Earning A New Nickname This Week

[Jason Vandergriff]

Well Im earning a new nick name this week after hitting my room mates car a few nights ago and tearing up his rear bumper cover which I am replacing. Tonight on the way home from work I hit a patch of black ice and lost control of my blazer. I slip probally a 100 feet or so chasing the rear of it going into a corner. I catch it for a split second for it to change directions and all I seen was the stop sign and the massive ditch beside it. I manage to keep the left front wheel on the road and the right front got in the ditch and deep. I drug 2 mini boulders out of the ditch with me. Ill go get pics of em in the morning. So now from what i seen when I got it home I need to replace both control arms on the right spindle idler arm tierods and drag link. This just gives me the excuse I needed to start hording my front end parts to go ahead and rebuild that end of it. Im hoping I didnt hurt the frame if I did Ill just go buy another body and drop my drive train in it.

[RJWood]

WOW...But the best part about this incident is that YOU are still in one piece.

Heck, once the Blazer is repaired you might even get a good laugh about it.

[disabled modeler]

Hey Jason....youve had a heck of a week...ive been there. at least your in one piece the blazer hopefully isnt damaged too bad..that old black ice will get ya everytime. good luck fixing her back up....

[Jason Vandergriff]

Im waiting til the morning to put it on jack stands and do a frame measurement. If the frames bent I'll just drive it like a beater if its not bent on the mounting points for the control arms Ill repair it. Im gonna need to replace all the steering components I have a new steering box for it but tie rods drag link idler arm and the right side spindle and control arm. When I replace the spindles Ill get the 2in lowering spindles and replace the springs with some good afco springs. Sway bar mount on the right side needs replaced as well. Wheel is ovaled from where it hit the ditch drain where it goes under the road. It is drivable for now but it isnt the same. I just thought the damage was worse when I was still behind the wheel but once I got outside and looked no body damage at all ewxcept a small scratch on my primmed bumper.