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a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 05:38 AM

I just had the scariest shit happen to me...!

I just came to work but, right before my office building, as i got off the highway there was a cop, so I slowed down from off ramp lol... then as I was turning turning few corners I notice a guy with a nice looking black golf following me... I'm like yo guy slow down, you want to race or something and there's a cop right there, what's wrong with you! lol... he slows down and is talking I'm like huh... I roll down my window, he rolls down his, he is telling me some stuff I can't hear... then we basically come to a stop on the road side by side I turn my hazzard lights and he tells me "There's a control arm hanging behind your car".... I'm like WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!????!!!!!!!!!!!! I freak out... My office building is like right there almost... i sloowly go there.. im like CANT be control arm.. cmon... but still freaked out... I park the car, i had JUST TWO tissues my wife left last night in the car (God's will I swear, fate, nothing happens by coincidence EVER)... I use them to not get dirty lol... go under the car... O...M...G..... passenger rear hicas tie rod hanging.... HOLY CRAP.. I mean HANGING detached!

I was so used to the vague rear end feel due to 1. no alignment in long time now (waiting for new parts anyways) and 2. rear subframe bushings still the same original ones (pineapples snapped out somehow so poo waiting to install spl's alum subframe bushings).... but holy crap.........................

I am going to my mechanic slooowly asap.. this is scary shit.... fuck you HICAS... (I have hicas stopper btw)... can't wait to put the non hicas subframe and proper toe arms in place...

shmiddy · 05-13-2008, 05:50 AM

holy shit man!!! you couldnt feel it while your were driving?!? that shit must have been squerly as fuck!!! ur one lucky man

OBEEWON · 05-13-2008, 06:04 AM

Wow man, God was looking out. Could have ended up real bad.

Antihero983 · 05-13-2008, 06:16 AM

dude, hooray for you being ok!

get that shit fixed!

LA_phantom_240 · 05-13-2008, 06:18 AM

Wow. You have some big cojones driving around like that. It must have been seriously strange feeling.

LoanShark · 05-13-2008, 07:28 AM

I do something called a "pre-trip inspection" basically, look for anything out of the ordinary, front, back, under, side to side, lights , tires, etc.

Better to find a defect yourself than a cop or find yourself stranded on the shoulder cause something stupid happened like a wheel falling off.

its a good habit to pick-up.

fladrifter · 05-13-2008, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoanShark

I do something called a "pre-trip inspection" basically, look for anything out of the ordinary, front, back, under, side to side, lights , tires, etc.

Better to find a defect yourself than a cop or find yourself stranded on the shoulder cause something stupid happened like a wheel falling off.

its a good habit to pick-up.

that is a good habit but i know when i am on my way to work i am usually late anyway but i prob shoud start checking mine

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 07:37 AM

Yeah I check the car too but I don't go under it every time I park/go... when I go to work especially is when I'm in rush...

And yeah the car has been very loose/skitty/squirly (love the descriptions but its true) but I already knew that due to shitty alignment and what I described.. just waiting to swap all the shit out... and put in the new parts... then get a proper alignment to my spec.. in meantime I am just driving carefully ... but I didn't expect a frickin rear tie rod to come off holy shit.........!

I am going straight to my mechanic from work... I even forgot my wallet and cell phone home

Problem is I am waiting on some parts.. and I can't install everything without every lil part (i dont want to do double, tripple jobs, just wana do it all at once...), to make matters more complicated SPL was suppose to ship me all the rear arms... but.. due to some issues with traction arms I returned they will take 5-6 weeks to do a coating in cadmium (long story but they have excellent customer service imho)... so thats not cool... I dont know I'll go under the car on the hoist today and see what's up... what can or has to be done...

LoanShark · 05-13-2008, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fladrifter

that is a good habit but i know when i am on my way to work i am usually late anyway but i prob shoud start checking mine

ok I lied. I don't do it EVERYDAY. maybe once or twice a week.

*exitspeed* · 05-13-2008, 07:50 AM

Control arm. Stupid VW owners.

Glad you made it though. That is scary.

bo2o · 05-13-2008, 08:02 AM

luckie nothing happened... tie that shit up before you go home and then later on remove that subframe. or juss leave the hicas lock and bolt that shit down better

INeedNewTires · 05-13-2008, 10:54 AM

so what did the cop have anything to do with the story?

