Killed the Rocket...well sort of - United Bimmer Community

**Red_Rocket** · 09-24-2006, 01:54 PM

Okay, so I went to a lake in the middle of bum-fuck, Alabama with some buddies this weekend.

The weather on the drive up was terrible, it was raining buckets of water lightning was everywhere, and the tornado sirens were going off also..its tornado season in Alabama..

So anyway, we are traveling down this striaght road, and the guy who is leading the group of cars, stops quickly for a yellow light that is about to turn green, he was fairly close to the intersection when he applied the brakes, so it was a quick stop. I also applied the brakes fast...well they locked up, and from about 20 feet away I slid into him at about 10-15 Mph.

He has a big ass truck and a trailer hitch sticking out the back. well that fucked the front of the rocket all up. and all i did to him was bend his bumper down..

The cops came and ruled that it was caused by the weather, because i was by no means traveling above the speed limit or following too closely. I just applied the brakes to fast i think.... well im gonna see if i can get this fixed, or just find another E30...I want to cry

So here are some pics:

The damage is, my valence is bent to hell, my passenger fender is bent, my bumper is Fubar, and my trim is fucked, no frame or mechanical damage though

**celsdogg** · 09-24-2006, 02:02 PM

aw man thats sick. i feel badly. hope you can get it fixed

witeshark · 09-24-2006, 02:05 PM

Wow sorry to hear!

I hope you can get it fixed. It doesn't look too bad

craig · 09-24-2006, 03:00 PM

could have been worse. you could have been falowing this guy:

specs: 26 inches long and 160 pounds, used to be on a crane.

those trailor hitches can do some serious damage. you were lucky. good luck with the fix.

**Rooz** · 09-24-2006, 03:48 PM

Could have been worst.... You got lucky I say

**white** · 09-24-2006, 04:00 PM

well that just looks like it can be buffed out... j/k man, sorry to hear that. frpm the looks of it, all can be replaced fairly cheap, time to go junk yardin'

**Red_Rocket** · 09-24-2006, 04:04 PM

def gonna go to the junk yard, but the problem is the passenger fender, although you cant see it in the pics, it is bent down pretty bad, and i hope its not gonna eff anything else up

**white** · 09-24-2006, 05:58 PM

just check around and make sure that it's not rubbing on your tire or anything else and you should be good to go........

**xsperf** · 09-24-2006, 10:45 PM

dude, thats not too bad man, thank god for those diving board bumpers, seriously i think if you just replace ur bumpers you'll be fine, and then whenever ur feeling rich, go ahead and replace the fender

nick_318is · 09-24-2006, 10:46 PM

Sorry to see that. Hopefully you can get it fixed fairly easily, what year is the rocket maybe you can find some post 88 plastics bumpers.

**c1apton** · 09-25-2006, 12:28 AM

You can get most (if not all) of the parts from Parts Train.com fairly cheap

**RealBmw 02** · 09-25-2006, 12:35 AM

I'm sorry to hear about the wreck. On the positive side no frame damage was done so you won't have to worry about any mechanical driving issues. A good shop should be able to get everything straightened out and looking as new fairly easily.