ok heres the deal...i was drivin home from boston ..so i drive over the bridge..and theres a metal lip with bolts stickin out of it...so i driv over it and one of the bolts catches my Apex N1 cat-back exhaust and i hear a big bang...i pull over and my exhaust is 1/4 inch from the ground, the tip is like 6 inches past my bumper and it took my bumper with it so my rear bumper is like falling off.....
went to the bodyshop today and theres like $1500 in damage, and its all pretty much underbody so the insurance wont cover it...my exhaust is toast tho, its flat as a pancake in 3 spots and theres a big hole in the muffler...

so im pretty much trying to get the city of Boston to pay for it...hopfully it will go smoothly
right now im shopping for a new exhaust...im thinkin about the mugen twin-loop

 

cool, let us know the outcome of this when you finally get a court date in a few years.

 

good luck.....boston roads suck ***, you drive through chinatown/downtown?? that ***** so BAD!

 

make sure to go take a picture of the obstruction on the road that damaged your vechile.. you need evidence of what happened.. and honestly if your car is slammed please be smart and raise it before the city insurance people can view it..same thing happened to my brother.. but it took close to a Year but only due to 2 other motorists hitting the same obstruction on the same night..plus he had pictures.. good luck

 

yea im goin to take pictures, i already got an estimate which is for about $1500...but the city faxed me a form to fill out, and one of the things it says is be patient because these things take a long time to fully work out...right now im contemplating weather or not to sell my EK and get a CRX or sumthing

 

Haha! Sucks, but it's true, there's going to be a lot of red tape to cut through. Hope it works out for you though, keep us posted.

 

These are the reasons i sold my n1. Sorry to hear about it, hope everything works out for you.

 

what the hell costs 1500 dollars under there? damn, i thought it would be body work and a new exhaust. my .02

 

yea doesn't sound $1500 worth of damage...

good luck

 

no chance in hell the city of boston will pay for it

itlll cost more in court costs and time than just biting the bullet..

but hey man i feel your pain and i would try to every thing i could too

 

yea there really isnt $1500 worth of damage, im jus friends w/ the body guy and he hooked me up on the estimate....pretty much $500 for a new exhaust, new rear bumper and brackets, and a type R rear lip

 

Not to be an *** but............... Why should the state pay for you haveing a lowered car with an exhaust that hangs 1-2in off the ground? Then you tring to get money for other stuff on top of that.

 

tryin to cheat the system huh

 

yea ok pal..... if you had a choice would u rather pay for an exhaust, or get it for free...duh

state of massachusetts= rich
me= poor

if theyre gonnna pay for my exhaust im fine w/ that

ppl who think the state shouldnt pay

 

lol I was just messing around...It might be tough tho, If I were you I would throw on the stock springs lol...

Edit: Posted my post in middle of quote


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yea i had to raise my coilovers to drive home , so my car is like a 4X4 now

 

that sucks man.