got in a wreck

Post by **Yoda** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:15 pm

so driving home for thanksgiving break on 81 sucks, bumper to bumper going 75 mph and someone about a half a mile got in a wreck so cars came screeching to a stop, too bad the bumbass in front of me didnt put on his brakes till the last minute, i ended up locking my brakes up, tried to swerve and miss him but ended up clipping the back left of his car, so now i have to spend my thanksgivng break doing body work yay! i guess thats what drivin too fast on 81 gets you, heres the carnage

Post by **MILLER** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:11 pm

So have me build you a bumper so you dont have to do front end body work again.

A dorky driving note to add: it takes an average person a half a second to recognize an incident in front of them, just to recognize a problem, does not include reaction time till you start to hit the brakes. So half a car length (common following distance in the left lane on 81) leaves you no time to react. Granted, Peter can contest I do not follow my own advice.

Post by **Yoda** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:44 pm

yea i wanted to build a tube bumper for a long time, just havent had a good reason to, guess i do now

, how much would it cost for you to build me a bumper miller?

Post by **MILLER** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:43 am

I'll do some figuring. Gotta get a welder and bender now. But that should be happening soon.

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:31 pm

ya no s*it miller haha

Post by **jonesy** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:02 pm

glad to hear you are OK....

Post by **Yoda** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:25 pm

yea well those two tools might help miller haha when u get your welder i might pay you to weld some other stuff, im planning on building a 'can back' style cover for the rear and have all the tools to build it cept a welder, but thats another story, i got all the engine compartment banged out and painted today, tommorow is fender and bondo :???: heres a couple pics for ideas i was thinking about http://www.ttora.com/photos/showgallery ... &ppuser=35 http://www.ttora.com/photos/showphoto.p ... imit=views

Post by **4runner** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:39 pm

you werent part of that big wreck with 10-12 cars were you, around the 130 mile marker. we were dispatched for that wreck, even though we are 20 miles up the interstate from it.
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Post by **yotacowboy** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:20 am

that's nothin!!

treehugger (looong before she really started any wheelin) rear ended a stopped car @ 35mph. totaled the mazda 626, broke out both rear passenger windows, car had to be picked up with a flatbed.

I drove the treehugger home. $1600 in damage. the guys at the body shop thought i hit somebody in a parking lot... definitely not 35 mph.

Post by **Yoda** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:17 am

haha thats funny Clay, tacomas are pretty tough little trucks, and to John i wasn't part of that wreck but it might have been the wreck that caused me to crash, was it that friday around 4?

Post by **Leach** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:46 pm

Sorry to hear about the accident man. Hope ya get the rig back together, or better yet leave that fender off, toss on some 37's and run her till you diminish the stock of IFS taco parts on the east coast. Then go portal axles.

mmmm portal axles

Post by **Yoda** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:20 am

haha yea i beat the dents out with a bfh and bondod it, looks ghetto but what the hell who cares, as much as i love yotas im thinking about selling it and buying a wrangler? just a possibility

Post by **Leach** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:14 pm

Coming from a fellow multiple wrangler owner. Dont do it. Tacos are the shit, slap a solid axle in it and run some 40's.

But if you are selling to build a pimp rig, the 91-94 YJ (offered earlier, but no good drivetrain) are very cheap and certain 3/4 and 1 ton axles will bolt in. The weld some new purches on the rear and you got a nasty rig. Wheelbase is easily stretched with stock XJ springs. 4.0L is a great motor as well.

Leach

Post by **Ctrow** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:06 pm

Jeeps are the shit, and it will break before you get it on the highway so no worrys.

Post by **Yoda** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:36 am

thanks for the input leach, im still exploring some possibilites, i just want something with solid front on it, if i can somehow fund a SAS on my tacoma i would be all for it, a mid 80s toy p/u with a 22re might be ideal, tube from the cab back and 37s or 38s, sell the taco buy that and a new dd, why have one ride when u can have two?