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 11:02 AM

He was there, that is all. Read again, understand what happened. First I slowed down from my joy joy ride from the off ramp. Second after a few turns cop could still see me and the golf that was racing crazy towards me, hence 'wth is wrong with you theres a cop there slow down', but in fact he spotted what was on my car and helped me out God bless...

Anyways 3 more hours, and I'm off to my mechanic.......

Clearalbino · 05-13-2008, 11:10 AM

best of luck, hopefully its something simple that can hold you down till all those parts come through.

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 11:12 AM

I hope it's just a loose nut... not snapped rear tie rod arm.. I can just then have it put back on and tightened and wait until all the parts arrive... but.. if it's snapped I'm screwed... as far as I know Nissan no longer makes these rear hicas tie rods anymore.. and there's no aftermarket cheap ones either (or any for that matter) and well honestly i dont want to waste money on them either

...

HICAS sucks

I will set the HICAS subframe on fire and feast over it once I swap in the non hicas one

HICAS stopper bar will be on sale though :P

azndoc · 05-13-2008, 11:17 AM

Very nice of that VW owner.

He might have saved you from further damages.

posdrift240 · 05-13-2008, 11:35 AM

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Lets freak out some more!! You act as if you just got slammed by a semi or something. Im sure your Superior mechanic prob forgot to tighten it up!! Thats why you pay them right? Thats why I do All my work myself. Nobody turns a bolt on my ride except me. That way I know its done right.

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 11:37 AM

^You fail at life fag HAHAHA

-1000 rep more for you mr red blocks.

I could have died.

Btw, the car was put together 2 years ago, and ran fine for 2 years after ever so much abuse and the hicas rear tie rods are old.

HAHAHA fail

posdrift240 · 05-13-2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_ahmed

^You fail at life fag HAHAHA

-1000 rep more for you mr red blocks.

I could have died.

Btw, the car was put together 2 years ago, and ran fine for 2 years after ever so much abuse and the hicas rear tie rods are old.

HAHAHA fail

^^ Its -7,000+ Dip shit,

and you should have Died for being an Idiot.
Cry us a River

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 11:43 AM

Ban this pos. 'asshole' is pleasentry coming from you, don't think so highly of yourself please.

posdrift240 · 05-13-2008, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_ahmed

Ban this pos. 'asshole' is pleasentry coming from you, don't think so highly of yourself please.

guess you can't handle opinions too well!! LOL Didn't mean to hurt the babies feelings. I sorry!!!

*exitspeed* · 05-13-2008, 12:02 PM

Please stay on topic.

If you have words of wisdom please try and share them in a positive way.

!Zar! · 05-13-2008, 12:59 PM

I've had wheels, shocks, swaybars all fall off.

This is a drop in the bucket.

haha.

PhAtXSuMo · 05-13-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OBEEWON

Wow man, God was looking out. Could have ended up real bad.

God was the guy in the VW

at least he kinda knew what it was

and he helped you for future problems

jinesz32 · 05-13-2008, 01:08 PM

wow crazy, im glad nothing bad happened, haha, gees thats scary.

a_ahmed · 05-13-2008, 01:11 PM

phat sorry to disagree with you. He was a good fellow human being but not God. Sheesh cynical atheists

I'm leaving work in 45minutes... if I don't ever come back to zilvia, you know why lol...

!zar! only thing I want to fall off is rust haha.

origin_s135 · 05-13-2008, 01:14 PM

thank god you're okay, it could've been super worse. i remember my brother's wheel fell off in his old suv on the freeway. i don't know how he got out of that one, but i'm just glad he didn't get hurt. other than that, i always get under and check if anything's loose on the car when i'm doing a oil change.

