I'd take it to a BMW body shop. I told them i wouldnt have a problem paying all that $ aslong as the car would drive like it did when it was new, and they gave me their guarantee that it would.