Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> AKA- Wreck 2015 route 66- Fix is done! Picks page 12, Thanks to everyone for all the help! Couldn't have done it without you
JRust
post Mar 31 2015, 01:58 PM
Post #1


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 6,305
Joined: 10-January 03
From: Corvallis Oregon
Member No.: 129
Region Association: Pacific Northwest



Okay so anyone who was following the Route 66 thread. Know I got stuck in a rain storm. Coming around a corner just outside of Oakridge. I hit standing water on the road. Car spun & I ended up sliding into the guard rail on the opposite side of the road backwords. Absolutely sucked but I was very lucky nobody was coming the other way. Could have been so much worse. I wasn't hurt in any way other than my pride. Seeing my car damage after only having it back a month from my fire. I have no words to explain it other than it Fuching sucks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

So moving on here are pics of the carnage the day of. There is also 2 creases/dents in my front flare. The extra chassis stiffening helped a lot. The brace from the front of the suspension ear. To my firewall I think kept the damage from being much worse. The way my rear wheel caught the guard rail lip pressed directly on that brace I believe. Because of this the trailing arm buckled. I am glad that I did not do the trailing arm reinforcement. I have heard conflicting things on it. I know see why in my opinion it shouldn't be done. If your trailing arm bends it is much better than your car bending or breaking. Trailing arms are pretty easy to replace. Ripped suspension ear or other frame damage not so much. I'll add pics of my car on the rack today in the next post