strongbads240 · 05-13-2008, 01:22 PM

u alive or at least ur car is,but damn cool vw to tell u this most people would of just drove by and looked at u as if u knew +1 for clean 240 btw haha

drifting_changed_mylife · 05-13-2008, 01:23 PM

lol damn MORE PICS

mRclARK1 · 05-13-2008, 02:40 PM

That's why my first mod on any HICAS car... eliminate the HICAS. lol

05-13-2008, 05:38 AM	#1
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I just had the scariest shit happen to me...! I just had the scariest shit happen to me...! I just came to work but, right before my office building, as i got off the highway there was a cop, so I slowed down from off ramp lol... then as I was turning turning few corners I notice a guy with a nice looking black golf following me... I'm like yo guy slow down, you want to race or something and there's a cop right there, what's wrong with you! lol... he slows down and is talking I'm like huh... I roll down my window, he rolls down his, he is telling me some stuff I can't hear... then we basically come to a stop on the road side by side I turn my hazzard lights and he tells me "There's a control arm hanging behind your car".... I'm like WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!????!!!!!!!!!!!! I freak out... My office building is like right there almost... i sloowly go there.. im like CANT be control arm.. cmon... but still freaked out... I park the car, i had JUST TWO tissues my wife left last night in the car (God's will I swear, fate, nothing happens by coincidence EVER)... I use them to not get dirty lol... go under the car... O...M...G..... passenger rear hicas tie rod hanging.... HOLY CRAP.. I mean HANGING detached! I was so used to the vague rear end feel due to 1. no alignment in long time now (waiting for new parts anyways) and 2. rear subframe bushings still the same original ones (pineapples snapped out somehow so poo waiting to install spl's alum subframe bushings).... but holy crap......................... I am going to my mechanic slooowly asap.. this is scary shit.... fuck you HICAS... (I have hicas stopper btw)... can't wait to put the non hicas subframe and proper toe arms in place...

05-13-2008, 05:50 AM	#2
shmiddy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: nyc Age: 39 Posts: 1,279 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	holy shit man!!! you couldnt feel it while your were driving?!? that shit must have been squerly as fuck!!! ur one lucky man __________________ i fully de-volved

05-13-2008, 06:04 AM	#3
OBEEWON Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hightened State of Emergency Posts: 6,053 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Wow man, God was looking out. Could have ended up real bad. __________________

05-13-2008, 06:16 AM	#4
Antihero983 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilmanton, NH Age: 40 Posts: 4,409 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: Antihero983 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	dude, hooray for you being ok! get that shit fixed! __________________ "So here I am, right back at it again, just like I've always been"

05-13-2008, 07:50 AM	#10
exitspeed aWingThing.com Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 45 Posts: 20,900 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Control arm. Stupid VW owners. Glad you made it though. That is scary. __________________ What I do for a living...www.mhrussell.com

05-13-2008, 07:28 AM	#6
LoanShark Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N/A Age: 43 Posts: 182 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I do something called a "pre-trip inspection" basically, look for anything out of the ordinary, front, back, under, side to side, lights , tires, etc. Better to find a defect yourself than a cop or find yourself stranded on the shoulder cause something stupid happened like a wheel falling off. its a good habit to pick-up.

05-13-2008, 07:37 AM	#8
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah I check the car too but I don't go under it every time I park/go... when I go to work especially is when I'm in rush... And yeah the car has been very loose/skitty/squirly (love the descriptions but its true) but I already knew that due to shitty alignment and what I described.. just waiting to swap all the shit out... and put in the new parts... then get a proper alignment to my spec.. in meantime I am just driving carefully ... but I didn't expect a frickin rear tie rod to come off holy shit.........! I am going straight to my mechanic from work... I even forgot my wallet and cell phone home Problem is I am waiting on some parts.. and I can't install everything without every lil part (i dont want to do double, tripple jobs, just wana do it all at once...), to make matters more complicated SPL was suppose to ship me all the rear arms... but.. due to some issues with traction arms I returned they will take 5-6 weeks to do a coating in cadmium (long story but they have excellent customer service imho)... so thats not cool... I dont know I'll go under the car on the hoist today and see what's up... what can or has to be done...

