Sideways on ripple strip - damaged chassis?
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:35 pm
Hey Gents,
recently attended a WP track day in my 02 NB, long story short - pushed a little too hard & ended up loosing control & going over a ripple strip sideways. my car is not ridiculously low, but low enough to make contact with the raised surface, being the ripple strip.
i have video footage of this but in crappy format that doesn't allow me to edit etc, looking over it - you can definitely hear when impact occurs, it was somewhat violent - in that it moved the camera mount when the car made contact. I also recall looking towards the rear of the car as it was in motion, & seeing sparks fly up when contact was made (although i was packing it, i was also relaxed in a weird sort of way). anyways, when i jacked up the car & got under it this is what i was able to see:
side view
directly underneath
under car, scratched underside & sheared bolt head
these were the only bits of damage i was able to see, there doesn't appear to be any other bent items besides the chassis rail as pictured. after it happened, the car stalled (as i steered it onto grass), had to pull the keys out to turn it on, engine light was on & remained on for a couple of hours. when i drove back to pits, i felt no weird vibrations, steering was not compromised, no weird noises etc.. in other words, there were no structural issues.
should i be worried about this? is this a common occurrence? have i defiled my beloved..?
cheers,
Jas.
recently attended a WP track day in my 02 NB, long story short - pushed a little too hard & ended up loosing control & going over a ripple strip sideways. my car is not ridiculously low, but low enough to make contact with the raised surface, being the ripple strip.
i have video footage of this but in crappy format that doesn't allow me to edit etc, looking over it - you can definitely hear when impact occurs, it was somewhat violent - in that it moved the camera mount when the car made contact. I also recall looking towards the rear of the car as it was in motion, & seeing sparks fly up when contact was made (although i was packing it, i was also relaxed in a weird sort of way). anyways, when i jacked up the car & got under it this is what i was able to see:
side view
directly underneath
under car, scratched underside & sheared bolt head
these were the only bits of damage i was able to see, there doesn't appear to be any other bent items besides the chassis rail as pictured. after it happened, the car stalled (as i steered it onto grass), had to pull the keys out to turn it on, engine light was on & remained on for a couple of hours. when i drove back to pits, i felt no weird vibrations, steering was not compromised, no weird noises etc.. in other words, there were no structural issues.
should i be worried about this? is this a common occurrence? have i defiled my beloved..?
cheers,
Jas.
