Crashed....

[Emackulation]

Hey all, Today at about noon I crashed my VN, done a 180 and hit a gutter paralell, both right hand side mags are ####ed to the max and i bent the panhard rod like crazy. Other then that my fron steering is ####ed aswell and wont turn at all. Ill get lots of pics for you and post them. Im not guna give up on her tho, ill put lowered spings in and replace whatever i need too. Im fine btw, but yeah. MY POOR VN! Im pissed to the max with aclohol, so cyz laters.

[blaze]

i done the same wen i wrote off my vl drowned in my sorrows with litres of alcohol good that u didnt hurt any1 else

[VRSS]

unlucky mate
was it wet when it happened or..?
hopefully ur vn will be back soon!

[jolly_97]

damn, thats a shame to hear mate, you'll be right though. able to make ure car 100 times better now!

i was devastated when i stacked my VP within a month of having it, only ended up gettin a few scratches and a bent axle out of what looked much worse!

good luck mate

Cheers
Josh

[Charg'd]

damn mack, sorry to hear it, glad your ok though

[greenfoam]

So long as all the doors still line up straight and it's not bent that bad you should be able to replace all the bent supsension and maybe if you have to you can get the chasis tweaked on a rack but yeah, something to keep you busy over the next few weekends

[timmy_tam]

MY POOR VN! Im pissed to the max with aclohol, so cyz laters.

you weren't drunk were you?
all the best with it ,and glad that no one was hurt or the damage wasn't as bad as it could have been

did you have insurance?

[Shortstuff]

Good luck with it all. Hopefully limited to suspension and wheel damage so you can just bolt all the bust bits off.

[VKStevo]

doesnt sound 2 good mate, hope its nothing 2 much 2 major and ull be back on the road in no time

[pandaman]

It's gotta be a VN/VP thing I reckon they're attracted to gutters by some sort of magnetism. Or at the very least it's easier to get crossed up in a VN than most other cars. Good luck fixing it mate, just remember you've got a big tech support community here if you've got any questions.

[Morton]

Well at least you didn't bury it in the back of a Falcon, like I did with my last ride ^^

I'm curious to see some snaps of the damage. Especially the panhard rod. With any luck you can get most of the broken bits from wreckers, and at least the mags weren't 19" chromers ^^

Hard luck dude. Next time do a 3-point turn

[wes_v8]

ah not good mate, hope nothing major has happend to the VN

[Emackulation]

Update time I think. Well after insepecting the damage with 2 mechanic mates we came to the conclusion of replacing the steering rack(2nd hand),lower controll arms, replacing the rack ends, boots, etc. I bought all new nolothane bushes for the front end with new beter link pins. I also bought my rear shortened shocks and adjustable panhard rod, my rear superlows should be here on tuesday. So yeah, I have to keeep on it today, pitty I dont have the rattle gun anymore . The car is up on 4 steelies as jacks and pics will all come once I get her back on the road.
P.S! If there is any tips about changing steering rack please tell me now since its going to be my first attempt and guna do it myself.
ByeBye
P.S.S Im ####ing hung over. Absinth is strong.

[89vncommy]

Good luck in fixing her mate ... Shame to since a nice VN in hurt ..

[jolly_97]

hahaha yeah no shit absinth is strong, i got a bottle next to my bed atm, knocks u on ure hole that stuff!

aslong as u didnt stack it wen u were pissed, its all good. drink drive- bloody idiot!

hope it all turns out well mate

cheers
Josh

[1991_Vn2nV]

Did you know the active ingredient in absinthe is basically the same as that in Marijuana?
Thats why people sometimes hallucinate etc. and many famous artists used to drink it for 'inspiration'... REAL absinthe is 74% alcohol and contains 100mg or something of this stuff per kg.
Absinthe in liquor stores here is only sometimes 74% alcohol and it is only 10mg/kg of the active ingredient.. And dont forget to put 2 sugar cubes on a fork or spoon then pour the absinthe through it, then light it on fire and the sugar melts into the Absinthe and the absinthe catches on fire... Blow it out and skull

[PaRaDoX]

once a gutter jumped out underneath my wheels.........................

same thing happened to me mate... span it in the wet... due to worn suspension, hit the gutter at 80km/h, it was a raised enbankment... hit my head on something, all i remembered was comming to and trying to find any physical damage on my car... no panel damage just drove like SH*%...

bent the panhard rod
rooted my bearing plates
rooted shocks
popped a spring out of place
bent a sway bar and god knows what else

its scary looking to your right and see the road comming towards you....knowing you have no control and your about to crash and the last thing that runs through you head is "i need to piss"

as long as she lines up...
my kframe is bent and she still handles 150km/h perfectly
soo good luck mate

[HoZy]

90% chance you'll need a new front strut on the side that hit..... Stub axel will be ****ed.

Cheers
MaT

[Emackulation]

I wasn't drunk at the time, but under medication cause im sick. Yeah, yesterday I didnt get as much done as I planned. I took my old steering rack out and I fitted my new rackends to my 2nd hand new steering rack. I also started to change the springs with my superlow king springs and 'so called' shortened shocks. I say 'so called' because once I put my new shock next to my original they were the same height all around. I put it all together and then saw that the spring was not being trapped in properly. Im a little confused with that part atm, because I got the springs and shocks foor the front from ebay and I dont think the shocks are shortened. Anyhow, Ive got to get my bushes pressed into my 2nd hand new lower controll arms and then once I figure out this suspension issue I will re-assemble the lot. I cant go any further untill this friday because I have to work.

Yeah, so if any one can help me with this suspension issue it would be grately appreciated. Ill post all the pictures at the end of the job, im too lazy to download them atm.
P.S. The spot where I crashed was where a Red VN Clubby landed a few months earlier, but he took out the telstra pole and caused 15K worth of damage!

[Emackulation]

Here are SOME pics, more are coming with digi cam.

[wes_v8]

ah not good mate, hope u get it all fixed up soon

[Claudy]

hey man sorry to hear bout ur VN but dont worry ur better off than i am !! lol
heres a few pics of wat happens when you swerve to miss a car in the wet and confront a pole.....$4500 to fix
good luck with fixing yours, im not gonna bother, sellin all the parts off of it and gettin a VN calais probably this arvo.

[Emackulation]

Wholey Sh!t~! Right down the guts ey, damn thats a big hit. Hope you are ok.

[walesy]

hey guys jeez that panhard rod is bent!... i havt got any pics yet but a couple of weeks ago i was in my old mans 05 hilux and i ran up the ass of a 6 week old ford territry ghia turbo! the owner was not impressed, lucky i was insured it cost me 2 grand in excess coz im only 19 and still on my green p's... only got 4 months till i get my opens too, also got a $308 fine for neg driving

[Emackulation]

Ohhh damn. Is it just me or do alot of teritrys cop it bad. Ive seen like brand new ones get hit just as the new owner drives out the door, It happens all the time! LOL!