such bullshit...

exiting a taco bell here in Monrovia at the corner of Huntington/Myrtle, there is a little embankment while exiting out of one of their driveways and some early 90's truck was in front of me. i was a good 3 or 4 feet behind him and he starts rolling back, before i could put it in reverse he smacks me with his tow hitch...the passenger looks back and they smash out!

i COULD have chased, but they would have outran me, im more worried about the car than anything else. obviously no insurance or license but whatever.

i cant open my hood, when i pull the lever, it DOES pop up, but the underhood latch wont release or its pinched i dont know. how the hell can i open the hood? just pry and pry until it comes free? here are pics.

oh, good news is that Pick-a-Part is having a 50% off sale Friday! haha

 

thats fk'd up.
no insurance.
i wouldve got the license track em down and kill all his kids.ahah
thats my deal though.
sad stuff.
i would say just pry it yur gettin a new one at the 50%sale.ha
damn i wish our pick n pull had sales.
=[

almond ef's are damn sexy.

hope all goes well.

 

thanks, its a sedan by the way!

i didnt have anything to write with and he smashed out pretty quickly. i didnt want to follow cuz he would have out ran me anyways.

i gotta try to get this open tho.

 

an early 90's truck would have outran you? r u shore? lol

since the hood is toast i would just bend the crap out of it till you can reach the latch mechanism and unjam whatever's preventing it from opening.

edit: yea taking the bumper off would work to lol

 

i got headlights for sale if u need them haha.

id just take the bumper off, pop the hood but hand and replace the hood.

 

yes he would have haha! it either an f250 or silverado. all that hp/torque would outrun my 115hp zc! plus i just got some taco bell and had to go back to work.

the headlights didnt get hit, amazingly enough my red emblem isnt even cracked! i guess i can take off the filler piece, corner lights, and bumper. i just ordered some new corner lights and i needed a new filler piece along with a bumper before this even happened!

EDIT: oh, something else is bent underthere and touching my rad. its not the T shaped hood latch assembly.

 

#5 is jacked

#3 and #7 arent touched. i cant find the diagram that includes the piece which is bent.

 

Get a replacement hood first.
Then pull the hood dent out with whatever means necessary and it should open up.

 

more pix, i think this is the rad support

 

HIT AND RUN OHNOZ!

^^ i gotta agree with that. mess with it once you get a new hood unless otherwise nessasary.

have you called you local pick-n-pull... idk where your located but where i am here in the northwest youd be lucky if you could find any honda at a junkyard... not sure why... people just hoard them.

good luck sorry to hear about your F'ed up day.

 

there are 3 local junk yards around here and i've always been able to gather parts from sedans and hatchbacks. so me finding a hood will be very very simple. just the fact that i have to do it sucks *****.

finding the a good straight filler piece might be tricky though.

 

lol when does the sale start =p

 

sawzall or a couple of people with a couple of monkey wrenchs

 

If I remember correctly, the upper part of the T-bar is held on with 4 bolts. You can see one of them (the one to the right) in this pic.
I believe there is one more above it and then 2 more on the other side.
If you can unbolt all 4 then the one bolt at the bottom of the T (goes into lower part of radiator support) Then you should be able to get it freed up so you can disengage the hood latch.

 

sorry to hear...did you get a license plate number to track them down...!!!

 

Jan 1st 7am Ontario and Monrovia only

yea its 4 bolts on each side, the two side by side in that pic, and also two a couple inches above them. same for the other side.

well, heres to hoping my new hood and T-bar will make things right!

 

no, left too quickly and i wanted to make sure nothing was wrong with my radiator so i didnt chase.

 

I have a really good 88/89 filler, can't remember if you have a 90/91 or not.

 

nope they start dec 31-jan 3 in al pick a part and i need to get everything jus like u hood filler and t-bone lol

 

Dude you have the worst luck with this car.

 

pick a part in ontario really 50% off?
i'm there..
i always use to roll there...lots of hatchbacks!

 

actually pick your part has a 50% off sale that starts today all the way until sunday and the sale applies to all locations...!!!
http://www.pickyourpart.com/sale/

 

ee dope hopefully i'll be rollin one of these days
thanks

 

remember pick your part and pick a part are two different wrecking companies with different locations in so cal...i still get them mixed up myself

http://www.pickyourpart.com/
&
http://pickapartauto.com/

 

well aren't u guys talking about the one that's located in ontario by the 15 freeway right?! that ones pick your part? -_-

edit: just looked at the link, i got confused it is pick a part -_-....
but there is a sale on that yard on the 1st of jan. (friday)