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HTM Yaris · 05-28-2009, 11:43 AM

My son hit a huge tire on the way home last night . $ 1934.00 worth of damage . There is some damage to the rad fan and rocker panel that I did not see until after the pics .

staticorex · 05-28-2009, 11:44 AM

Ouch. A tire? It was in the road?

Tamago · 05-28-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by staticorex

Ouch. A tire? It was in the road?

hopefully lol

staticorex · 05-28-2009, 11:47 AM

Well yeah. I'm just wondering how a big tire ends up in the road without someone moving it. :p

HTM Yaris · 05-28-2009, 11:47 AM

Yup . My son had presence of mind to look left and right . There were vehicles on both sides , so he ran the tire over instead of hitting another vehicle

Autox and track days pay off ........

cleong · 05-28-2009, 11:48 AM

Too bad it was an '09 Yaris. If it was the older one, it would have been the perfect excuse to buy a genuine Vitz RS front bumper as a replacement.

Tamago · 05-28-2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by cleong

Too bad it was an '09 Yaris. If it was the older one, it would have been the perfect excuse to buy a genuine Vitz RS front bumper as a replacement.

he has to replace headlights and hood anyway, why NOT swap to RS front end?

HTM Yaris · 05-28-2009, 11:49 AM

Not many people will get out to move a tire on the interstate

staticorex · 05-28-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HTM Yaris

Not many people will get out to move a tire on the interstate

Oh. I assumed it was a smaller road.

cleong · 05-28-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Tamago

he has to replace headlights and hood anyway, why NOT swap to RS front end?

I'm assuming the lights weren't broken and don't need replacement.

Otherwise its a fairly involving job, and the parts list for the full Vitz RS front conversion consists of the bumper itself, the plastic grilles, and the foglights. In his case he'd need pre-09 headlamps as well.

detroiter · 05-28-2009, 12:41 PM

Atleast your son ran into the tire and didn't run OVER the tire, like I unfortunately did not too long ago. Tore off the black bottom plastic engine protector cover, threw the alignment for a major loop, dented the auto trans pan to living hell and left a small chip out of the bottom of the front bumper. The only funny part was bracing for the impact and then watching in my rearview mirror only to see the tire literally shoot up into the air pretty high. That gave me a good chuckle for a few seconds until I came back to reality about what damage was done. Thank god that it was a rimless tire...

HTM Yaris · 05-28-2009, 05:44 PM

He did run over the tire . The tire exited just behind the driver's door causing a two fist size dent to the rocker panel

1NZYaris1 · 05-28-2009, 07:15 PM

Ouch , that's gotta hurt

, but as you said at least he didn't hit another car .

detroiter · 05-28-2009, 08:48 PM

Somehow the tire I ran over went all the way down the middle of the car and came out the rear end, shooting out up into the air lol. Didn't dent the exhaust pipes or anything, just the auto trans pan was caved in. So much so that it crushed the auto trans fluid filter.

kngrsll · 05-28-2009, 09:14 PM

i hit a deer and it nearly totaled the car... fragile front end. i hope i never hit anything much bigger than a deer :(

HTM Yaris · 05-28-2009, 09:33 PM

Rule of thumb (for me anyway ) , if its under 100 lbs and not a person RUN IT OVER . I've seen many peeps swerve for a squirrel or rabbit and end up with thousands of dollars of damage if not totaled .

I almost hit an ELK in Cherokee last year . Those things are MASSIVE

JBougie · 05-28-2009, 10:25 PM

There was at least a 12' ladder in the middle of 494 (one of biggest interstates here in the Twin Cities) and I almost hit it. It was the beginning of rush hour and people were darting left and right at the very last second and there were cars on both sides of me; I locked it up and luckily the car to my left was going fast enough that it was perfect timing, I jerked to the left as soon as I saw the bumper of the other car and just missed that damn ladder by feet.

I called the state patrol and let them know they needed to get that thing out of the road before someone got killed; that thing was no joke.

I am very glad your son was OK; and thank goodness he didn't just instinctively go to one side or the other and caused a really bad wreck with another vehicle.

A moment of silence is in order for your Yaris... lol :)

The little red pill · 05-28-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by staticorex

Well yeah. I'm just wondering how a big tire ends up in the road without someone moving it. :p

Actually a few years ago I was driving a NEON (gasp) and a pickup truck a few vehicles in front of me had a load of tires in the back. It hit a pothole on the interstate (remember, this is Oklahoma) and out comes a tire hopping down the road like the Easter Bunny

. I swerve over 2 lanes to miss it and it hits the car behind me.

