Check this out.....I got in an accident.
 

Went to the car meet at Carlsen Porsche/Santana Row today. It was cool until I crashed my car. It's all good,no one was hurt. I was changing freeways and whamo! I'm sideways and spinning out out of nowhere!

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...t/PICT0988.jpg

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Does anyone here know what exactly I need to install the 03'+ 986 bumper on my car?

Robert, that broke my heart to see you against that wall. :( I'm glad it was minor and nobody was hurt. It happens to all of us eventually. I definitely see an '03 rear bumper in your future.

Glad to hear there were no injuries.

The car will be better than ever after repairs....

Damn dude sorry to hear that, are the rims ok?

The rear wheel is scratched and hopefully it isn't bent. I will find out later this week.

Ya dude, looks sucky. Sorry I couldnt help you. I was coming back from a night of "fun" so I was kinda out of it. Good luck.

I get quezy just looking at that. Sorry for you. You'll be back 100% again soon.

are those Continentals?

There are P Zeros.

Sorry about your accident, but glad no one was hurt. You can put on the 03+ rear bumper, but the problem is that the bumper has a bigger gap to accommodate the larger rear spoiler in the 03+ cars. To make it look right, you'd need to also buy & install the newer, larger rear spoiler from the 03.

I've already done my homework;

986.504.609.02-03' rear spoiler
986.504.613.02-03' rear spoiler bracket
986.504.615.02(616.02)-03' bracket side covers

That should be it for the rear spoiler,now I have to figure out the rear bumper. Do you know if it's a straight swap?

Robert,

Glad you're O.K. That could've really ended up badly. Bumpers are replaceable.

Check with TriGem on the rear bumper conversion. He did it on his car.

Really sorry to see that blinkwatt. Glad to know you are OK. I know I would be feeling really down if something like this were to happen, but as others have pointed out, everything is fixable, and the car will be better than new in no time. Report back on how your 03 bumper/spoiler conversion turns out.

Yes, I'm pretty sure it is a straight swap. I've seen it put on someone's car, but they didn't put the newer spoiler on, so it looks a little strange to me because of the gap left. If you put the newer spoiler on, I think it'll look just fine.

Sorry to see the pics in this thread...

I've read about it more than a few times on the web before and have seen it discussed as a straight swap...given your parts list it sounds like you'll be Ok.

Good luck with the repairs.

Blink were the roads wet/damp? Do you have PSM?

I think this is least the 3rd or 4th Boxster I have seen on this Forum in your situation, and the roads were usually wet/damp, and the Boxster did not have PSM.

Glad you are OK.

NOOOOO, Not to such a beautiful car! Good Luck with the Repairs.

No I don't have PSM. Before this happened I never really thought I needed it.

Oh yeah the roads were way wet,1st heavy rain of the year. The part that really kills me is that I was doing triple digit speeds to get to Redwood City and during the drive my group had to speed a bit to catch up to the rest of the pack.....I lose the car switching freeways in traffic doing at most 40mph. The photo guys for the event were behind me for the drive and they saw everything that happened. They said it looked like it happened out of no where,no reason for it,car just let loose. Guess I got off lucky,could have ended up a lot worse if it happened during any other part of the drive!

Another guy at the meet said his Box started getting a little loose but his PSM kicked in,lucky guy.

Does there not seem to be an unusually high number of accidents in this forum?

Sorry to see that! I checked into the bumper swap and I think you also have to change the heat shields as well. I'll look and see if I can find the info.

Dude it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was the way you discribed it on the phone.

I have the complete list of all the parts that I needed to do the rear bumper swap at my office. I will post it tomorrow when I get to work. The parts you listed is everything you need for the spoiler. You now just need the bumper and the heat sheilds. I've got it all written down.

Glad you're ok, let me know if there is anything I can help out with.

Cart, I don't think so. There are just over 10,500 forum members now. 1% would be over 100 accidents. I don't think were have read about that many the past couple years. Not even 1/2 that amount (<0.5%).

I did read about one recently about a guy who almost drove through his garage wall! :eek:

blinkwatt,


Count your blessings. The rear quarter doesn't look like it was impacted, which is good. Every other part is replaceable easily.


PSM has saved me many times in the wet when I thought I was safe. Best of all, given enough room should I get out of shape, I can turn PSM off and probe deeper the car's limits and fine tune my driving. It's like a co-pilot. Though I don't trust it with high speed stuff yet, it's proven it's worth under ~60.

OMG Robert, those pictures made me sick to my stomach ! So sorry to hear about your car, but glad you are ok...

Nick

I still don't like looking at the pics,I just think of how lucky I was not to get injured. I guess I was really out of it when I got out of the car. One of the people that pulled over to ask me if I was alright said I was pure white and I was taking some time to respond to questions. I was just frustrated from the accident,the fact that my car was facing the wrong direction on the freeway and knowing that I won't have the car to drive for a long time. The people of San Jose were really nice,at least 5 different people pulled over to see if I was o.k.

Hopefully some good can come from this.

I had a scratch on the rear driver quarter panel I was gonna get removed in the next month or two prior to this happening. The owner of one of the best body shop in San Jose was there when I limped to Santana Row(destination),he said he would take the scratch out for me when he does the rest of the work. He's a big P-car enthusiasts. I will also have the 03' rear end installed,which I was gonna do in time anyways. Might as well take advantage of occasion.

This is a BIG if,which I doubt will happen but you never know,if it's totaled I will just go get a 00-01' S.

Hi, That just hurts to see, Hey Blinkwatt maybe a lower rear strut-brace could have avoided all that :p Thank god it wasn't any worse :) Good luck with the repair.

That guy must really suck at driving.

Hi Blink,

Hope it all turns out alright. Let us know how much damage was incurred. I sure hope they can just realign the rear trunk/quarter and no structural/frame damage was sustained. Looked like a bumper shell replacement until you pointed out the alignment of the trunk and spoiler.

Thank god you are ok, it was a pleasure meeting you.


-Random guy from TX who happened to be at the meet (business trips aren't all bad!!)

That very same thing happened to me about a year ago. Car hydroplaned out of control. I landed in the same position, but it was with my front end touching the wall. That's why I have the GT-2 front end now. By the way, what part is that laying on the wall? Looks like a fender? :confused:

It was nice meet you as well. It was nice getting some jokes out of it with you and Gerry.

It's a piece of the bumper.

Here is another pic.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...9222007016.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...9222007017.jpg

DAMN, your facing the opposite side of traffic!!!!! :eek:

Howd you manage to get 4 Porsches in one pic? wow

Dude it was a P-car meet. There was still 50+ strong despite the rain.

Is that black mark down the retaining wall yours, or some other unfortunate soul's?

Mine..........

Earlier in the thread there was a question asking if you had PSM. What year was PSM first made available? For some reason I didn't think it was available on the 986 cars. Is that not the case?

Is your car a daily driver? Did it drive normally after the contact?

robert..i give you props for having a cool attitude that day :cheers: you handle it really well...
despite the rain and the accident...it was an awesome day esp. seeing your dad drooling all over the other car..hahahahahahaha!

@ tightbox...it was nice meeting you and get to chat with you for the short drive. dude, you look so uncomfortable driving that big truck esp. when you made that u turn.. :D :D :D

next time you are in town, hit me up again :cheers: