The other night I was driving down a road on RIT campus and ran over a bus stop sign that was in the middle of the road for some reason. I was looking in my side mirror looking at a van that stopped on the other side with damage on the front, then BAM *grinding*.

The bus stop's weighted bottom hit my front end. Ripped the air dam off, snapped my drag link, bent my tie rod, crushed my stabilizer, bent my track bar, made a gash in my front D30 cover with a dent, the metal part near the location for e-disconnects is crushed, and it went through to the back and dented my mid pipe, and dented my rear frame.

No bodily damage, no fluid leaks (other than stabilizer), and I'm hoping everything will be fine. It is being towed to a "specialist" in Albion, NY and insurance is paying for everything. The sign was supposed to be on the other side of the road, and somehow it was laying flat in the middle of my lane and I ran over it. I ran over the weighted part on the bottom.

Might as well enjoy the Sirius radio in my Kia Rio rental car.

 

That damage sounds so gnarly

 

Yeah. I'm pissed about how the sign was in the middle of the road and the person who hit it just drove off to a distance and never moved the sign.

 

ouch, time for upgrades though, diff covers, RK tie rod etc.

 

I would upgrade if I could. But insurance will only pay for OEM parts.

Need a new front axle too. Total cost with labor is $7,000 bucks. OUCH. Hey... I only pay the $500 deductible.

 

Ask insurance if you can pay the extra for a rubicon front axle ? It still oem

 

Or see if you can get a check and buy it yourself. You can get some awesome mods for the price of OEM parts.

 

I work full time and go to school full time. The best bet is to have a shop fix everything for me right now. I'm driving a 2009 Dakota as a rental, so I can't complain really.

The shop is top notch from what I have heard and seen. The shop will install my MBRP catback and buff my paint for me as well.

 

You hit a stop sign and did $7000 in damage
How is that even possible?

 

It wasn't a stop sign. It was one of those portable bus stop signs with the iron and concrete bottoms. The heavy part hit smack dab in the middle of my front axle. They said the front axle is bent.