Glad to see nobody was hurt. It always hurts to see a banged up Z for sure.

Standard Women Drivers :facepalm:

Im glad your ok bro, your skills as a driver seemed to help prevent more damage in this situation.

Oh man, hope everything works out with your Z's Digitonium and 2theextreme.

Hey Digi, Sorry to hear about your Z. I hope the repairs come fast and not costly. Did the airbags happen to go off I'm guessing since you were around 40mph? Those are $$$ to replace.

Glad to hear everyone was unharmed.

Ouch, glad to hear everyone was ok, did the insurance place you at fault? I was in a car involved in a similar type of accident and the insurance put the blame on our friend even though the lady in the other vehicle clearly cut him off in our lane. Something about her being already in the lane when we got hit.

Obviously she was arrested for gratuitous damage to a sports car (little known regulation) ... or more likely she had an outstanding warrant.

Too bad, but I'm sure you'll get fixed up all shiny and new.

Thanks guys... it was hard to sleep last night. Well that + super severe allergies.

I contacted her insurance (Progressive) to file a claim a few hours after the accident. A local rep called and I did the recorded interview, which was pretty easy. I started shaking again when I started talking about it (newb here). She says she will try to contact the other driver and ask her a few questions. Then I quickly mentioned that she was apprehended, and that threw the rep in for a quick surprise. She ask if I knew why, and I told her I didn't feel it was my business to ask. Basically, I kept a distance once the state troopers arrive and didn't want to say anything stupid while handling my own situation.

I also notified my insurance that I was involved in an accident that was not my fault and was told to call the other party's insurance and deal with them first.

Looking at how close the wheel was to being smashed, can you imagine how much difference if it was 1 or 2 MPH?

Yup... pretty stressed. Just hoping my car is safe in the dealer body shop. I can take it anywhere, but it was already dropped off at the dealer shop.

The race is on to see if my Smurf gets put back together before your baby does, DIGI! :rofl2: (hey, gotta keep it a little lighthearted since we're both experiencing somewhat of the similar thing)

That sucks Digi, glad to hear you're ok though :tup:

Reminds me of an accident I had last year. I wanted to turn left onto the highway on ramp and there was a guy making a right onto the ramp coming from the opposite side of the road. Since there were no other cars on the road I began to turn left. This idiot (with his right turn signal on) decides to jump out of the ramp and keep going straight. I immediately slammed on my brakes and had my car completely stopped. It was a 2 lane road and I was stopped not in his lane, but in the one next to it completely out of his way. I thought everything would be good and at the last second this fvcker decides to swerve head-on into my car :mad:

The accident totaled my new 2010 maxima which I only had for 4 months. Worst part was, It ws declared my fault just because I was turning left. Luckily I didst get a ticket and no one got hurt. The only good thing that came out of it was getting more money back for the car than I bought it for and I was able to get the Z because of it. This is the only accident I've ever been in.

sorry to hear about the unfortunate accident. Get her fixed back up and on the road again!

DIGI, super sorry to read what transpired, but you're okay and that's all that matters.

happy to hear you're ok. Good luck with all the repairs.... would be a good time for aftermarket front bumper :tup:

The bumper remains stock... INGS+1 lip waiting to get installed. I may simply install a black Pearl Burger emblem. :) I will keep you guys posted this Tuesday. Everything ell restocked, but I'm hoping to update my headlight seeing with some outside help.

(Android touch keyboard fail)

OMG :eek: ........... Look at that rust!

Sorry bro. That has to suck. I hate seeing this. Glad your ok. After it's fixed, take alot of time making sure the bodyshop did great work. I see alot of bad stories here about that. Best wishes to you.

Damn sorry this happened. At least the damage doesn't seem that bad.

ouch

Don't be too embarrassed about the shaking thing. I still sometimes freak out a bit about my first accident that happened years ago. Even when they are minor, they scare the **** out of you.

Props for remaining calm and not chewing the other driver out, though.

Sucks a good thing ur ok..

Make sure you follow up with a diminished value claim...this is very important to do and they (the insurance company) won't mention it. I had an no-fault accident in my Z about a month after I got it where there was about $6,000 in damage. I got $5,300 in the diminished value claim to pay off a chunk of the loan with in addition to the damage being fixed.

This is to cover the loss of value of the vehicle after the accident.

I just do not understand why people have to drive these huge SUVs'.

