mother fooking pot holes [Archive]

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 09:10 PM

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so i hit a pot hole on i95 north
then the air bag blew out , it scared the **** out of

i cant believe this :banghead:

Riz1

11-21-2006, 09:24 PM

holy shyt nick how the hell did that happen? how fast were you going? i would hate to hit a pothole and have that explode out of no where...hope your aight bro...:hi:

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 09:27 PM

i am fine i didnt realize it was the air bag at first i thought it was a broken window

i was in the left lane on I95 north they are doing a little bit of construction ( near the villa barone) i was doing like 65

TOMMY G

11-21-2006, 09:36 PM

let me know if you need help....its happened to me also

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 09:45 PM

right now i am mostly worried abut frame damage ( it looks like the bolts that hold my strut bar in have moved)

is this a warranty issue ?
is the bilstein pss9 kit going to be a problem cause its not factory ?

fckupayme

11-21-2006, 09:47 PM

holy sh!t thats crazy, good luck with that bro. hopefully everything works out

GmbH_B7

11-21-2006, 10:19 PM

Damn Nick... lucky you didnt crash the car from that air bag going off... Your strut bar moved?? Are there any tears in the metal around the tower?

koven

11-21-2006, 10:22 PM

woww :wtf: good luck man that sux

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 10:23 PM

Damn Nick... lucky you didnt crash the car from that air bag going off... Your strut bar moved?? Are there any tears in the metal around the tower?

lemem go take a picture of that now brb

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 10:40 PM

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i rly hope their is no damage but this doesnt look good

GmbH_B7

11-21-2006, 10:46 PM

I gotta say I find that very strange that the bar moved that much...try unbolting it and see whats the metal looks like under that plastic, To me it looks like the top of the shock tower pushed upward slighty... Tommy G im sure can give you a better answer than i can.

Even if there is damage I dont think BMW would even cover it. I remeber my friend worked for BMW a while back and e36's would come in all the time with the rear towers broken from potholes... I think it gets handled via your insurance co. as a accident.

MARiSA

11-21-2006, 10:52 PM

oh darn. im sorry to hear =(

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 10:53 PM

ahhh i hit a big piece of metal in the road !!!!!

MysticDroptop

11-21-2006, 10:53 PM

holy **** man that sucks, i95 north is pretty ****ed up!

The OEM strut bar is a POS, mine cracked like a week ago....gotta bring it to the dealer now :tsk:

MARiSA

11-21-2006, 10:57 PM

ahhh i hit a big piece of metal in the road !!!!!

hahah shut up you. ::flipoff: :cristina:

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 10:57 PM

holy **** man that sucks, i95 north is pretty ****ed up!

The OEM strut bar is a POS, mine cracked like a week ago....gotta bring it to the dealer now :tsk:

i cracked mine too

MysticDroptop

11-21-2006, 11:00 PM

^^^^ yea the whole thing came off right??? i remember u taking the entire thing out of ur trunk lol

Ispeed

11-21-2006, 11:02 PM

^^^^ yea the whole thing came off right??? i remember u taking the entire thing out of ur trunk lol

haha yeah now i get to put an air bag in my trunk
btw that is a ****ed up smell ( after the air bag goes off)

GmbH_B7

11-21-2006, 11:03 PM

Scumbag :rofl:

ahhh i hit a big piece of metal in the road !!!!!

e46nj325

11-21-2006, 11:31 PM

holy crap that really sucks try going to the dealer they may not even notice the pss9s on the car since theyll be in the interior for the repair the bar might have just moved from the impact loosen the nuts up a little on level ground see if it moves back to its original location

GmbH_B7

11-21-2006, 11:44 PM

I hope they dont notice the car is slammed ;)

pnoyaballer

11-22-2006, 12:27 AM

yeah, i had the same thing happen to me, but, it was a 2x4.

my car went thru the same thing. tommy saw

Ispeed

11-22-2006, 12:50 AM

yeah, i had the same thing happen to me, but, it was a 2x4.

