yeah well now i join some of the other 6gcers that have gotten into an accident with their celi. it all started on my way home from school and it was raining pretty bad. i'm just leaving a red light and i get to about 30 when the truck in front of me hits their breaks hard causing them to stop quickly. i, not thinking, hit my breaks hard causing them to lock and i skid like 2-3 car lengths into the trucks back bumper. we pull over to the side, call the cops, and then i go to the station. fill out the report, and the cop begins to write me a ticket in the back. my dad talked to the luitenant(sp?) and got the ticket dismissed. it would of been 2 points on my insurance and the only damage i did to the car was i bent their back liscense plate. the people were nice so i was lucky. here's the pics of the damage:





Front off:







Went to the 10 different junk yards the day after it happened and i only found 2 6gcs. it wasn't until the last one i stopped at that i actually bought decent parts. unfortunetly it wasn't a U-Pull it so it cost me 500. i'm also gettin' the leather interior out of the car for cheap since they messed up the bumper a little.







i'm going to keep the process updated. it isn't all that big of a job but things were bent in and the reason why i bought all the parts even though i may not need them is because the chances of me ever finding a celica again are slim. hope this entertained ya'll?

-Fate

This post has been edited by Fate: Jun 7, 2005 - 10:07 PM

sorry to hear that man, accidents suck. keep us posted on the progress.

damn bro, that really sucks balls. its cool that you were able to find the parts though. 6GCs are kinda rare here, ESPECIALLY in junkies. so i consider you pretty lucky. I hope you get it back to normal soon. Good luck. I'm glad nothing happened to you too. Keep us updated.

yeah ive checked around my area for junked celis and there are none. you were lucky. too bad that nice goldish colored one was junked. i love that color.

well thanks ya'll for carin'.

its doesnt look bad at all... you'll be up and runing in no time!

I feel for you man. Same thing happened to me today >>

the worse part was that i got in the accident on the way to the shop where i was puttin' a deposit on my bodykit. go figure. so jgreening, what's your story?

wait...bodykit? Why dont you just get the bodykit instead of buying that stock bumper? or was that just in case you wanted to go back to stock in the future?

-Fate+Jun 9, 2005 - 4:23 AM

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=25655

-dahoman9+Jun 9, 2005 - 1:36 PM

maybe it's a lip kit?

500$ for all those parts isnt bad at all!! Good find! You'll have it together in no time. The previous owner pretty much did the same damage to mine but on the passenger side..its all fixed now though.

dman 500 is awesome i had a softball dent in my car and a bodyshop wanted 650 for it i just had paintless dent removal done for 90

-shin+Jun 9, 2005 - 2:50 PM

Yeah as in bodykit i meant lip kit. sorry for the confusion. but even if i did go with a kit that replaced the stock bumper, i'd still want stock just incase.

well i put in the headlights and filled in the fender(1 coat i guess you could say). i also put on the new hood but i still need to pull out the drivers side a little more so its better snug. pics tomorrow.