valentinoamoro
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Was driving to work and a 4 inch (ish) rock fell from a truck ahead of me @70mph. Idiots didnt bother to pull a tarp over the gravel truck.
The rock was bouncing along the freeway moving right from the center of the middle lane I was on. I tried to dodge it but it was too late, there was a sickening single crunch sound and I see the rock split behind me in the rear view mirror.
Get to work, look under the car (to the best of my abilities using my phone flash light) and I (think) I see the part where it hit the car and split (it also corresponds with the area I heard the sound come from!).
Turns out it went diagonally under center of the front splitter (where it entered without contacting anything) straight towards the pinch weld on the passenger side. On it bounce up it hits the Steeda ultralite rail, slightly scuffs the hammertone finish and cracks in two. The rail is 99% perfect and not even dented. The split rock then slightly scratches the underside of my rocker panel (very minor). If the rail was not there this would have likely hit the pinch weld hard and caused some damage.
I'm a happy camper today. It's always nice when a product performs more than its intended function. Perhaps this is another reason to get BMR's CB006 chassis brace!
:headbonk:
P.S - I'll need to put it on a lift to confirm in a couple of weeks. Keeping my fingers crossed.
The rock was bouncing along the freeway moving right from the center of the middle lane I was on. I tried to dodge it but it was too late, there was a sickening single crunch sound and I see the rock split behind me in the rear view mirror.
Get to work, look under the car (to the best of my abilities using my phone flash light) and I (think) I see the part where it hit the car and split (it also corresponds with the area I heard the sound come from!).
Turns out it went diagonally under center of the front splitter (where it entered without contacting anything) straight towards the pinch weld on the passenger side. On it bounce up it hits the Steeda ultralite rail, slightly scuffs the hammertone finish and cracks in two. The rail is 99% perfect and not even dented. The split rock then slightly scratches the underside of my rocker panel (very minor). If the rail was not there this would have likely hit the pinch weld hard and caused some damage.
I'm a happy camper today. It's always nice when a product performs more than its intended function. Perhaps this is another reason to get BMR's CB006 chassis brace!
:headbonk:
P.S - I'll need to put it on a lift to confirm in a couple of weeks. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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