my car went thru the same thing. tommy saw

did the dealer cover it? or did you have to pay for it
tomorrow morning i am going to get the frame checked to see what if anything is bent, if its bent ill just pay for it, if not i will start a war with the dealer

j0echsmo86

11-22-2006, 01:15 AM

if ur starting a war with dealers let us know .... ohhh i fken hate the dealers near me ... pos bmw service

Elm0

11-22-2006, 03:27 AM

now with out the air bag your car weights less so you can beat me

cntrvrsy

11-22-2006, 09:19 AM

2000_328CI

11-22-2006, 09:23 AM

i would persue the state.. try and get them to pay for it

TOMMY G

11-22-2006, 10:50 AM

Ok...your Tower Is Mostly Likely "mushroomed", Easy Fix But There Could Be A Small Tear Where The Upper Rail (holds The Fender) Meets The Tower. Very Common, Nothing To Worry About. As For The Car, I Can Help You But I Cant Give Away All The Info On Here....if Youre Interested Pm Me Or Email Me And Ill Give You The Lowdown.
It Could Be Minimal Charge To You If Any At All.....

oh and pursuing the state is a great idea but you have a better chance of seeing the 2nd coming of christ. it doesnt happen anymore

Ispeed

11-22-2006, 11:02 AM

That is crazy sh!t. Hopefully the dealer didn't center the strut bar when they replaced the busted mount and not that the bar shifted like that. If it did I hope there's no frame damage. How's the car driving now?

no i had it checked by j&b auto body this morning he said the bar moved you can see it , also the car isnt driving 100% i am hearing some vibrating noises at highway speeds, and upon further inspection the seams near he shock tower have moved and split
o well its just a car and it will be fixed i am glad i didnt get hurt to be honest

cntrvrsy

11-22-2006, 11:17 AM

Check the rims to see if they're bent or not. Could be the vibration you're feeling. I slammed a nasty pothole getting off the East Tremont/ Sheridan exit of the Bronx River Pkwy and bent both front and rear driver's side rims :banghead: Have a shop spin them on the balancer machine, that was the only way you could tell mines were bent.

gimpyviper

11-22-2006, 11:24 AM

Ow....

I've hit some nasty pot holes and worse, some nasty sections of road where they're repaving so it's stripped of the asphalt layer and is just the bare concrete base layer and where it transitions back to asphalt it makes for a violent bottoming out experience... There was this horrible section of the GCP right near Exit 21 (I think) to I-295 that was unpaved for a few weeks, and you get no warning until it's right up on you. First time I took it doing like 70 never getting the chance to react and I thought my ribs has all bunched up together near my neck...

Friggin road work...

cntrvrsy

11-22-2006, 11:46 AM

^^ I know that spot, the middle lane gets you the worst! You don't even see it coming then all of a sudden Bang! Bang! :censor:

MysticDroptop

11-22-2006, 11:57 AM

i ****ing hate I95, thats one of the most uneven highways i've ever driven on. Feels like im driving on a train track or some ****.

GmbH_B7

11-22-2006, 04:17 PM

no i had it checked by j&b auto body this morning he said the bar moved you can see it , also the car isnt driving 100% i am hearing some vibrating noises at highway speeds, and upon further inspection the seams near he shock tower have moved and split
o well its just a car and it will be fixed i am glad i didnt get hurt to be honest

That sucks bro... hopefully this doesnt cost you much $$$

ASIANM3NY

11-22-2006, 06:18 PM

Hey nick do you need new rim's now??? :4ngie:

Ispeed

11-22-2006, 07:16 PM

Hey nick do you need new rim's now??? :4ngie:

to my surprise the rims are holding air i do not see damage to them as of now
i am sure the shop will check them once they get the car on monday

thanks man i appreciate the offer :)

Ispeed

11-22-2006, 07:17 PM

That sucks bro... hopefully this doesnt cost you much $$$

werd i think this one is going to hurt :banghead:

CarbonBlk01M3

11-22-2006, 07:22 PM

Damn Nick that sucks that happened to you but like you said , aslong as your ok . The road going both ways by the villa barone is all fuked up! If you need any help with anything give me a call bro .

