I fought a manhole cover. And the cover won! no 56k

[hbpignosePA]

that sucks man, i always avoid town in my city because of that... although alot of our primary roads are screwed up too they start 25 projects all over town and never put sh*t back together

[Sentientbydesign]

Get a STRAIGHT piece of wood or a long level and measure the height of the manhole.

Also, find out how low your rear would have sunk if you had old stock suspension and a couple of adults in the back seats. I can almost guarantee that your rear end would have sagged lower than the drop you have now.

[CRIPES]

DAMN SON!

u need a police report to get money from the state. did you get one?

[StricNyne]

that last pic is for the win, it looks like yer car is doing that dr evil pinky thing

[naladude911]

AHH ITS THE PIGS (in the above pic)

[capblueberry]

Yes i got a police report and here are the measurements



On the left side of the man hole.



on the right side of the man hole.



my ride

[Razi]

Wait...the left side is 6+ inches above the ground?Or am I looking at the picture wrong?

[98koukile]

You should have completely flattened out the level because thats the only way to know how high the manhole cover goes. Also re-measure your cars ride height with 3 passengers so you know the difference, they can't say your car is lowered illegally when 3 people in it are the reason

[MySXisSlowerThanUrs]

Wow thats crazy, If your gonna measure you should measure where your exhaust is hangin down from

[Kristine]

wow, dude that manhole was high.

dang, that sucks.

[hannibal]

cant believe the bags came out.

[MySXisSlowerThanUrs]

I know thats F*ed UP! I think the city should pay for all of that or most of it or something of it, well that should pay for your girls hospital bill... Just tell them to give you a bag full of money and you will forget about the whole thing

[CRIPES]

all manhole covers should be recessed from the road not protruding. end of argument...

[crash n burn]

wow..please remember your talking about south carolina(not trying to hate on it)

i lived there most of my life, and wow..not surprised.

you should take a look at the **** you have to dodge around harbison. lexington though, it was getting big when i left. where exactly were you driving?

[Hooked on 240]

wow, this happened to me 3 months ago coming home from work,

im very sorry but as soon as i seen the angle exhaust, i yelled JDM!! work again hope all gos well

[skodas13]

Dude that really sucks hope u can get it fixed

[RB24D]

I think I know the road you were on an I have encountered the same manhole cover in a non lowered car and scraped .Hopefully you can get a resolution from the county .

[capblueberry]

yep it was on a road called Holly Hill Drive, on the hospital side of 378 on the opposite side of the 26, if you take the frontage road for I26 it was on a road just off that frontage road.

still cant believe this stuff, gah what pisses me off the most is my dash is blown to hell and it was in perfect condition not a single crack!

is there a way to replace my dash? if so roughly how much would it be?

also i put ALL the pictures i took on my myspace.

myspace.com/gamecock828 under folder titled, 240 wreck

[Pr0xyPirate]

Dude i feel your pain. i live in the keys and there constantly tearing the roads up to fix pipes and that **** i rough and bumby and uneven as hell.

[Pr0xyPirate]

Oh BTW now that i remembered my dad built a 69 challenger for my moms birthday 4 years ago and that thing was low as hell. so one day she comes home from the post office and tells me that the car sounds funny. so i take a look around and notice the exhaust is leeking. i take the car to work the next day put it on the lift and get under it. Know to this day i have no clue how the F$#k the didnt notice she hit a piece of iron sticking out of the ground. the iron hit the collector between both pipes and ripped the manifold of the engine. my dad had to dish out $700 for a new set of headers and a collector.

[capblueberry]

yea im hopin the county will pay for all this if so

i may just sell this car and start over, maybe with another 240, or maybe with something else idk...been lookin at an eclipse 1996 GSX.

[StricNyne]

fixxing dash is ez, and from wut i have seen they are cheap in the south too, any structural damage ? or just exhaust if so, an ebay exhaust is liek 250 shipped, dash is around 200, of if u really desperate i bet someone would prolly give u a stock exhaust

[capblueberry]

yea i have a stock exhaust already in my garage imma put on.

[presidential]

Wow, that really sucks. Roads are bad in my area as well, I have no idea how people drive s-chassis that basically drag subframes around here.

As for the dash, there is someone selling a mint one on tamparacing.com. Might want to check that one out. 2 bills is a bit steep but it is in great shape.

[gewky]

dang, that sucks. hopefully everything is ok ive never seen that before

[turbo-sil40]

where is that street I leave in the area too, and i need to stay away, I feel your pain good luck with the repair, let me know if you need help with it, i will be more than happy to help,

[capblueberry]

its called holly hill drive, located off the I26 frontage road right off 378. it was in a neighborhood.

now im just lookin for a new dash, hopin to find one at a local junkyard maybe. not really to concerned about airbags just want it to look good.

[TekuDrifter18]

damn that sucks

[S13xCrazy]

Keep in mind it is ILLEGAL to sell a car that originally had air bags without written consent from the buyer stating that they know it and accept the responsibility.

[capblueberry]

Wait...the left side is 6+ inches above the ground?Or am I looking at the picture wrong?

yep the left was 6-7 inches lower then the top of the manhole.