Got hit from behind at Stop sign...

[ezhacker1]

After just two TWO!!! hours installing the UR 23mm sway bar and feeling all happy about going to bowling with friends, some idiot rear ends me at a stop sign....

Video of incident to follow..
My back hurts now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V41HW4ooGFA for video, i made it longer to get you thinking when it will happen.

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2/8 Update, got a few qoutes from bodyshops, after seeing the hatch opened...to my dismay theres a lot of work that i cant do, not just replace the bumper cover, the area where the hatch latches onto the car (car side) is bent, im gonna let body shop take care of the work, not worth it on a 9 month old car to not fix everything. Gotta wait for insurance to send a person out to do estimate at body shop.

2/24 Car in the shop, got estimate from other guy's insurance: Esurance. was for $1,700 on a visual inspection no take off. Shop needed more money to replace MORE things, damage was worse than i thought, not just not being able to close the hatch. Something about my rear frame, and for some reason insurance lady told me headlight...i think she meant tail light but ironically if she meant headlight i need the change, i messed up the reflector a little bit. So i think final bill would be like $2,500. Now i have to wait, im driving my first car, a '91 corolla station wagon. Notes: the suspension on this STOCK wagon is better than the Stock yaris...

3/4 Picked up car. Final Cost of repairs came out to a whopping $4116.24 OMG.

I am gonna pushed them to replace my other tail light, they replaced one but the other is obviously push in at the bottom (gaps arent uniform) and they need to order 2 bumper clips... Least i got my car back, and i will continue to make them make the insurance company pay for repairs till i am satisfied with the condition of a 9 month old car. Also i noticed that the hatch handle pops in and out (body panel flexs), i dont believe this was the case before crash.

[contraband831]

That sucks! so what parts will you be selling from your car... lol, just kidding

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Damn Sean, that sucks! F-in law suit right there if your back hurts.

[ezhacker1]

^ Not Sean, but we both drive Meteor Metallics.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Fudge cakes. Sorry Jonathan (sp?). hahahaha. Sean's Advocate. hahaha. My bad. How bad's the damage?

[ezhacker1]

ill take pics in the morning, still waiting on my uploaded video to process to HD. (youtube)

[YarisSedan]

That totally sucks. Make sure you find a really good body shop.

[ezhacker1]

bumper is cracked on both sides,

im thinking i could get me a 08 bumper o get tail lights, plus i dont have to see those ugly accents on the rear. Funny is I was thinking that only way i could get a new bumper (after getting it gouged a little 2 weeks after owning) was to get hit. i laugh now.

or some other cool bumper hehe

[SilverBack]

What bad luck. At least you're okay and so is the rest of the car.

I guess now would be a good time to do an inquiry on a JDM bumper :wink:

[ezhacker1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V41HW4ooGFA for video, i made it longer to get you thinking when it will happen.

[YarisSedan]

Thats not so bad i was thinking the rear end was smashed completely. New bumper for sure and possibly bumper support. Id definately get a 08 bumper now so you have more options on lights.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Not sure about my law suit comment now since you both said you're both fine.

But yeah, have his insurance send you a check for the estimated repairs, and then go get a bumper that you want. Also make sure there are no frame damage, and that the crash cushion (not sure what it's called) is still intact, if not, you need to get that replaced as well.

[YarisSedan]

If you need help finding a good body shop i know one in san jose thats pretty cheap. He charged me 50 to paint my vios grill. You could probally purchase a used bumper on ebay for cheap and just have it painted and put it on yourself and pocket the leftover cash. You should get 3 estimates from bodyshops im guessing around 700-900 in repair. Cost you maybe 300 to fix it yourself and you could make around 500 cash leftover for mods.

When i had my 240 about 11 years ago someone put a huge dent in the side of the car. Insurance gave me 1300 to repair it. I just deposited the check in the bank and just lived with the dent.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

This is what I'm talking about (from MotorWeek, not sure who else watches that show):

http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/goss/2906.shtml

[ezhacker1]

bumper is 155 and energy absorber is 48 from TRD Sparks. So yeah, ill probably just go with an 08 bumper.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

You'll have money for more mods!

[djgab101]

i know this is a bad thing.. but you could always get ur bodyshop to make a quote but insted of putting the stock bumper.. use insurances money to buy a body kit bumper and then all u need to do is put is the rest for side skirts and front bumper?? lol

[YAR1S]

lol @ the other dude saying

"theres no damage......"

[127.0.0.1]

lol @ the other dude saying

"theres no damage......"

no damage to the front of his car.

[JumpmanYaris]

I jumped up when part came I was like SHIT

[CTScott]

Sorry about the bump, but the video quality is great for a night recording. What were you recording with?

[ezhacker1]

Kodak Zi8, unfortunately i was recording in 60fps.. But yeah, the guy saying "no damage" i was like....

Having a in car cam, paid off.

[Vang]

what was his excuse lol

[advocate]

what was his excuse lol

He was probably on this phone or something.


Sorry to hear about the accident Jonathan. I would definitely get the 3 quotes like Jason said then check the size of the check from insurance and then see your options.

[marlondog]

What is going on with all our little cars getting hit from the back? I got hit last week by some guy not paying attention to the traffic in front of him. He slammed on his breaks, but got hit by a molester van, and then got pushed into me. I just got my haircut, car nice and clean, and was heading off to the Micro Image meet. Then "Corky" had to fucc up my grove. Luckily for me, my car only sustained a few small scratches. It looks bad in tho photos, but all that white stuff was paint from "Corky's" bumper that wiped off with some detailer. There's strong, and then there's Yaris strong!

