Well... we got some snow this past monday and it didn't fair too well for me. 275 rear summer tires in snow are no bueno. I tried to get my car home from Federal Way to Puyallup and didn't make it, to say the least. I left Federal Way at about 10am from 272nd and Pacific Highway, went down to 348th to get on HGWY 18 hoping it'd be more clear than pac hgwy aaand it wasn't. I was going about 15-20mph the whole way and right between I-5 and the Weyerhaueser Way exit on East bound 18 I started to the shoulder. I was counter steering but then it caught and the front end headed toward the ditch. Mother f*ckin ABS wouldn't let me brake at all so in to the ditch i went. Luckily for me there was a tree there to help stop me. By the time i got the car pulled out about an hour and a half later all the snow was cleared off the roads too. whoopy!!!!! The airbags didn't deploy luckily and I wasn't hurt at all so to me its not that bad. Could have been much worse...

At the top is where I went into the ditch, and the bottom is where i pulled the car out.


Above the hay is the tree that my driver's side headlight stopped on, and to the right of it is a smaller tree my passenger side headlight clipped on the way in.


This is right after I pulled the car out. You can see where the tree was. In the background that's my girlfriend's Big F'n Tacoma (B.F.T.) I used to pull the car out with myself.


Here's what I'm looking for: i want a body shop someone has dealt with before or knows the owner/manager/technician there. My goal is to find someone to work with me to make this a positive situation i.e. getting the 06 projectors on my 04 since both of my headlights are damaged, possibly an aftermarket bumper, and due to high centering entering the ditch, but more so pulling the car out, I'm hoping my exhaust system was damaged and i can get aftermarket exhaust too. I'm also looking for a reputable shop because my car being Caribbean Blue, it's gonna be a PITA to color match. Probably not taking the car in to a shop til after x-mas, but that's why I'm doing my research now. If anyone has any *useful* information, please let me know.

 

hey m8, i dont know any shops down south but sorry it happened at least no airbag so it can become positive and you can get some cool AM stuff for it now

good luck m8

 

Here is a buddy of mine.
ask for joe, Tell him Andrew sent ya
ACC Collision & Restoration
Address: 28120 State Route 410 East
City: Buckley
(360)829-9388

 

What's up homie.. sucks your car got bashed in. If you're lookin a cheap route' I have an 03 bumper w/N1 replica lip for a bill i'm tryin to get rid of'

 

i have 03 headlights

 

+100 on Joe. He takes care of you and does awesome work. He converted a Porsche 996 to a 997 GT3RS and it looks friggin awesome. He also did some minor work on my G37S before I got rid of it.

 

here a link to Joes 996 to 997 conversion. Ive known joe for a long time and took a ride in this thing. All i have to say is DAMN its fast!!!

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/g...onversion.html

 

thanks but i'm not tryin to buy any parts out of pocket. bad enough to pay my deductible during the holiday season while i'm in the process of switching jobs...

so do i... i appreciate you offering to help, but like i said there (^), not trying to buy my own parts, plus...