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41magmag41 · 04-10-2009, 07:00 PM

No air bag deployment bothers me but without the airbags going off she should be repairable. I would repair her then trade her. I never trust any car again after damage like that. Especially with the unibody construction, it's to easy to tweak it and not get it right again.

AlexNet0 · 04-10-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 41magmag41

No air bag deployment bothers me but without the airbags going off she should be repairable. I would repair her then trade her. I never trust any car again after damage like that. Especially with the unibody construction, it's to easy to tweak it and not get it right again.

The crash sensor/airbag deployment sensor was barely missed. see it here ( I believe that is what this box is)

41magmag41 · 04-10-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexNet0

The crash sensor/airbag deployment sensor was barely missed. see it here ( I believe that is what this box is)

I would have thought she would have had more than one sensor located throughout the engine bay.

1NZYaris1 · 04-10-2009, 07:40 PM

Thats what you would call a close call .
glad your okay , the yaris on the other hand looks very sick .

jkonrath · 04-10-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexNet0

The crash sensor/airbag deployment sensor was barely missed. see it here ( I believe that is what this box is)

That is correct. It's that little white box. I think there are a couple, maybe one on each side? The guy's bumper did hit high, and my frame must have dipped low when I hit the brakes. Sheer luck, though. Everyone at the shop was looking at it in amazement that the airbags didn't deploy.

That said, it scares me a bit that if that SUV had a 4" lift kit, that bumper would have hit me eye-level and I wouldn't be typing right now...

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04-10-2009, 07:00 PM	#1
41magmag41 Drives: Loaded 2007 mica silver sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New hampshire Posts: 226	No air bag deployment bothers me but without the airbags going off she should be repairable. I would repair her then trade her. I never trust any car again after damage like that. Especially with the unibody construction, it's to easy to tweak it and not get it right again.