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has anyone damaged their cars from bottoming out??? please describe the damage???

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Old 12-04-2002, 07:39 AM
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has anyone damaged their cars from bottoming out??? please describe the damage???
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I went over a speedbump just a tad too quickly, and the speed bump hit one of the aluminum plates right behind the lower front control arms.

It's the plate that the AWE DTS replaces.

My plate cracked, so I needed to replace it. Nothing to substantial really.
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Default i did a 360 on my belly n..

when i lost it in the rain.. did a 180 hit the curb.. bending and breaking rims/ control arms/ wheel hubs (on passenger side) went onto the curb and did 360 on the curb... Now the exhaust (u know that flex part?) is broken and making a sound like muffler with a hole.
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Default normal driving stock sport height hit the same piece mike kim did but didn't do that much dmg

just dented it.... ran over something, damaged my downpipe.
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Cracked radiator, cracked oil pan, broken mudflaps
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mudflaps?!?!?!
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Default you know, those things that prevent mud from flying all over the car?

<img src="http://pages.infinit.net/veritech/A4/pocono/side.jpg">
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Default i busted an oil sender somehow from a hitting a huge pothole.....

and it caused my car to leak oil like crazy!
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Default Me-(head down in shame) cracked oil pan, upper and lower gasket

came to about 1200cdn, I have H&amp;R Race, and sport
dont kow what I hit though...


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