02BMW330ci

11-23-2006, 01:04 AM

cant the city cover it since it there damn road?

msuka

11-23-2006, 08:32 PM

Ispeed

11-23-2006, 10:58 PM

here a side curtain airbag on ebay from a 2001 m3, if the dealer dont pay for it i think this is your best bet.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/E46-Roof-air-bag-air-bags-airbags-airbag-BMW-3-series-M_W0QQitemZ320053292575QQihZ011QQcategoryZ33719QQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem

thanks for linking that , but the car is going to the body shop they have to check the whole suspension on the machine rims, ect so i am just going to have them replace the air bag, i am not sure how it all works but i know you need to put new air bags in a car
this is a lease so i do not want any problems later on

Ispeed

11-23-2006, 11:17 PM

also on a side note
bmw said they would warranty the air bag & module as long as i sign some paper stating i will not sue them , but any other damage will have to be handled by my insurace company

right now i am worried that the strut is dfamaged and since its a bilstein pss9 i do not know if i can order just 1 or 2 or if i have to mail it to them to be fixed cause i rly dont want to wait for them anyone ever hear of a strut going bad from a big pot hole ?

GmbH_B7

11-24-2006, 09:25 AM

Normally with high end coilovers they can be rebuilt... I know TEIN's offer that, not sure how Bilistien handles it but I would bet it can be rebuilt.

TOMMY G

11-24-2006, 12:58 PM

def. taking the right route...dont skimp out on safety

ASIANM3NY

11-24-2006, 07:44 PM

I hope everything is okay with the car bro. Lucky you didn't get into an accident.

cntrvrsy

11-24-2006, 08:12 PM

^^ Ditto on that! I hope the vibration you're feeling is a bent rim or two which is an easy fix and not something in the suspension or frame work.

JeST

11-24-2006, 10:00 PM

Wow thats some **** i've never heard of an airbag going off from a rough road. Honestly I dont know if you want to but i'de take this to bmwna and have them pay for EVERYTHING. Like you said a cars a car glad to hear your alright bro. You didn't have a passenger right?

Hey it could've been worse you could've hit a "big metal thing" and bye bye tranny.

MARiSA

11-25-2006, 02:35 AM

JeST

11-25-2006, 05:35 PM

haha shut up. :tsk:

lol, i know i know low blow. Let me know if you ever decide to step it up with that SC I still have connections for parts :hi: (gte internals, v160 6spd, etc etc )

MARiSA

11-25-2006, 06:15 PM

lol, i know i know low blow. Let me know if you ever decide to step it up with that SC I still have connections for parts :hi: (gte internals, v160 6spd, etc etc )

niceee.. after the holidays ill probably be looking for gte stuff.. and possibly the 6spd ;)

Mainstray

11-25-2006, 10:04 PM

Which part of I-95 were you? I take that every morning from Philadelphia

Cobra

11-26-2006, 04:28 AM

where on i95 did this happen? i'll have to know to be careful around that area when going upstate. make the state pay for it man, they can't ever fix i95.

Ispeed

11-26-2006, 07:00 PM

where on i95 did this happen? i'll have to know to be careful around that area when going upstate. make the state pay for it man, they can't ever fix i95.

its in the bronx, the section between the throggs neck bridge & country club road exit

CHrisNJ

11-26-2006, 07:00 PM

sux :( I've heard of that happening quite a few times on M's though.

gimpyviper

11-27-2006, 08:38 AM

sux :( I've heard of that happening quite a few times on M's though.

Yeah it really sucks, definitely a downside to having cars that ride low and stiff. I've driven alot of cars and when my wife complained about the rough ride when we got the M3 I figured it was just switching from the Jeep GCL to a sports car. But then we bought our GTI and wow, really makes you realize just how stiff even the stock suspension on an M3 is. The GTI has been a blessing, the M3 never comes out on the weekends anymore now, and she pretty much hasn't been in the M3 since we got the GTI (WOO HOO! J/K ok not really LOL)

But it does really suck, probably only/more so with us being in the North East. My brother-in-law never has complaints out west in Cali. I want to get PSS9s for my car but not with the way the roads are around here. I already have enough of a headache with the front lip... I've definitely hit some potholes or "metal thingies" that have made my teeth rattle and joints hurt and made me cringe at possible damage. So far so good, knock on wood...

