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Old 11-17-09, 06:52 AM
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Been a crazy week.

I hit a gigantic pothole and damaged my front driver SSR Professor. First time the pothole won, those SSR's held up well, but when the hole is 3" deep and you hit it at 40mph, game over. Im going after the county, that hole was bs. I can understand less deep holes, but it feels like someone dug that hole haha



As you know before, someone backed into me when I was getting some food, so the hole in the bumper is there still.... so this is how the car sits looks so sad.



Then I pulled a lot of the interior. Working on black carpet to go back in, along with Celica seats (should hold me over til I loose some weight and gain some dough to get something better [65lbs total so far!] Darrel @ Proven Power did the welds on the seat. BTW this is how you should install seats, no bs drilling through the floor or something lol.










So thats the saga, the car sits a few 100 pounds lighter with a busted wheel and bumper . Car should be back together soon, so stay tuned for that... I really just cant wait until I get the wheel repaired.

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Old 11-17-09, 06:57 AM
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damn that sux bro when i read the title of ur thread i thought you had messed up the carpet in the dyeing process LoL I like the seat welds mabey I will go to him when I go to install some myself i need the same kinda work done
Old 11-17-09, 08:43 AM
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DUDE OMG not the ROFESSOR.... get er fixed. nice interior :P
Old 11-17-09, 09:03 AM
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your car seems really happy to see me!!

good luck on dealing with the county. I had to do the run around on a set of my wheels from them leaving a big hole during construction.

nice job on the seats.
Old 11-17-09, 09:07 AM
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i didn't know they had potholes in Florida....?!?! LOL
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Originally Posted by 96SC4
i didn't know they had potholes in Florida....?!?! LOL
Sink holes maybe...but I never saw a potholes when I lived there.
Old 11-17-09, 09:33 AM
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sorry to hear that man. hope all goes well.
Old 11-17-09, 10:09 AM
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I still call them potholes...
Old 11-17-09, 10:13 AM
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if those were Rotas, they would explode on impact
Old 11-17-09, 10:39 AM
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Tampa is full of potholes. That road had about 20 patches on it, one just was ripped up and exposed a giant hole!
Old 11-17-09, 12:23 PM
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This has been my best attempt at weight reduction. Though, I'm not having very many gains yet.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...C/DSC00518.jpg
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yeaa here in Laredo man, my friends and I enjoy knowing where our potholes are so we can dodge them and thats an excuse for driving a little fun We call them Grenade Holes. We just yell "GRENADE!!!" lol
Old 11-17-09, 01:48 PM
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My front left SP1 just got bent too! hate potholes..
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good luck getting that fixed
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its gonna be hard getting money from the city.. they usually have municipal torts that say they are not responsible for damage to vehicles on public roads or something like it. if there was construction youd be able to go after the contruction company since they have insurance for that kind of stuff.

but honestly, it might not be worth the hassle. that bend can be fixed for $100.


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