Viper wreck UPDATE

MadMaxx

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Ok.... he'res what i've found so far:

Passenger side hood has 1/4" paint removed, scraped. I now belive he hit my wheel and his bumper also hit my hood. Hood alignment looks a bit off to me.

Light scrapes on the tire, which backup my theory.

Front facia, drivers side. heavy paint chipping. Looks like there are small cracks in the plastic (?), with the heaviest damage on the lower front near the wheel. It is down to grey plastic base in many areas.

Rash along the wheel well opening.. couldn't see it until I came in out of the noon day sunlight. Definetly noticeable now!

Turn signal indicator fractures in mulciple places.

Front lower of the sil cover has quarter-sized dent in it, along with paint removed in the area. Heavy scrapes on the bottom (easily contrasted from the perfect white in the rear, as I had polished the sills the weekend before).

Large scrape along the sills, some deaper. One looks to be like a heat-burn streak/scratch.. weird looking. Scrapes down low.

A small chunk of my drivers door is missing at where it meets the filler pannel (between hood and doors). This is down to the glass-mat, you can see the strands.

Several scrapes along the drivers door

Drivers mirror is scraped, not too bad. The impact knocked it backwards a bit, but it seems to be OK.

Front wheel has heavy gouges in some areas, rim lip has a 1/4"x 2" long "wear" spot where it smoothed it completely flat.. bare aluminum. Tire seems to be seporated from the rim some, pushed back about 1/4 inch from the rim lip.

Rear wheel is also damaged. One side of the lip is bent inward. Heavy scrapes along the lip, and to the sidewall. There is a piece of shrapnal (sp?) in the inside (underside) tread/sidewall (I belive this is part of the metal "gurders" used to secure the beams together). Tire is a good half inch from the lip of the rim in some areas.

small chip to the stripe section of the hood (deep, contcrete.. normal rocks couldn't do it.. too high) and several places on the winshield where debris hit the car and chipped the glass.

Visulaly., no damage to the frame that I can see.. but only the rack can tell.

Car pulls to the right, and feels very loose on left turns. Steddy "bump bump bump" can be felt at lower RPMs from the accelerator pedel (flat spots?).


UGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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It's official.. I have hood damage!
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Drivers side front corner, didn't even notice.. touched it and the paint flaked right off. It's "musy" under it
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Did it crack the hood somewhere and I can't see?

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These cars are very unique in the frame structure. They are able to take a good hit and stay straight or they can get hit in the right place lightly and get tweaked. It is important to get measurements done. These little cracks are indicative of how the compound used on the panles deals with damage. Viper techs are great on the mechanical end of things but I do not believe they have been trained to deal with body. Call gary at Defratus Detail and he can explain things you should look for. Give me a call if I can help.
 

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