FJ Cruisers of Northern California

My FJ got Smashed!

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Permalink Reply by Vern707 on September 21, 2010 at 1:50pm

So last Saturday when I was driving to work it started to rain and get slippery. I came around a corner to an old Ford F-150 made of all metal fish tailing in the road, she was completly sideways. At the last minute she turns her wheel and comes right into my grill head on! I ended up just having a sprained neck and my passenger has bruised ribs, thank god we're ok. So that grill guard only lasted 2 days.

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Permalink Reply by DivnGirl on September 21, 2010 at 1:51pm

Oh, MAN! That sucks! Hope everyone is alright!

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Permalink Reply by David on September 21, 2010 at 1:55pm

Holy crap. Glad you both are alive! Yeah, that grill just didn't cut it!

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on September 21, 2010 at 2:02pm

How is the FJ? Will the insurance cover the repairs totally? I hope so...

My question at this point is, with a metal bumper like DeMello's, skid plates etc, would one have better chances to limit damage to the FJ (at the expense of the other)???

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Permalink Reply by Vern707 on September 21, 2010 at 2:04pm

they called today and said theres a lot of damage to the motor and frame so it will most likely get totaled out :(

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Permalink Reply by David on September 21, 2010 at 2:05pm

yeah i wonder what a more beefy bumper would look like.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on September 21, 2010 at 2:34pm

manoweb, you can see the stock bumper is slightly deformed and sticking out under the front bumper. It looks like the F150 went over the bumper and crushed the engine compartment.

I'd guess that even a heavy aftermarket bumper (demello, fab four, etc) and frame would be bent up after that hard of a hit. The collapse of the engine compartment definitely helped absorb some of the energy of that crash.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on September 21, 2010 at 3:50pm

X2

Perhaps no matter what was on there it might have "jumped" over the bumper anyhow..

Thats a lot of weight (F150) be coming at you head on.. Also to have damage to the motor mean it took a pretty good hit as well.

Looks like the crumple zones did their job..

Good thing you both were able to walk away from it..

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on September 21, 2010 at 2:33pm

Glad you and your passenger are okay Vern, that looks like an ugly accident.

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Permalink Reply by CV Kurt on September 21, 2010 at 2:38pm

Ouch!

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Permalink Reply by FJ4 Tahoe on September 21, 2010 at 3:57pm

Glad to hear that both of you made it out in one piece!!! Cars can be replaced people can't.

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on September 21, 2010 at 4:08pm

I think Vern wins in the fender bulge competition!

Alesio, you aint got nothin on this one, yours are still straight in comparison.

In all seriousness, glad the truck did its job in keeping you guys safe. Looks pretty nasty.