while driving on the freeway a pick up truck in front of me dropped a metal pipe. the pipe i would say was around a foot long and around 3 inches thick. i ended up running over the pipe then VOILA! although, i am happy that nothing really bad happened. phew.

does anyone know why my left side headlight (the side i got hit on) doesnt work but the highbeam works.

its a 2002, if that matters.







Modified by JDI at 9:30 PM 2/15/2008

 

wtf, that must blow big time, insurance paying?

foglight survive

 

is that an oem bumper? wow that's a battle scar

 

nah, i dont think so. i dont wanna declare it. ill just buy a new bumper and slap it on. sucks cuz there goes a chunk of my suspension money.

 

if you put it that way, then it kinda sounds badass.

ya its oem.

 

That really blows... Um does ur license plate really only have a 6 on it?

 

oh, i forgot to edit that "6" out for some reason. my plate has "666" though, so thats bad if youre superstitious

 

ouch. honda dealership charge a nut for new bumpers. unless u do ebay.

 

hm, well i called sierra honda up in monrovia and they said 240$ for the bumper. thats not too bad is it?

 

Yeah, you got lucky. I had a truck drop a nice four foot, 4"x4" piece of pressure treated lumber in front of me on the highway. It bent the heck out of one wheel, mangled the ball joint, and destroyed the compliance bushings on the passenger side of the car's LCA.

Luckily, I had a junkyard that had those parts, nearby.

 

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Well, I would say yes, since it's much cheaper through some online Honda parts distributors. Is $240 including paint?

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...MPERS

 

jesus christ, did you get hurt at all?

oh wow, its cheap on there. and no it doesnt come painted

and btw, you have any ideas on why my left side headlight doesnt work but the high beam on it does?

 

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oh wow, its cheap on there. and no it doesnt come painted

and btw, you have any ideas on why my left side headlight doesnt work but the high beam on it does?
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No, I was perfectly fine. Luckily I was in the slow lane, and the 4x4 hit my passenger side front wheel. I instantly lost air pressure, and was pretty much brought to a dead stop pretty quick.

The headlight bulb itself could be internally damaged from a hard impact like that. Test your passenger side bulb in the driver's side socket, to see if that's the issue. If it isn't, then maybe a fuse or some wiring is to blame.

 

when it all comes down to it all that matters is that you were alright, so thats good.

anyways ill go try that, thanks for the input.

 

yea, you got away pretty good. i SMASHED my whole exhaust up on a piece of cinder block and had a rock fly at me while going 70mph, smashing my grill

 

geez, all these horror stories.

can you do anything about it though? if say you got the persons license plate number

 

that had to be a good size pipe! by chance did the low beam filament burnout? mine just did that the other day. i could only use my high beam. it's weird though bc it doesn't work now after the pipe took a piece of you

 

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a officer pretty much told me this, i dont know about other states but if you run over something on the freeway/highway and damages your car, nobodys at fault,(your out of luck) if the vehicle in front of you ran over some object and hit your car, nobodys at fault,(your out of luck), if something flew/fell off the persons vehicle and saw it, its their fault and they should pay for damage, call police and get report, dont know if i explain it well but its late

when a suv ran over a fat chunk of tire ob the road and hit my windshield, i was mad so i got the plates, car make...blah blah blah, call police and said too bad, cant do anything

 

Your laws must be different than ours up here, because if you don't have your load secured in a pickup, lose some cargo, and it damages the vehicle(s) behind yours, you're held liable for damages.

 

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yeah same here

 

meh. too bad i didnt catch his plates because i freaked out and took the nearest exit.

 

Damn, that sucks. I can get my friend to paint it for you for free .

 

i had a egg sized rock fly out of a pickup truck with the gate down going about 70 mph. it made a hole in my front bumper and a piece of the OEM lip on my eg coupe.

i just relocated my license plate to cover it up