So I just got done spending a week at the Outer Banks, NC with the family Sunday. I had my car packed for school because I go to school in GA and my parents live in NJ. So it should take about 5 hrs or so to get there. How long does it take me??? 11 hrs!! Why??? cause i crashed my car.

Driving down I-95 and there was ALOT of rain. People were going 45 in a 70mph. I can't see five feet in front of my bumper so I decide to get off the highway and go get something to eat to see if the rain would die down while I was taking a break from driving. I was pretty tired too.

So anyway going about 25mph I hydroplane sideways into a metal spike that had a reflector on it to mark the offramp. My rear drivers side door is messed up along with the molding on the bottom. The window and the door both work fine its just it doesn't look too good.

I don't know if the door can be banged out or what but I think the molding definitely needs to be replaced. The good part is that the molding seems to be messed up only after the crease in it(if you know what I am talking about). I am not going to tell insurance about the crash so I need to find a cheap fix solution cause money is not something I have right now. I have some in the bank but I want to keep it there in case something happens to the Max that I HAVE to replace to drive the car. So right now the plan is to get a job and find a way to fix it.

If anyone has suggestions they are definitely welcome. I was thinking I might be able to fix the door myself if I could find a door at a junkyard....but I don't really know whats going on....

 

That sucks man.. At least the damage wasn't too bad. As for suggestions: how about a better set of tires? I have driven the max is some really bad thunderstorms and never come close to hydroplaning even at twice your speed or more.

 

How is your tires? Hydroplaning at 25 mph is nuts!

 

Sorry to hear that..

try this guy to possibly locate the body parts you need in your color: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=239570


btw,
do you have any pics with those Velox wheels on your car? I didn't even know they made those in our bolt pattern.. very nice

 

wtf? 25mph? hydroplane? that sucks man...

 

Hmm, well i dont think any set of tires will keep you from hydroplaning if the rainstorm is bad enough. I mean, we've been geting some flooding here recently and the roads are still puddled and soaked as i speak, when it rains, so many big puddles form, no set of tires will resist a couple inches of rain now...

BTW, im running on Yokohama AVS ES100, which are pretty damn good in the rain, and even ive hydroplaned, granted it was for a split second, but thats all it takes...


Good luck on the max man, that sucks, least you werent hurt or anything, trust me, coulda been a whole helluva lot worse...



Eric

 

DAYUM!!! REAL SORRY ADAM! omg, that sucks bro, glad u ok though

 

At 25mph though???? His tires must be really bad to have spun at that speed.

 

or he could have hit one of those puddles and glided over it, u kno what im talkin about? or might have been turning at 25 mph

 

I was driving the opposite direction the same weekend and hydroplaned a couple times... the key is to slow well before you hit the water, not during or after, and to maintain speed when u hit, not decreasing or increasing exept for maybe getting off the throttle. I was headed up to Jersey when THE MOST Horrible rain hit.... so I understand.... My condolences.

 

yeah normally u dont hydroplane untill u hit 35, and thats only a partial hydroplane, u gotta be going 50 or something for a full, ur tires had to be messed up.

 

WOW, that sucks man, hope u can get it fixed soon

 

So right now the plan is to get a job and find a way to fix it.

Glad your okay lucky ...!! yeah grab a JOB and you will have all that fixed up and like other people was saying...FIND SOME NEW TIRES NOW THAT YOUR GETTING A JOB!

25mph What tha ? I had the old talking lady max and was doing about 85 in that kind of weather. i was laughing at everyone saying" hey everyone is pulling over and im doing 85" about that time I hydroplaned and was doing circles and ended up in the median. to this day i never drive fast in bad rain..NO WAY ! but 25 ..what gives ?

 

let me know if i can help.

 

Damn that sucks, what kind of tires did you have on?

 

Sumitomo HTRZ II

lots of tread.

all these replies are making me think that i might have hit something as well as the water...maybe some mud or something...and yes it was mid turn

 

Oil slick?????

 

Seems odd, my tires are running almost bald on the corners and need some serious replacing, and I was in some of the worst rain I've ever driven in going through upstate NY this weekend.

I was doing anywhere from 40-50mph and hydroplaned maybe once or twice for less than a second at a time.

I'd suspect you drove over a little more than a puddle.

good luck.

 

yea...same thing happened to me couple months ago. i was goin 35mph. a truck splash some puddle of water into my front wheel. hydroplaned, hit the divider, spinned, got back on the road, here is the damage >>



front tire T-rated, rear tire S-rated (sh*t rated)?? luckily it was estimate for $1,200.

good luck with urs Adam.

 

Got an estimate today. I need a new door, molding can be pounded out and the crap needs to be repainted/clearcoat. Try to estimate how much it is.....


























Got a general number in your head?








I bet you didnt guess $2077.38 WHAT A LOAD OF DONKEY ****...i was so mad. I mean if it was $2070 I might have made do and bit the bullet but this is WAY TOO MUCH!!!

You should see the damage...wish i had a camera...doesnt look that bad at all.

Anyways after almost in front of the guy he gave me his friends number that does work on the side. I am hoping that I can just have him pound out the molding and paint it and I could find a door from someone on here or at a junkyard....so if you got a sterling mist door for a '98 LET ME KNOW....