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Z off-roading
Hypothetically...
If a Z were to pretend it was a truck and try to reverse itself over a curb, onto some grass, and back down a curb... and one were to hear scraping... what would one want to check for damage? (Assuming one can't see anything wrong, but definitely heard some noise...)
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If a Z were to pretend it was a truck and try to reverse itself over a curb, onto some grass, and back down a curb... and one were to hear scraping... what would one want to check for damage? (Assuming one can't see anything wrong, but definitely heard some noise...)
Help?
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Originally Posted by jordanj77
Hypothetically...
If a Z were to pretend it was a truck and try to reverse itself over a curb, onto some grass, and back down a curb... and one were to hear scraping... what would one want to check for damage? (Assuming one can't see anything wrong, but definitely heard some noise...)
Help?
If a Z were to pretend it was a truck and try to reverse itself over a curb, onto some grass, and back down a curb... and one were to hear scraping... what would one want to check for damage? (Assuming one can't see anything wrong, but definitely heard some noise...)
Help?
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I would take it to a shop and lift it up! the Z has some funny bracing down there so hopefully you just scrapped things up? but you could have dented a exhaust can, broken an exhaust hanger. etc....
its worth lifting and double checking..
- j
its worth lifting and double checking..
- j
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Check the exhaust(tips and muffler), the rear splash guards, and lower bumper. Everything else should be higher than that or in front of the rear wheels. Depending on how far back you went you could've hit the side skirts, mid pipe, and cross braces.
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Originally Posted by modzs
Go to the DMV and hand them your driver's license.
In hindsight, I guess I should have let their insurance fix my front end... now who knows what I've f*cked up.
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Thanks for the help guys!
I checked it out just now with the help of my friend and from what I can see, it's just minor scraping on the exhaust pipe... don't think I need to lift it up as I can't see anything lower than that.
Strange that it sounded so loud and scary!
I feel better now, thanks all.
MORAL OF THE STORY: A stock Z CAN successfully go up and down a regular-sized curb without serious risk. Not that I'd ever do it intentionally.
I checked it out just now with the help of my friend and from what I can see, it's just minor scraping on the exhaust pipe... don't think I need to lift it up as I can't see anything lower than that.
Strange that it sounded so loud and scary!
I feel better now, thanks all.
MORAL OF THE STORY: A stock Z CAN successfully go up and down a regular-sized curb without serious risk. Not that I'd ever do it intentionally.
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i dont think there should be anything too bad done to the car but check the bolts like david said. It might have sounded loud in cabin but you can hear EVERYTHING in the cabin...i can even hear sand hitting my wheel wells
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Z And Ice On Road Don't Mix
I Just Slid Off The Road Last Weekend, At Night, Up On A Curb Almost Off The Side Of A Cliff Somehow The Z Slid Back Onto The Road, Sparks Aside, And Only Damaged The Passanger Mudflap. No Damage I Can See On The Underside I Got So Lucky...i Thought I Was Going To Die The Cliff Edge Was Several Hundred Feet Off Sunrise Mountain In Arizona...
Only Going 25 Mph Too!
Only Going 25 Mph Too!
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Originally Posted by jordanj77
Kids doing donuts in the parking lot skidded out and I gunned it in reverse to get out of the way... I just didn't know the curb was so close. So it's not THAT noobish.
In hindsight, I guess I should have let their insurance fix my front end... now who knows what I've f*cked up.
In hindsight, I guess I should have let their insurance fix my front end... now who knows what I've f*cked up.
Cheers
Kevin
O and we have all done the so called burn out you speak of
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Originally Posted by 6894kevin
If you were with these so called kids in the so called parking lot then you would be a so called kid who does not need to be driving a so called z. Plus what the hell are you doing spinning out in a parking lot, are you trying to f your car up, there is no reason to put yorself in that position
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O and we have all done the so called burn out you speak of
Cheers
Kevin
O and we have all done the so called burn out you speak of
How was he spinning out?
I for one have been sitting in my Z at a circuit city parking lot before and a couple kids in there Rice mobile civics and 1 in a riced out mustang came Tokyo drift style through the parking lot and almost hit me. Basically I just held on and hoped they did so I could rack up the insurance claims, but then again thats me :-)
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Originally Posted by 6894kevin
If you were with these so called kids in the so called parking lot then you would be a so called kid who does not need to be driving a so called z. Plus what the hell are you doing spinning out in a parking lot, are you trying to f your car up, there is no reason to put yorself in that position
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O and we have all done the so called burn out you speak of
Cheers
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O and we have all done the so called burn out you speak of
Second off, I didn't know you had to be the same age as people to use the same parking lot.
Third off, it's just a Z...they aren't that expensive. Just because someone younger than you has the same car as you doesn't mean it's too much of a car for them.
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It was a joke re re's
And I was speaking about his so called friends who were spinning out.
God Dam* people lighten the F*ck up.
And if you will read the last thing I wrote you will see I was kidding, hell I use to push grocery carts across parking lots at 30mph with friends in them. We have all done dumb things in open parking lots.
Cheers
Ya bunch of sensitive babies
Kevin
And I was speaking about his so called friends who were spinning out.
God Dam* people lighten the F*ck up.
And if you will read the last thing I wrote you will see I was kidding, hell I use to push grocery carts across parking lots at 30mph with friends in them. We have all done dumb things in open parking lots.
Cheers
Ya bunch of sensitive babies
Kevin
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Originally Posted by 6894kevin
It was a joke re re's
And I was speaking about his so called friends who were spinning out.
God Dam* people lighten the F*ck up.
And if you will read the last thing I wrote you will see I was kidding, hell I use to push grocery carts across parking lots at 30mph with friends in them. We have all done dumb things in open parking lots.
Cheers
Ya bunch of sensitive babies
Kevin
And I was speaking about his so called friends who were spinning out.
God Dam* people lighten the F*ck up.
And if you will read the last thing I wrote you will see I was kidding, hell I use to push grocery carts across parking lots at 30mph with friends in them. We have all done dumb things in open parking lots.
Cheers
Ya bunch of sensitive babies
Kevin
Here's exactly what the OP said, i dont see where he said anything about "His friends who were spinning out".
"Kids doing donuts in the parking lot skidded out and I gunned it in reverse to get out of the way... I just didn't know the curb was so close. So it's not THAT noobish. "
Good game? He didnt say a single damn thing about knowing the people or being affiliated with the people 'spinning' out in the parking lot.