[RedRide]

Sorry about your bad luck.

Getting rear ended is a growing problem world wide.
Most likely a cell phone was involved.

[ezhacker1]

he claimed his cellphone had no power, when i wanted to call him to confirm his number...

[ezhacker1]

bump for pics up top

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Make sure the tabs on the fender/taillights/wherever else holding the bumper (not the tabs that's actually on the bumper) are not broken.

[ezhacker1]

i probably wont try to fix it myself, the damage isnt localized on the bumper cover.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Ouch. Keep us updated. Hope you have that fixed before the next NorCal meet.

[Kioshi]

sorry to hear that Jonathan. Lucky you have that cam in the car, great investment when i showed my mom the video. I know it doesnt help much, but paying attention to when a car is approaching you from the rear, try to let off on the brake pedal and as the car is coming to a stop or coming in the rear, press the brake pedal, let off, then press again, to get the brake light's to do a hazard light simulation....
I usually do this just as a safety rule because i too was rear ended (minor) by a old Mercedes Benz...(all metal >_<) and the back bumper had a huge crease on it~

This is not possible to do here but - In Japan, when people are coming to a sudden stop, or have to hit the brakes suddenly..they turn on their hazards and turn them off after a complete stop to alert the rear driver....

[Kaotic Lazagna]

^ Yeah, I'll pump my brakes if it looks like the car behind me is coming in fast.

[Kioshi]

^ Yeah, I'll pump my brakes if it looks like the car behind me is coming in fast.

I thought i was the only one that did that. I'm seriously considering doing the hazard thing...maybe next week and see how alert the driver looks through my rear tints...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

^hahaha, I actually thought a lot of people did that, although I don't see too many doing it. hehe.

You can get one of those scrolling message LED boards and put it up behind your rear window and have it read/flash, "BRAKE YOU IDIOT." lol. That might piss them off tho. LMAO. But then again, it might act like moth to a fire and cause them to rear end you. Yeah, stick to pumping the brake and/or that hazard lights thing.

[Kioshi]

You can get one of those scrolling message LED boards and put it up behind your rear window and have it read/flash, "BRAKE YOU IDIOT." lol. That might piss them off tho. LMAO. But then again, it might act like moth to a fire and cause them to rear end you. Yeah, stick to pumping the brake and/or that hazard lights thing.

haha i didnt know they made things like that for automobiles..i seen back in high school people wearing belts with their names flashing:rolleyes:

I'll let you guys know how the hazard thing works out...but dont do it when a cop is behind you.

[ezhacker1]

i didnt notice a person behind me, but either way, its not like i stopped short. Im gonna go get an estimate on damage, got doctor visit tom, my back hurts.

Seriously i recommend a camera in cars, i use it daily, i keep it on me when i leave car obviously, not leaving it mounted. And it paid off, if i had my radio screen closed, would have got my speedometer reaching 0.

[Kioshi]

I know, I could see in the video you stopped right at the stop sign where the lines are, it was all on the other dude...just throwing out what i do now after i got rear ended.

Yea get that back checked out and let us know. Feel better dude. Hope you land your hands on an 08 bumper for headlight modding accessibility hehe

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i didnt notice a person behind me, but either way, its not like i stopped short. Im gonna go get an estimate on damage, got doctor visit tom, my back hurts.

Seriously i recommend a camera in cars, i use it daily, i keep it on me when i leave car obviously, not leaving it mounted. And it paid off, if i had my radio screen closed, would have got my speedometer reaching 0.

If something is wrong with your back, are you going to file a law suit or something against that driver?

[ezhacker1]

my mom knows what to do, she works for a lawyer that used to do these cases among other civil suits, same lawyer just dont do car accidents no more, but still can help me out.


update at top.

[Kioshi]

you can always get a replica RS rear bumper from Garm, like how Astroman got a front RS replica after his accident.Yeah, just let the bodywork shop take care of the installs...get a total estimate of all the stuff you are going to replace to the insurance person so they can take care of that and you may or may not have to pay any difference.

[DandiDani]

that video made me jump.lol. im sorry to see that happen but it is great that you had the camera rolling. now im thinking about doing the same thing too. great idea.

[ezhacker1]

update: first page

[Kioshi]

insurance companies always try to give less to the victim, especially if they are a young adult..

Glad you are getting the car fixed w/o pulling money out from your own pockets~
Hows your back doing, a little better?

[ezhacker1]

no no, Esurance was nice, estimator guy told me up front that his estimate was for what he could see, any more damage the body shop could get it from them. So least i wasnt forced to take his check.

man i hope i get my car back soon...i miss it...and it got 2 mods just begging to be put in. The cluster which can wait...but one more item...which now i am glad i didnt have in at the time of the crash. But wonder if my sway bar was damaged, i just put in on 3 hours before the crash.

O and my back, i still have my mom working on getting personal injury claim. We work for a lawyer so im good. I told all the insurance people to talk to my lawyer, first time ever i got to say that. So im hopeful to get injury cash,. as my back hurts sometimes, like when i lift things. im super careful now bending over, i go down on one knee instead.

[ezhacker1]

bump for update