Good luck Ispeed

ct323i

11-27-2006, 06:24 PM

if ur starting a war with dealers let us know .... ohhh i fken hate the dealers near me ... pos bmw service
amen brother
now with out the air bag your car weights less so you can beat me
:rofl:

NorthJersey 3er

11-27-2006, 10:56 PM

omg dude i hate reading thread titles like this. hope everything works out for the best

i hit scrap metal on 287 and ****ed my car up damn good about a month ago

Ispeed

11-28-2006, 12:32 AM

omg dude i hate reading thread titles like this. hope everything works out for the best

i hit scrap metal on 287 and ****ed my car up damn good about a month ago

yeah i know your pain it sucks but not much that can be done

its always good to have a good body shop on hand

Ispeed

11-28-2006, 09:24 PM

TOMMY G

11-28-2006, 09:42 PM

i just got the appraisal from the body shop and it was a little over 6k
to my surprise none of the suspension was damaged besides the strut bar
they are replacing the wheel, tire, roof liner, air bag & module then repainting the drivers side fender ( i am sad about this) but i know the car is in good hands

who did you end up taking it to? 6k sounds about right....make sure they are mounting the car on one of the bmw approved unibody racks (celette,car-oliner, or car bench) youre car has to be within 1mm (a dimes width) of tolerance

Ispeed

11-28-2006, 09:49 PM

who did you end up taking it to? 6k sounds about right....make sure they are mounting the car on one of the bmw approved unibody racks (celette,car-oliner, or car bench) youre car has to be within 1mm (a dimes width) of tolerance

its j& b auto body on beach street in mount vernon i have 100% faith in the guy

and thank you for posting the names of those machines i will ask him tomorrow

cntrvrsy

11-29-2006, 09:32 AM

^^ Is that on the border of the Bronx? I think I know that spot, they have sick cars in there!

Riz1

11-29-2006, 10:37 AM

damn 6k for hitting a pothole....ouch that makes me worry...:banghead:

Ispeed

11-29-2006, 10:39 AM

^^ Is that on the border of the Bronx? I think I know that spot, they have sick cars in there!

yeah he had 2 aston martin db9's and 3 bentlys outside when i droped my car off

cntrvrsy

11-29-2006, 11:30 AM

Nice! My girl got work done on her RSX there, she knows the owner through work. They had a nice F430 and Porsche Turbo when I stopped by. And a Shelby Cobra replica in progress.

ct323i

12-01-2006, 12:24 AM

i just got the appraisal from the body shop and it was a little over 6k
to my surprise none of the suspension was damaged besides the strut bar
they are replacing the wheel, tire, roof liner, air bag & module then repainting the drivers side fender ( i am sad about this) but i know the car is in good hands

oh jebus and i thought a $1600 scratch was alot! you are not paying this out of pocket right? insurance? :eek:

DropTopKingM3

12-02-2006, 11:09 AM

J and B's in Mount Vernon does excellent work. I know a lot of guys that got their car's done there. They usually take their sweet a$$ time thou. It's worth it though.. Good luck.

I actually pmmed ya the other day to see what was going on with the car

DropTopKingM3

12-02-2006, 11:13 AM

its in the bronx, the section between the throggs neck bridge & country club road exit

Around that biggggg wide turn where theyre doing to construction right? :tsk: Theyve been doing construction there for almost 2 years and it still looks the same as it did when they first started. The service rd right there is even worse then the highway. I dont even jump on the 95 with my car from there. I take the hutch from this way...

East tremont to Bruckner Blvd towards Zerega.. Get on the hutch north from there.. To the i-95 north. You'll skip that whole construction zone.

Good luck with the car

cntrvrsy

12-02-2006, 11:32 AM

East tremont to Bruckner Blvd towards Zerega.. Get on the hutch north from there.. To the i-95 north. You'll skip that whole construction zone.

What!? That's even worse. There's a part of the cement pavement that's lifted up as you exit the Brunckner for Zerega/ Hutch. I hit that sh!t and my HK sub came loose and ended up dropping off :(. Then the little draw bridge section just after you cross Zerega makes me feel like I am on a jack hammer. Cross Bronx, Bruckner, Bronx River section that crosses over the train yard all suck bigtime!