I recently went over this parking stone ( I'm talking about those long one ) and my s2k
landed on passenger side front jack-up point. Now my S2000 doesn't have a front jack
up point. I really don't care about that, but I'm worried if the frame ( or side-sill ) isn't
bent or have any damage to them. Whats the possibiliy? I heard frame can also be
measured if they are bent or not down to 0.1mm. How much would this cost? Any info
is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

does your car drive differently since it happened?

 

you got insurance?

 

So far I do not notice any difference while I'm driving. If frame have any damage,
probably its not noticible. You can't see any damage from out side. You actually have to level
your head to ground to see it, but if you see it theres a big chunk of metal missing.

And yes I do have insurance. Very expensive. $1600 a year. And its not a full coverage.
Since I have many speeding ticket. At where I live, police does not have anything else to do
except for writing ticket. Its funny that they actually hide in the bush near high school so they
can write student a ticket for jay-walking.

 

Anything is fixable, it's just a matter of how much the insurance company will shell out unless it is considered a total write off. In your case, seeing as you don't have full coverage, it's a matter of how much you want to spend to get it fixed right.

Dude...you drove over a curb, it can't be that bad. A body shop can weld metal onto the existing jacking area and look like nothing ever happened. I doubt that your frame is twisted due to driving over a curb at in between 5-10 mph.

 

Do ya think this will buff out

 

I've seen signs for soft shoulders. I've hit soft shoulders, I've help people get out of being stuck on a soft shoulder.... But I've never seen soft shoulders as I've seen in Spokane WA.

Second day out with the S last summer and took a road I've never been on before. As I look ahead, I see the road turns to gravel.. Screw that, I've just washed the car. I attempt a 180 and find the passenger rear went off the black top and the shoulder *completetly gave way*. I'm now sitting HARD on a piece of what looks like angle iron that runs between the two rear wheels.

It's grinding and rubbing and grinding some more...

I'm freaking out...

I can see in my minds eye frame, lower side panel damage, exhaust damage.. Man this looks really really bad.

The wife got out and stood in the small ditch my rear tire is now becoming part of. And she's 5' 11', her face is rear bumper height. Believe it or not she lifted that entire rear corner of the car and placed the rear wheel on something to grab and I was able to get it out.. DAM !

She took some stones in the kisser too Although she was upset, I explained everyone has to take one for the team every once and a while...

Long story short. Despite all the car's weight being on the underside for that length of time.. All that rocking and the initial hit of going off the roads edge.. All I could find under there was a small scrape on that angle iron piece and a little undercoating that got rubbed.. HONDA repaired it for me NC.. Nice Guys they are. So I'm thinking it's pretty well made and designed.

Just my 2 bits.

 

That angle iron is the rear subframe brace. Cost, about $30-35 dollars. I am going to replace mine one of these days. I tried passing on the right side of a stopped car to make a right turn. The road sloped downward a bit on the right side edge and it scrapped up the brace pretty good.

This car needs to stay on flat ground

 

[quote name='S2K'ing-IN-Spokane' date='Jan 31 2005, 07:15 AM']I've seen signs for soft shoulders. I've hit soft shoulders, I've help people get out of being stuck on a soft shoulder.... But I've never seen soft shoulders as I've seen in Spokane WA.

Second day out with the S last summer and took a road I've never been on before. As I look ahead,