05-28-2009, 11:43 AM	#1
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	More Yaris Carnage My son hit a huge tire on the way home last night . $ 1934.00 worth of damage . There is some damage to the rad fan and rocker panel that I did not see until after the pics . Attached Images __________________

05-28-2009, 11:44 AM	#2
staticorex View User's Garage Drives: Sc'd Yaris Sedan. Join Date: May 2007 Location: civilwar town. Posts: 660	Ouch. A tire? It was in the road? __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.

05-28-2009, 11:47 AM	#4
staticorex View User's Garage Drives: Sc'd Yaris Sedan. Join Date: May 2007 Location: civilwar town. Posts: 660	Well yeah. I'm just wondering how a big tire ends up in the road without someone moving it. :p __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.

05-28-2009, 11:47 AM	#5
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	Yup . My son had presence of mind to look left and right . There were vehicles on both sides , so he ran the tire over instead of hitting another vehicle Autox and track days pay off ........ __________________

05-28-2009, 11:48 AM	#6
cleong Parallel Parking Pro View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 1.5 Manual Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 590	Too bad it was an '09 Yaris. If it was the older one, it would have been the perfect excuse to buy a genuine Vitz RS front bumper as a replacement. __________________ Leong's NCP91 Toyota Yaris E Hankook V12 Evo 195/55/15 on Buddy Club P1 replicas 15x7 ET +38 Stebel horns, Philips Silvervision turn indicator bulbs TTE Lowering Springs, Camber bolts TRD Blue brake pads Fujitsubo Super Wagolis axleback exhaust DC Sports header

05-28-2009, 11:49 AM	#8
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	Not many people will get out to move a tire on the interstate __________________

05-28-2009, 12:41 PM	#11
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	Atleast your son ran into the tire and didn't run OVER the tire, like I unfortunately did not too long ago. Tore off the black bottom plastic engine protector cover, threw the alignment for a major loop, dented the auto trans pan to living hell and left a small chip out of the bottom of the front bumper. The only funny part was bracing for the impact and then watching in my rearview mirror only to see the tire literally shoot up into the air pretty high. That gave me a good chuckle for a few seconds until I came back to reality about what damage was done. Thank god that it was a rimless tire...

05-28-2009, 05:44 PM	#12
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	He did run over the tire . The tire exited just behind the driver's door causing a two fist size dent to the rocker panel __________________

05-28-2009, 07:15 PM	#13
1NZYaris1 View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,566	Ouch , that's gotta hurt , but as you said at least he didn't hit another car . __________________ http://www.microimageonline.com/forums/index.php

05-28-2009, 08:48 PM	#14
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	Somehow the tire I ran over went all the way down the middle of the car and came out the rear end, shooting out up into the air lol. Didn't dent the exhaust pipes or anything, just the auto trans pan was caved in. So much so that it crushed the auto trans fluid filter.

05-28-2009, 09:14 PM	#15
kngrsll Apexing Egg!! Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris white hatch Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 872	i hit a deer and it nearly totaled the car... fragile front end. i hope i never hit anything much bigger than a deer :( __________________ HighTach Motorsports 2007 Toyota Yaris-ARGH!! Mods: Tokico HTS, 6.6 kg F, 6.1 kg R custom springs, 23 mm RSB, 2-way TRD LSD, 15x7 +25 Team Dynamic wheels, 195/55/15 Dunlop Star Specs, Cobra Suzuka S

05-28-2009, 09:33 PM	#16
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	Rule of thumb (for me anyway ) , if its under 100 lbs and not a person RUN IT OVER . I've seen many peeps swerve for a squirrel or rabbit and end up with thousands of dollars of damage if not totaled . I almost hit an ELK in Cherokee last year . Those things are MASSIVE __________________

05-28-2009, 10:25 PM	#17
JBougie Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Yaris LB (Prev: 07 Sedan) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beech Bluff, TN Posts: 1,266	There was at least a 12' ladder in the middle of 494 (one of biggest interstates here in the Twin Cities) and I almost hit it. It was the beginning of rush hour and people were darting left and right at the very last second and there were cars on both sides of me; I locked it up and luckily the car to my left was going fast enough that it was perfect timing, I jerked to the left as soon as I saw the bumper of the other car and just missed that damn ladder by feet. I called the state patrol and let them know they needed to get that thing out of the road before someone got killed; that thing was no joke. I am very glad your son was OK; and thank goodness he didn't just instinctively go to one side or the other and caused a really bad wreck with another vehicle. A moment of silence is in order for your Yaris... lol :)

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