Attached thumbnail(s)
Attached Image Attached Image Attached Image Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
JRust   AKA- Wreck 2015 route 66- Fix is done! Picks page 12   Mar 31 2015, 01:58 PM
billh1963   Wow! You have had a run of bad luck for sure ...   Mar 31 2015, 02:04 PM
JRust   Pics at the shop today!   Mar 31 2015, 02:05 PM
Elliot Cannon   Did the trailing arm bend without damaging the sus...   Mar 31 2015, 02:15 PM
porbmw   Sorry to hear of it/see it. But it is STILL a ver...   Mar 31 2015, 02:15 PM
rjames   Sorry to hear of it/see it. But it is STILL a ve...   Mar 31 2015, 02:44 PM
GeorgeRud   Ouch! Glad you're OK AS THAT's the mo...   Mar 31 2015, 02:26 PM
ndfrigi   Hi Jaime, Thank God you're okay! Sorry, I ...   Mar 31 2015, 02:38 PM
wes   So sad to see, I love your car! Best of luck t...   Mar 31 2015, 02:43 PM
76-914   Dude! It's a :miles: shame. So rotten was...   Mar 31 2015, 03:29 PM
Mike Bellis   *****NOTE****** Jamie needs a trailing arm. Who ...   Mar 31 2015, 06:41 PM
JRust   [quote name='76-914' post='2167964' date='Ma...   Mar 31 2015, 07:33 PM
Chris H.   Dude...hate to even think about that...sheeesh.....   Mar 31 2015, 03:31 PM
Blue6   I'll pm him, I have a set he can have.   Mar 31 2015, 03:33 PM
SKL1   Glad you didn't get hurt, and as you said, if ...   Mar 31 2015, 03:41 PM
madmax914   Jamie, Sorry to hear about your misfortune, Let me...   Mar 31 2015, 03:45 PM
Cairo94507   Glad there were no injuries and hopefully your car...   Mar 31 2015, 03:57 PM
Mr. Olympic Blue 2 You   I whole wholeheartedly agree about the trailing ar...   Mar 31 2015, 04:01 PM
pete000   This hurts to see !   Mar 31 2015, 05:37 PM
warpig   NOOOOOOO!!!! :headbang: After all...   Mar 31 2015, 06:51 PM
green914   Glad you are okay :) fix it quick only 28 days to ...   Mar 31 2015, 07:04 PM
Hank914   Glad you are okay! Sorry about the car, but s...   Mar 31 2015, 08:48 PM
RobW   I have an extra trailing arm for free. Will take p...   Apr 1 2015, 05:12 AM
rdauenhauer   WOW :( Been preoccupied so I hadnt seen this. So...   Apr 1 2015, 07:03 AM
JRust   WOW :( Been preoccupied so I hadnt seen this. S...   Apr 1 2015, 12:59 PM
914_teener   WOW :( Been preoccupied so I hadnt seen this. ...   Apr 1 2015, 06:19 PM
914time   Glad you were not hurt. Love the personlized plat...   Apr 1 2015, 07:39 AM
Johny Blackstain   1st the fire & now this? I'd consider fin...   Apr 1 2015, 09:28 AM
Heeltoe914   Glad you came out OK. My favorite green car Got a...   Apr 1 2015, 02:11 PM
messix   Damn I wish I saw this before to today. I drove do...   Apr 1 2015, 06:01 PM
Mikey914   I go between PDX and MFR weekly, so if you need me...   Apr 1 2015, 06:03 PM
carr914   Good Luck, my Brother from a different Mother   Apr 1 2015, 06:53 PM
steuspeed   Bummer deal! I'm not going to WCR either. ...   Apr 1 2015, 09:11 PM
Todd Enlund   Glad to hear that the damage appears to be confine...   Apr 1 2015, 09:45 PM
JRust   After much deliberation. I am going to pick up my ...   Apr 3 2015, 11:16 AM
Mike Bellis   WCR build party! :Qarl: I'll bring a ham...   Apr 3 2015, 12:54 PM
rick 918-S   :headbanger: driver like ya stole ER!   Apr 3 2015, 01:44 PM
91422.7   Jamie, sorry to hear about the crash! As bad a...   Apr 3 2015, 10:45 PM
brant   I like your decision! I don't have the wh...   Apr 3 2015, 10:54 PM
relentless   Wow, sorry to hear about this Jamie. As said, at ...   Apr 4 2015, 12:27 PM
JRust   Drove over to Bend this morning to pick up my car....   Apr 4 2015, 10:34 PM
JRust   Okay so here are some pics. 1st of the trailing ar...   Apr 4 2015, 10:54 PM
3d914   Okay so here are some pics. 1st of the trailing a...   Apr 5 2015, 10:42 AM
914_teener   Save the trailing arm.....make a cool trophy for t...   Apr 4 2015, 11:02 PM
rick 918-S   If I had a hand full of tools I would bump that fo...   Apr 4 2015, 11:07 PM
914_teener   If I had a hand full of tools I would bump that f...   Apr 4 2015, 11:19 PM
JRust   If I had a hand full of tools I would bump that f...   Apr 5 2015, 09:57 AM
rick 918-S   If I had a hand full of tools I would bump that ...   Apr 5 2015, 02:14 PM
McMark   I'll bring my shrinking setup to WCR, as well ...   Apr 5 2015, 10:53 AM
rick 918-S   I'll bring my shrinking setup to WCR, as well...   Apr 5 2015, 02:19 PM