05-13-2008, 08:02 AM	#11
bo2o Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2006 Location: 626 socal! Posts: 1,315 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	luckie nothing happened... tie that shit up before you go home and then later on remove that subframe. or juss leave the hicas lock and bolt that shit down better __________________ fS! *vlsd ! slim fans ! hid kits ! lug nuts !* http://www.zilvia.net/f/search.php?d...earchuser=bo2o ^^^click^^^

05-13-2008, 10:54 AM	#12
INeedNewTires Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,527 Trader Rating: (4) Rides Gallery: INeedNewTires Feedback Score: 4 reviews	so what did the cop have anything to do with the story? __________________

05-13-2008, 11:02 AM	#13
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	He was there, that is all. Read again, understand what happened. First I slowed down from my joy joy ride from the off ramp. Second after a few turns cop could still see me and the golf that was racing crazy towards me, hence 'wth is wrong with you theres a cop there slow down', but in fact he spotted what was on my car and helped me out God bless... Anyways 3 more hours, and I'm off to my mechanic.......

05-13-2008, 11:10 AM	#14
Clearalbino Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 37 Posts: 197 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: Clearalbino Feedback Score: 3 reviews	best of luck, hopefully its something simple that can hold you down till all those parts come through.

05-13-2008, 11:12 AM	#15
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I hope it's just a loose nut... not snapped rear tie rod arm.. I can just then have it put back on and tightened and wait until all the parts arrive... but.. if it's snapped I'm screwed... as far as I know Nissan no longer makes these rear hicas tie rods anymore.. and there's no aftermarket cheap ones either (or any for that matter) and well honestly i dont want to waste money on them either ... HICAS sucks I will set the HICAS subframe on fire and feast over it once I swap in the non hicas one HICAS stopper bar will be on sale though :P

05-13-2008, 11:17 AM	#16
azndoc Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles Age: 43 Posts: 9,487 Trader Rating: (47) Rides Gallery: azndoc Feedback Score: 47 reviews	Very nice of that VW owner. He might have saved you from further damages.

05-13-2008, 11:35 AM	#17
posdrift240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rhea Posts: 207 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	HAHAHAHAHA!!! Lets freak out some more!! You act as if you just got slammed by a semi or something. Im sure your Superior mechanic prob forgot to tighten it up!! Thats why you pay them right? Thats why I do All my work myself. Nobody turns a bolt on my ride except me. That way I know its done right. __________________

05-13-2008, 11:37 AM	#18
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^You fail at life fag HAHAHA -1000 rep more for you mr red blocks. I could have died. Btw, the car was put together 2 years ago, and ran fine for 2 years after ever so much abuse and the hicas rear tie rods are old. HAHAHA fail

05-13-2008, 11:43 AM	#20
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ban this pos. 'asshole' is pleasentry coming from you, don't think so highly of yourself please.

05-13-2008, 12:02 PM	#22
exitspeed aWingThing.com Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 45 Posts: 20,900 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Please stay on topic. If you have words of wisdom please try and share them in a positive way. __________________ What I do for a living...www.mhrussell.com

05-13-2008, 12:59 PM	#23
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	I've had wheels, shocks, swaybars all fall off. This is a drop in the bucket. haha. __________________

05-13-2008, 01:08 PM	#25
jinesz32 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SOCAL Age: 35 Posts: 1,074 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	wow crazy, im glad nothing bad happened, haha, gees thats scary.

05-13-2008, 01:11 PM	#26
a_ahmed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 749 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: a_ahmed Feedback Score: 0 reviews	phat sorry to disagree with you. He was a good fellow human being but not God. Sheesh cynical atheists I'm leaving work in 45minutes... if I don't ever come back to zilvia, you know why lol... !zar! only thing I want to fall off is rust haha.

05-13-2008, 01:14 PM	#27
origin_s135 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 湾区域 Posts: 1,333 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	thank god you're okay, it could've been super worse. i remember my brother's wheel fell off in his old suv on the freeway. i don't know how he got out of that one, but i'm just glad he didn't get hurt. other than that, i always get under and check if anything's loose on the car when i'm doing a oil change. __________________ -robo

05-13-2008, 01:22 PM	#28
strongbads240 Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2008 Location: socal Age: 37 Posts: 88 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	u alive or at least ur car is,but damn cool vw to tell u this most people would of just drove by and looked at u as if u knew +1 for clean 240 btw haha

05-13-2008, 01:23 PM	#29
drifting_changed_mylife Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: RICHMONDHILL QUEENS Posts: 401 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lol damn MORE PICS __________________ your neg reps match my avitar.... keep em commin

05-13-2008, 02:40 PM	#30
mRclARK1 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Location? Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That's why my first mod on any HICAS car... eliminate the HICAS. lol __________________