The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebaggery

[SlimKlim]

Well, I loved JMU, but JMU didn't love my car back.

On the first cruise of the year we were coming back down 33 headed towards the 'burg, and someone pulled out in front of the convoy, causing us to stop short, it caught David by surprise and by the time he had reacted it was too late and there was a little honda-bmw love tap.

It wrecked the bumper, cracked a taillight, dented the spare tire well, and bent the exhaust tips.





A week later my ever graceful, light footed, and strangely, completely sober 220lb roommate barreled into my car at full clip on a road bike, trying to race me (also on a bike, car was parked) down the hill to Rockingham. Since he was flat broke, I had to suck it up and deal with it.



Notice the splatter of paint flecks on the windshield. Nice touch.



The insurance company cut me a check for almost $4400. I think I spent roughly $3100 of that on having the rear end sorted back out, and then used whatever ridiculous amount they gave me for the cracked tail to buy Euro-style clears.



They gave me something like $1100 for the bent exhaust. I weighed the options, exhaust or wheels. Bent exhaust and wheels, new exhaust, and old wheels. Hmmmmmm.




...My exhaust is bent.

I bought a set of TRMotorsport (Enkei) 17x9 MT-1s wrapped in Hankook RS2s (they were on clearance) and ordered some 10mm spacers I wouldn't end up actually needing for about $1500.



At some point I spent a windy, cold Saturday under my car in Cabell's parking lot installing a ghetto short shifter (The stock arm, from a 4 banger Z3) but I think it was too cold to record the process with pictures. I also replaced some bushings and got rid of the shifter slop.