ok... so i recently crashed the maxima going fairly slow (sub 30's)
what happened is a person ran a stop sign trying to make a left turn from a side street. i was on a main street with the posted speed limit of 30mph and it was too late for me to swirve to the left because there was on comming traffic and i couldn't go to the right because theres no room there, so i slammed on the brakes and i'm guessing by the time of impact i was going at approximately 15mph. well my hood is bent, right fender smashed in, headlight fell off without cracking and my bumper is tworn.. i'm not sure if there's frame damage, but if there is should i sell the car??? from what i can see it shouldn't be too bad and my allignment is slightly off. the car is still drivable but i've noticed that my idle is slightly off. when i make left turns my right wheel rubs a lil in the bent fender.. i have already uploaded pix on geocities but for some odd reason they aren't coming out right so i wont' post links just yet.. neways can somoene please tell me what i should do???? tia.

 

I just smashed my car in June. I had the rightaway and some girl turned into traffic and I didn't even have time to brake. I hit her head on at 45mph, totaling her Honda Civic. My bumper was smashed and both fenders and the hood had to be replaced. When the claims adjuster looked at my car, he told me there was frame damage, I immediately wanted to sell the car. The body shop told me the frame was only bent an 1/8", and that they could straighten it out. When I finally got my car back, I had it aligned, and it feels the same, even though deep down I know that frame has been bent. I'm keeping the car for now, because I don't feel or see any problems yet.

 

thanx for the reply.. i'm glad i got to hear form someone that shares the same tale as mine.. i'm pretty sure my car is in alot better shape than urs since you were goin alot faster.. wow only 1/8th of an inch that's hard to believe.. i basically totaled the guys integra.. he just bought it too.. i'm building a cardomain site rite now and i'll post a link from this page to show ppl my broken monster.. i actually hit his wheel on his driver side and pushed his axel in, his car couldn't start after the accident... poor guy.. but as long as his insurance is gonna pay up i'm not worried at all.

 

well here's the link to my new car domain site
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=227798

 

ouch

sorry to hear about your wreck

 

i must be sick or something all i could do was laugh when i crashed.. maybe i knew i was gonna get a body kit.. hahHAHAha... oh well all is good no one was injured... thanx for ur sympathy

 

Mine was a little worse than yours, but check the link just so you have an idea on how mine looked after the accident. It hurts just see you car crashed up like that.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=223828&page=6

 

I crashed my car @ 2000 miles (some stupid monster truck wannabe shift into my lane and bump me into central divider and he RAN AWAY!!!!)

well....I did a 180 and go into the wall from the right corner and the speed was about 45mph. the cost was 18k to fix the car, not enough to total it. The frames were bent, upper tight bars were wrecked, needs 2 fenders, windshield was cracked, new bumper, lights, an engine mount and the timing chain cover were broken. But my bodyshop were able to bring everything back.


so if u decided to fix it
-make sure the bodyshop has a frame machine and tell them to check all the frame spec (from engine bay to the trunk) since our car is has an unibody frame which means other frame might be affected if one is bent.
-make sure they use NEW nissan parts, and your body shops are able to fight with insurnace company for OEM parts (sometimes they want to use re-manufacture parts....)

but if u want to sell it
-make sure u dun file a police report or otherwise it will appear on the record that u have had an accident. But a experienced technician is able to tell by just looking at the frame of the car.

 

Oh man Im fellin' for ya.

But what's with all these kamikazie(sorry,can't spell) Honda drivers plowing in to our beloved maximas?

 

Ouch, but from the pics it doesn't look too bad. I would worry more about when they go to paint it that they do an excellent job. Just to look at it though I would seriously doubt the frame is bent. Besides if you go to trade it in many people won't look to hard under the car, they will look for obvious signs of being painted. I got railed when I traded in my Accord because the paint job that the body shop did was dirt poor. All I had was a simple scratch form a bike, your paint will be more extensive.

Good Luck

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mingo
[B]ok... so i recently crashed the maxima going fairly slow (sub 30's)

Hey Mingo, with todays tools, technology and knowledge it is possible to reconstruct a car and it will be almost impossible to notice something if the repair is well done, I wouldn't worry about it have it repair by a good shop and it will be allright.

Cheers

AA