JRust   I'll bring my shrinking setup to WCR, as wel...   Apr 5 2015, 03:23 PM
MMW   I'll bring my shrinking setup to WCR, as wel...   Apr 5 2015, 03:31 PM
worn   I'll bring my shrinking setup to WCR, as wel...   Apr 6 2015, 09:22 PM
boxstr   Jamie, if Mark is going down your way, maybe I can...   Apr 5 2015, 10:54 AM
boxstr   Do you need a rear trailing, also? Craig at CAMP   Apr 5 2015, 10:56 AM
boxstr   Just read thrugh you already have one, good for yo...   Apr 5 2015, 11:01 AM
rhodyguy   did the mis-hap happen on ore state hwys 126 or 58...   Apr 5 2015, 12:46 PM
JRust   did the mis-hap happen on ore state hwys 126 or 5...   Apr 5 2015, 01:34 PM
Mike Bellis   I'm trailering mine down and will have a good ...   Apr 5 2015, 02:19 PM
r_towle   A bunch of drunk guys in a motel parking lot drink...   Apr 5 2015, 03:37 PM
JRust   A bunch of drunk guys in a motel parking lot drin...   Apr 5 2015, 04:03 PM
Philip W.   A bunch of drunk guys in a motel parking lot dri...   Apr 7 2015, 10:59 AM
euro911   A bunch of drunk guys in a motel parking lot dri...   Apr 7 2015, 02:29 PM
VegasRacer   A bunch of drunk guys in a motel parking lot drin...   Apr 5 2015, 05:14 PM
KELTY360   Who's bringing the paint booth?   Apr 5 2015, 05:01 PM
McMark   Who's bringing the paint booth? :idea:   Apr 5 2015, 05:55 PM
sixnotfour   rest stop Idaho 2009   Apr 5 2015, 06:19 PM
JRust   rest stop Idaho 2009 You just wipe off the overs...   Apr 6 2015, 01:34 PM
sixnotfour   it buffed out ....really just hiding grey primer f...   Apr 6 2015, 06:55 PM
montoya 73 2.0   Wouldnt be the first time Jamie brought his Teener...   Apr 6 2015, 10:50 PM
JRust   Wouldnt be the first time Jamie brought his Teene...   Apr 7 2015, 01:19 AM
KELTY360   Wouldnt be the first time Jamie brought his Teen...   Apr 7 2015, 12:28 PM
brant   Wouldnt be the first time Jamie brought his Teene...   Apr 7 2015, 02:51 PM
messix   he redesigned and installed a radiator at wcc too ...   Apr 6 2015, 11:47 PM
sixnotfour   he redesigned and installed a radiator at wcc too...   Apr 7 2015, 12:21 PM
montoya 73 2.0   that's a RoadGlue Pic. I believe he left the s...   Apr 7 2015, 09:49 AM
McMark   that's a RoadGlue Pic. I believe he left the ...   Apr 7 2015, 10:18 AM
SirAndy   That's a RoadGlue Pic. I believe he left the s...   Apr 7 2015, 02:54 PM
Chris914n6   That's a RoadGlue Pic. I believe he left the ...   Apr 7 2015, 03:09 PM
76-914   That's a RoadGlue Pic. I believe he left the ...   Apr 7 2015, 08:52 PM
JRust   he redesigned and installed a radiator at wcc to...   Apr 7 2015, 12:43 PM
sixnotfour   [quote name='sixnotfour' post='2170948' date='Apr...   Apr 7 2015, 03:44 PM
Elliot Cannon   [quote name='sixnotfour' post='2170948' date='Apr...   Apr 14 2015, 09:15 PM
rdauenhauer   dont forget Troy doing a Bumper backdate in the lo...   Apr 7 2015, 01:00 PM
montoya 73 2.0   Haha! you didn't move!!!   Apr 7 2015, 03:05 PM
JRust   Up in the lift seems litke my passenger door does ...   Apr 9 2015, 07:44 PM
JRust   Didn't get much time this weekend to do much t...   Apr 12 2015, 08:24 PM
76-914   Didn't get much time this weekend to do much ...   Apr 22 2015, 08:51 AM
Mike Bellis   You're running out of time... tick, tock... W...   Apr 12 2015, 09:56 PM
JRust   You're running out of time... tick, tock... ...   Apr 13 2015, 08:30 PM
VegasRacer   This is only half a hijack. :hijacked: I wanted ...   Apr 14 2015, 09:06 PM
rick 918-S   This is only half a hijack. :hijacked: I wanted...   Apr 14 2015, 09:36 PM
JRust   Yowser John :( . Glad you made it back home withou...   Apr 14 2015, 09:43 PM
VegasRacer   Elvira is out of surgery and will be ready to go a...   Apr 21 2015, 10:07 PM
brant   Elvira is out of surgery and will be ready to go ...   Apr 21 2015, 10:46 PM
Andyrew   Jamie, If you need any help from me at WCR I'd...   Apr 21 2015, 10:31 PM
McMark   Waiting for a replacement roller bearing for the o...   Apr 22 2015, 09:43 AM
rick 918-S   Packing a few of my favorite tools to ship to McMa...   Apr 22 2015, 11:38 AM
tdgray   That is totally cool of you guys... well done brot...   Apr 22 2015, 01:51 PM
JRust   Yeah the 914 community is the best! I've g...   Apr 22 2015, 04:39 PM
3 Pages V  1 2 3 >


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 27th April 2024 - 01:44 PM