Update:
Over $5200 in damages. Body shop is currently working on my car. The insurance company was willing to pay for half the cost of modifying the headlights, and they only covered the broken headlight.

The work consists of replacing the fender, passenger headlight, bumper, support brackets, passenger air box, and fix the hood. They will take it to another shop in town to work on the clear bra. In the meantime, I ordered a black chrome burger emblem for the front bumper.

My car will look ridiculous for awhile because of the mismatched headlights, but I am in talks with a modder to work on "Version 2.0" of my headlights (originally done by CinCity). The look will be similar, but improved with different LEDs and painted shroud. Plus, the Ultinon 6000K bulbs will be replaced with Morimoto 5000K bulbs.

When all the work is completed, I'll post updated pictures.

This summer? INGS +1 waiting to be installed... thank goodness I never installed the lip. It would've been trashed.

So how much will you be out of pocket, to be made whole?

Glad to read matters are well underway to recovery.

:iagree:

You should check out this thread as a possible alternative for your headlights. I think it looks pretty sick.

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...-oneighty.html

you fvcking spamming cvnt! reported

+1

I just got the call that a new hood has to be ordered. The other party's insurance is taking care of everything. The check written to me only covers half the mod, tow charge, and OEM emblem ($477).

Out of pocket:
Matching driver side headlight ($630)
Morimoto 5000K bulbs to match both headlights ($55)
TRS Projector Lens Upgrade ($50)
Black Chrome Emblem ($75-80)

That doesn't include over $200 spent on hardware to mod the headlights on my own (paint, LEDs, etc.). I've decided to have someone work on them for me, so figure another $200-300 on top.

Yup, saw that. I've decided to stick to the original design, but with better LEDs. Plus, I gave up on 180|Custom.

Hey Digi, you don't happen to have an extra passenger side headlight do you?

Seems like things are moving pretty quickly, I hope you get your car back soon Digi. When you say better LEDs, are you updating them to brighter bulbs?

Nope... I'll end up with a CinCity modded driver side. I believe a small part of the bracket (where pop rivet meets the headlight and engine bay trim) broke when the bumper was ripped out. Let me know if you are interested.

Thanks! I'm talking to a modder, who shares the same interests with the LEDs I ordered, about the design. He has some ideas as well, so we'll see how it will turn out in the end. The LED color should be pretty neutral (5000-6000k). The Super Flux LEDs can handle up to 70 mA, while the LEDs I have will be running around 150 mA (350-1500 mA capable!). It's a conservative setup, but hopefully it'll be clean.

man, im late to the party, but 1) glad your ok.. 2) glad things are on track for you and 3) glad you aren't getting dicked over by cin city like many people have..

Thanks! The turn around time for CinCity took 2-3 months, and it took a few more months afterwards to get my core refund. But enough about that...

Well... I'm going to tease you guys with my new ideas since some new toys came in today. I'm still in the design stage with the "modder" for Version 2.0 of my headlights. Hopefully I get my car back late next week so I can take out the headlights and ship them out. Till then... I will speak little about the design. It won't be that exciting... just using different LEDs and making some other changes. :happydance:

Update: Repairs Completed
 

I dropped by the body shop to check up on my car, and the repairs are complete! At first glance, everything looks great and it looks like the car was never involved in an accident the first place. There were no structural damages so they didn't have any issues lining up the panels. So the passenger fender, headlight, bumper, and hood were replaced. I also dropped in the black pearl emblem.

Next up is getting the clear bra installation on Friday. On Monday, new Hankook tires (from 255/35 & 285/30 to 275/35 & 305/30), Power Slot rotors, Hawk HPS Pads, G-Stop brake lines, Motul fluid, and Swift springs will be installed. Also, 4-wheel alignment is covered by the other party's insurance. :tup:

Afterwards... I'm going to drop the bumper and pop off the headlights and ship them off to get modded followed by INGS +1 installation. Phew!

Here's what it looks like now:
http://www.the370z.com/members/digit...d-04062011.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/digit...d-04062011.jpg

Haha, the Z has a black eye still. Great to see the Z restored to her prime, can't wait to see the lip installed!

Looks good! She's smiling again! lol

Haha, I was going to say the same thing. Looking good Digi :tup:

digi! very nice! Glad to see all is well, plus you're off with your improved mods!

Glad to see that it got fixed! Do aftermarket wheels get covered?

yay fixed up