Smashed my car :-(

[Hibsfan1875]

after lowering the car yesterday, i went out for a drive up to broxburn, on the way back as i went round a roundabout the back end came out and i didnt catch it in time, i bounced off one kerb, across the road into another. the car drove alright for another two 100 meters or so but there was a clunking like id run over somthing, so i stopped to have a lookl. all four wheels were bent in, id lost my front splitter but other then there is no damage to the body work. except now the car wont engage gears or drive.
By the looks of the back wheel ive bent the back axle and probably dun the diff not sure why im not getting gears.

[johnt0709]

Ouch - take it you weren't doing 20mph then?

[Hibsfan1875]

actually whats weird i wasnt going fast at all, there no damage to the car body except the wheels have been scuffed and pushed in.

[tez180]

Best get her up in the air and check the real damage then.

Hard luck, pal.

[Hibsfan1875]

yeh its going up on the ramp today and i'll see the real damage.

[jaistanley]

Ouch...

New rear subframe, probably rear arms, front track rods, front TCA's and a set of wheels as a guess...

Bummer!

Jai

[George]

Bad times.

*awaits the circling frag vultures*

[Brianmoooore]

So now you know the effect "lowering" has on handling!
If you can't get gears, the back end of the gear shift linkage has probably popped out of its rear support bracket, underneath the car.
The 'clunking' could be the gear linkage resting on the propshaft.

[Hibsfan1875]

both axles are bent, drive shaft burst. gonna cost too much to repair, i just killed an e30

[Hibsfan1875]

my mates at bmwbreakers.com are going to fix it for me. nice one, thanks sean and bri.

[Curr946]

Shame, they say these things come in threes...
Hope its salvageable, i take it your going to repair...

Bad times.

*awaits the circling frag vultures*

heehee if not let us know

[Curr946]

my mates at bmwbreakers.com are going to fix it for me. nice one, thanks sean and bri.

sorry didn't see this post

good stuff mate, good luck with the repairs.

[mrcool]

Ouch.

I did this recently in collision with a road side box. Could I have bent rear arms or subframe?

[magpie]

just popping out for a spin

[town325i]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

[EVIR]

sorry to hear that, you have to be very fast with the wheel to catch them if you've got your foot in, bad luck.
I'm sure you'll be able to repair it all, it's just a nut and bolt job if the shell is unbent.

[Tedswagon]

Bad luck Hibsfan1875. That sounds like it was a bad one.

I think I'm the opposite to vulture. We both know where there are a lot of 318is parts in Edinburgh! Most of the parts would be available I'd imagine!

I just passed the rear subframe and trailing arms to Paul. He might be able to let you have it!

[Topblag]

Bad luck Hibsfan1875. That sounds like it was a bad one.

I think I'm the opposite to vulture. We both know where there are a lot of 318is parts in Edinburgh! Most of the parts would be available I'd imagine!

I just passed the rear subframe and trailing arms to Paul. He might be able to let you have it!

Stinker man, really sorry to hear that. As above, you're timing couldn't be better for the mechanical stuff.

[Tedswagon]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

Yeah right! Look at this tourer - he was doing about 20/25mph coming off a roundabout. - Open diff, wet road, off camber and he hit the loud pedal!

[HairyScreech]

^^ what tourING?

i guess you had just lowered it more than 25/35mm then also if you did just the springs rather than the whole kit then as brian said, no you know the handling effects.

for what its worth, when i was down 45ish no dampers it was uncatchable in the wet, bent car as testiment,

raised back up to 25/30ish same dampers it was much better but still a little tricky

same height with better dampers and its a pussycat.

[he30]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

and a good bit of camber on the rear lol

[magpie]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

Yeah right! Look at this tourer - he was doing about 20/25mph coming off a roundabout. - Open diff, wet road, off camber and he hit the loud pedal!

erm you've forgotten to paste a pic!though i know what a banana'd
touring looks like in the flesh.

[inlovewithRWD]

when i was down 45ish no dampers it was uncatchable in the wet, bent car as testiment

[HairyScreech]

when i was down 45ish no dampers it was uncatchable in the wet, bent car as testiment

[edit] ok not NO dampers, No uprated dampers, standard crappy 20 year old ones. although that may as well be NO dampers.

exactally, to be young and foolish hey.

but remember 40 ish mm is what most spring kits drop a car and most dont put uprated and shortened dampers on with them.

and with out blowing my own trumpet im above the average driver so joe bloggs has little chance if there driving hard with the above.

[HairyScreech]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

and a good bit of camber on the rear lol

a touring lowered 40mm will give exactly the same camber as a saloon lowered 40mm so i dont see what your point is.

[town325i]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

Yeah right! Look at this tourer - he was doing about 20/25mph coming off a roundabout. - Open diff, wet road, off camber and he hit the loud pedal!

what car are you on about you need to at least put a picture up and i only said handdle better if its wet and off camber its not really got anyhing going for it has it really if you put your foot down your asking for trouble.My comment was purly made in jest because the op made a comment about tourings being shit

[Hibsfan1875]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

and a good bit of camber on the rear lol

a touring lowered 40mm will give exactly the same camber as a saloon lowered 40mm so i dont see what your point is.

Well my cars half touring now... Got the back axle off one and the diff.

[he30]

if you had a touring this wouldnt of happened the extra weight over the back helps give more grip in the corners

and a good bit of camber on the rear lol

a touring lowered 40mm will give exactly the same camber as a saloon lowered 40mm so i dont see what your point is.

I was refering to the sig pic that town325i has.....

[e301988325i]

To the op, what tyres are you using at the rear?

and with out blowing my own trumpet im above the average driver so joe bloggs has little chance if there driving hard with the above.

Thinking it is one thing, saying it another, but to type it out, surely is the worst curse possible. . .

[town325i]

To the op, what tyres are you using at the rear?

and with out blowing my own trumpet im above the average driver so joe bloggs has little chance if there driving hard with the above.

Thinking it is one thing, saying it another, but to type it out, surely is the worst curse possible. . .

saying stuff like that you are setting yourself up for a fall imo

[HairyScreech]

it was mearly put to emphasise the point that lowing these things too much and/or doing so without the correct dampers in place is a very bad idea.

no egos here. happy to admit theres much better drivers out there that can do things with a car that i wouldnt even be able to comprehend, but on the flip side theres an awful lot of worse drivers out there with far less experience in a rwd car.

[Ali-bumble]

Sorry to hear about the accident. At least your OK abnd the car can bolt back together.
Might cost you a few quid but you can chalk that up to ecperience

[ETERNITY]

how much did you lower it by

60mm???

I DID SAY BE CAREFUL LAD

oh well, hope your car is repairable

[HairyScreech]

^^ so even less rubber on the road than in the examples i mentioned and even more camber making the break away even more sudden,

at least its repairable and you didnt hit anything else/get picked up by the rozzers for it.

[Ollie_bwoii]

Pics please.