"Kanaric" (Kanaric1)
11/01/2015 at 01:30 • Filed to: None
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"Kanaric" (Kanaric1)
11/01/2015 at 01:30 • Filed to: None | 6
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That’s not quite the picture I was ever hoping to see and i’m sure none of you who are familiar with this car probably wanted to.
I went to LA, from Vegas, to do a one take for Smoking Tire. When we finished and I was leaving I didn’t see the red light at the intersection here. It was a strange intersection that went into a tiny highway entrance and I slammed right into a Mercedes.
My room mate who was with me and I are OK and so is the other driver.
Living in Vegas and I wreck my only transportation in LA was an experience. Basically shipping my car back to where I was I would have to have it stored at the lot it was towed to for a significant amount of time racking up lot fees while I wait to ship the car at $550-$700 after that. I had a shipped this exact car from LA for around that price when I got it.
Instead I decided to do it myself. So I rented a Ram 2500 at Enterprise and rented a car dolly from U Haul. It ended up costing around $500 to do that but I avoided all the lot fees. Having never pulled a car like this was interested up and down the mountains and hills on the 15. People at the tow place were nice so they backed in this truck (would have taken me like a half hour to figure that shit out) and loaded the car onto it. All in all that part was uneventful.....
Now as far as the damage. I’m going to keep the car and try to repair it. I did not have full coverage on it so i’m getting no money to fix this so it will be a significant amount of time before it’s back on the road. The intercooler, radiator, driver side fender, hood, radfan and shroud, etc all needs to be replaced. Pretty much everything forward of the engine and the accessories. Car can start but it dies quickly because the accessory belt is obstructed from damage.
I don’t know what i’m going to do. I’m going to have to source a lot of parts so I guess i’m going to find out how difficult it is to get parts for this car. I am considering just buying one of those front clips that you usually see for sale. Like one of these (this is a GTR)
http://www.jdmadvancemotors.com/jdm_product/48…
I wanted to keep the car GTS-T in appearance but if I have to get GTR stuff like hood and lights then whatever at this point. Just got to do what I need to.
It’s going to be a while to fix this because I just simply don’t have the budget for it right now. It also scratches off the “2nd JDM import” that I was going to go halves on with my dad.
If you have any suggestions on anyone I could source parts from let me know. I won’t be doing this right away.
edit: Since posting this I have found several sites that seem to have what I need to take on fixing this. Probably going to order something like this below in the next few weeks. Pretty much all the damage I have is repairable if I can get this. Emailed the companies to see what shipping would be. Surprisingly the cost of this isn’t too ridiculous. This example below is $700.
Shoop
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 01:33 |
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Rip
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Kanaric
> Shoop
11/01/2015 at 01:35 |
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I promise it will rise from the grave once more.
Tohru
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 01:58 |
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Svend
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 01:35 |
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She’ll be back on the roads in no time, expense is another issue but hey it’s worth it.
Parts should be plentiful in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Japan.
Tareim - V8 powered
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 01:46 |
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When I read you were towing it with a dolly I initially cringed at the thought until I read it was a gtst so was relieved. I hope you get it fixed without it costing too much
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 02:05 |
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I'm sorry our resident Skyline GT-T owner got into this....you should definitely do that front clip.
Spasoje
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 03:20 |
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Best of luck! Seeing the post where it’ll be all fixed up will make me smile, not gonna lie...
LongbowMkII
> Tohru
11/01/2015 at 05:53 |
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ffffffffffff
yitznewton
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 07:10 |
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Shoot man, sorry :(((
Dunnik
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 10:07 |
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Ouch.
Well, you, your friend and the other driver are OK.
And it’s repairable.
So...coulda been worse.
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Kanaric
> Tareim - V8 powered
11/01/2015 at 11:09 |
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It was the kind that you put the entire car on, not the kind the rear wheels are ont he road.
banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 11:11 |
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Kanaric
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
11/01/2015 at 11:38 |
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Basically what I said when it happened lol.
RazoE
> Kanaric
11/01/2015 at 11:58 |
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Sorry for your loss, hope they don’t try to pin this on that whole “RHD” thing.
Miggster
> Kanaric
11/02/2015 at 01:04 |
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Bro, I’m super sorry to hear that! I’ve been following all of your Skyline posts, along with a few others you made, and yours are amazing. I usually don’t get fascinated reading blogs from writers but you changed everything for me. I’m super and terribly sorry to hear and see your R32 GTS-T get totaled
I still remember the original post of the importation process. I’m very and terribly sorry to hear about your experience. God willing, you’ll revive her.
I’m not sure if you’d like my opinion on what front end to do, but if you keep her, go with a facelifted 92+ front end! It would be amazing! Please keep us updated, and thank God you’re safe, and so is your passenger.
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Kanaric
> Miggster
11/02/2015 at 01:24 |
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Thanks for the reply. I wouldn’t mind the face-lifted front end but it really more depends on what i can get. If I can get a later one I would for sure take it.
I want this bumper the most.
j.davism5
> Kanaric
11/02/2015 at 01:31 |
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These things are a dime a dozen down here in Australia. With our dollar falling against yours, we might be the best place to get parts. Silvertop RB20det go for bugger all now, seen them less than 500 bucks. shipping the fenders might even be worth it, they’ll be cheap. You might find stuff cheapper JDM, but the language barrier can be a tough one, as all the good stuff is on yahoo auctions, not ebay.
Dsscats
> Kanaric
11/02/2015 at 22:42 |
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NOOOOOO!
Horkin' Up Dangle Hams
> Kanaric
11/05/2015 at 08:36 |
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Listening to Matt Farah talk about this on the TST podcast. Damn, man. He had really nice things to say about your car. I hope you can bring it back to life!
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Kanaric
> Horkin' Up Dangle Hams
11/06/2015 at 01:54 |
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My dad is friend’s with a guy who restores classic Nissans it turns out. When i’m ready he’s going to pick up my car and work on it.
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Horkin' Up Dangle Hams
> Kanaric
11/06/2015 at 04:51 |
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Miggster
> Kanaric
11/19/2015 at 19:10 |
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Hey man, update us!! How’s the Skyline?? How’s everything else? No pains or aches?
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Kanaric
> Miggster
11/21/2015 at 01:21 |
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No i’m good. I wasn’t hurt at all actually. Despite the car having no safety equipment what so ever lol.
I have a guy whose ready to work on it but i’m waiting until after the holidays to go the next step.
CAR_IS_MI
> Kanaric
11/21/2015 at 01:25 |
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Did I know you were in Vegas? I think not because I probably would have been over to see the skyline before this happened. Anywho. If you need a hand wrenching or someone to come over and supervise while with a 6 pack I can do (I’m in Southern Higlands).