940 handling well a side impact!! SIPS POWA

[paulofvf]

I had a car crash last week on a junction, i came from the stop sign even though the other stupid Pr!ck was running 80 or more km/h on a 50km/h road.....


this was the result


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[paulofvf]

i already bouth 2 700 doors on a brighter grey, and found a donor for the rest......


damn i had that car in such a good shape!

[oldschoolvolvo]

glad to see the volvo was doing it's job

[paulofvf]

glad to see the volvo was doing it's job


not a scratch on my skin!! not even a soft pain on the neck or column

[Marek]

glad to see its still rolling, and that you are ok.

Cheers!

[McLovin]

:-(

[940Tman]

That sucks dude, good to know you're safe though......

[paulofvf]

Got new doors, cuted the pillar and lower section! now will cut the samme from a wrecked one and swap it!!


not me of course....my mechanic!


will cost me a lot of G though ....damn :-(

[Janspeed]

good to read you are OK. That tube inside the door and that tough B-pillar saved your butt.
That's some nasty damage there.

please check if the roof and the floor of the car are still straight, if you see wrinkles the body is probably bent...
Other ways of checking:
measure Front Left centre hub to Rear Left centre hub
measure FR centre hub to RR centre hub
Those 2 distances should be the same...give or take a few mm, otherwise the body is bent.

is the car still tracking true and straight? Is the steering wheel still in the straight ahead position if the car is driven straight ahead? is the car still tracking straight ahead if you take your hands of the wheel? Yes? then your lucky, No? possible bent body.

ask advice from a body repair shop.

[paulofvf]

good to read you are OK. That tube inside the door and that tough B-pillar saved your butt.
That's some nasty damage there.

please check if the roof and the floor of the car are still straight, if you see wrinkles the body is probably bent...
Other ways of checking:
measure Front Left centre hub to Rear Left centre hub
measure FR centre hub to RR centre hub
Those 2 distances should be the same...give or take a few mm, otherwise the body is bent.

is the car still tracking true and straight? Is the steering wheel still in the straight ahead position if the car is driven straight ahead? is the car still tracking straight ahead if you take your hands of the wheel? Yes? then your lucky, No? possible bent body.

ask advice from a body repair shop.



Hi there!

i believe that the body isn´t bent! the roof has no wrinkles.

the floor had some damage, that is the reasen why they stretched the body in the repair shop, so that it would all be correctly aligned, tomorrow they will cut the damaged parts and swap by other.

When i drive the car the steering wheel isn´t straight, but when i take the hands off it the car drives more or less straight ahead! i had the wheels fully to the left when i was hit, so it can be it!