[renegadewrx]

Well I had a little adventure today in the off roading world. pictures to come of my war wounds...lets just say baby trees 1 me 0. BTW anyone have a 99 RBP bumper, lol. Also any type of metal shop able to repair a rally innovations light bar .

I learn a very good lesson in how not to over correct the car while dorifting around a small turn.

I know I know :flame:

 

[Slava]

hahaha. pics? lol i had a hole in my bumper and i had to replace rebar once. head on. got into muddy turn. wish i could go offroading

 

[pudvar007]

i'd say buy a cheap L and use it for wheeling thats what i did! never once got it stuck!

 

[renegadewrx]

I'll edit this post as well with pictures of the light bar off the car and the bumper without the light bar.

 

[pudvar007]

your front bumper isnt too bad, but that lightbar is hurtin, you might just wanna buy a new one or bring that one to a local fabrication shop and have them make you one

 

[renegadewrx]

your front bumper isnt too bad, but that lightbar is hurtin, you might just wanna buy a new one or bring that one to a local fabrication shop and have them make you one

Yeah the light bar is $239 with out shipping and I got it on the car when I purchased it. When I have any extra money towards something like that then I will buy another one. The bumper isn't too bad and I thought it would actually be worse than it was.

Tomorrow when I go to work I will go out on that tank trail again to take pictures of the fallen trees. I think I actually won the battle with the trees but they got my wallet where it hurts.

 

[Slava]

your bumper is perfectly fine. just get beefier light bar. haha. i had my fans in my pulley belts once. from headon to the tree

 

[BRZCory]

Just think what your bumper woulda looked like without the bar there, lol.

 

[JaeILV2]

at least your drivin it the way it's made for.

 

[renegadewrx]

Just think what your bumper woulda looked like without the bar there, lol.

yeah I know the bumper would be done for, along with the radiator and probably even the bumper beam. I wasn't even going that fast but I threw it side ways and then over corrected more than once. I got traction faster than I thought I would after drifting. now I know that AWD is not for drifting. I'm now grounded my mom I mean wife is all pissed at me for taking my car down a tank trail.

 

[impreza2002]

Thats why you need this RI light bar.i used a snow bank to "stop" at 25mph once and not even a dent or scratch.it works as a cone plow too.

http://www.southcoastperformance.com/view_product.php?product=SSG001

 

[renegadewrx]

Thats why you need this RI light bar.i used a snow bank to "stop" at 25mph once and not even a dent or scratch.it works as a cone plow too.

http://www.southcoastperformance.com/view_product.php?product=SSG001

That may work great in snow and with traffic cones but I wonder how it does with trees. Maybe I'll try that one out next lol.

 

[DaveP]

asdf

your lucky you had the light bar on it or it would have been a looooot worse

 

[Auslander]

you're better off with a weaker lightbar that collapses than a strong one (like a bullbar) that get pushed in and destroys the front end of your car.

 

[renegadewrx]

your lucky you had the light bar on it or it would have been a looooot worse

I agree, I don't think I'll be doing anything that crazy off roading next time. I'll take it way more easier until I get a good feel for driving in the dirt. Learned my lesson big time with that one.

 

[ride4life32]

you might even be able to pop that dent out if you do it right. you got off easy, which is a great thing. good luck finding a new light bar.

 

[Siper2]

Just think what your bumper woulda looked like without the bar there, lol.

I was just about to say the same.

I know it sucks, most of us have made dumb mistakes. This'll make you feel better: six months after I bought my brand new RS, in the first snow storm, I ran it into a ditch, on my road, and caused over $9K in damage.

You think YOU'RE embarrassed? :lol:

 

[aresbykes]

i jumped my car over a hill and into a pond...

and blew all the bolts apart on my left fender.. beat that

 

[Siper2]

Ha!!!

 

[AcquaCow]

You think YOU'RE embarrassed? :lol:

Don't make me mention my Annapolis Subaru story....

-- Dave