krisv420

For some of you that will read this. I got my car back yesterday so happy! amazed with a few things and sad with others. Well good thing is the car looks good without a detailed eye. New body/paint expect for some new large dent on the hood that i didn't see when i signed for the papers. But only can be seen from the side but i need to call the shop tomorrow and see whats UP!



ALSO PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL.
I can push the parking brake all the way down to the floor of the car wtf.

Before there use to be force to push it down. Now there is nothing!

( Testing to see if it works! )

I put my foot on the brake and i pushed the parking brake in and i put the car in drive and it still moved perfectly normal. like there was no parking brake or anything!

And a rubber piece that goes inside the engine bay is missing. Which is a key thing i need to go back and get.


Besides that IM IN *L*O*V*E* AGAIN!

kirax2

wow that's my neighbor's car

BlkBenz8

Feels good to get it backk huh?
yeaaahhh, i know.
Car looks really clean and are you talking about the little dent by the mercedes sign?

krisv420

Was never there i will take a picture of a side view its very big! But only can tell if you look at it side ways.

Feels amazing to have the car again about to install my kickers now =D

pissed the **** off about the parking brake.

AC Blows COLD AIR like mad now to bad i never use it

BlkBenz8

you can't really tell from the front.. And the foot brake? Idk how they messed that up but u better hit them back up asap!! You should hurry up and install those kickerss.. They're beasts!

shivi1345

nicee

its a good feeling getting your car back

dbvolz

Congrats! I get my baby back from the shop tomorrow... It's like falling in love all over again every time we're apart... damn that sounds cheesy... LOL

ArsnlKen

Congrats K! She sure is CLEEAANN!! Looks just like mine but I just had to smoke my sidemarkers (think I'm gonna change em out again to the white ones)...get that parking brake looked at buddy!

krisv420

Here are pictures of the parking brake. I found out while looking at it that one of the cables has snapped. As you can see in pictures.

I was installing my subs today after i couldn't find a place to run the power cable through the firewall i just gave up =/

shivi1345

so.....what are you gonna do now?


I want to see someone put an 8" sub in the ski pass, they do that on e46's a lot

krisv420

Either try to find some were to TAP a power cable or find a place in the firewall when i more patients

Benzboy13

I know how it feels...

My car was in the shop for a little longer than a month after my girlfriends tree fell on my car(true story). when i needed a car during that time, i drove my sister's 1998 volvo.

once i got my car back ,

Shake

You got fired for crashing your car?

krisv420

Yeah i worked for geeks.com theres a long story behind it. After i got in the crash i wanted to go back to work they said NO i needed some paperwork filled out by my doctor. My doctor said she couldn't see me tell end of NOV because shes never seen me before. And i was out of work for a week trying to get this stupid paperwork filled out by either urgent care or my doctor none of them would sign the paperwork. I told my work i couldn't get it signed. And that was about it.

It was a ****ty computer tech job anyways. But they ****ed me over.



Yeah my car was in the shop for almost 1 full month.. Feels so good!!! makes me feel like i just got it again

dbvolz

Wow! That sucks... I get my car back tomorrow! I can't wait! BTW this is my 300th post in reply to your 300th post! wow who's the geek now...

krisv420

ahahah that was dope! lol i love your rims on your car great color choice

dbvolz

Thanks! I'm putting a pewter pinstripe on the outer lip next week. Should make it even better!

Glyn M Ruck

Hey Kris - I've been off the board for a while on holiday in Thailand - great to see you got your car back - It looks really good - where was it damaged?

krisv420

Hey Glyn,

How are you doing. Yeah im really happy that i got it back only a few things that bug me but i fixed some of them. The DMG was in the front LEFT they gave me a new bumper new front left headlight new fender new radiator new condenser new fog lights

They did not replace it with a new headlight they replaced it with a recondition one. Which im very pissed about! and at night i was driving my car yesterday the light out put sucks *** i hate driving at night now! My right light output on the floor is like 20 feet more then my left. So the beam on the ground looks like this /

Ill take a picture its so hard to see on the left now can't even see the reflectors on the highway! bug me so bad last night

But im getting DEPO headlights soon so w/e

But im more mad about the parking brake if you saw that.

Glyn M Ruck

Repair looks great - I would make them fix that light to like it was - Here's full brake diagram if it helps.

krisv420

This is the cable that is snapped



New marks on the back of my car are pretty cool as well

Glyn M Ruck

Oh! damn - need a new one. I suppose they won't fix it as part of the accident??

electromethod

Use the search function and you will have your answer on how to run the power line through the firewall. Very simple actually.

krisv420

Hmmmm lets check. Ive already seen the E class install looks like its time to search.

krisv420

Dope i found it thanks! took 2 hours because i took my time so i didn't mess up anything now i need to take off the rear deck to tap my rear bose subwoofer =/ gotta see how to do that now