Damn that sucks big time man. I feel bad hearing anything about Daks
damaged... but its worse when it happens to a silver Dak! You are
lucky though. Sounds like the idiot behind you suffered the worst
damage by far. Heh... as much as I hate hearing about a Dak getting hit
- i love hearing more about how well they held up compared to the other
car/truck.
Don't worry - you'll get her good as new in no time.
"Granpa" Silver89
scsilverdak wrote:
>I attended the HOT ROD SUPERNATIONALS this weekend, the trip to CANFIELD was
>supposed to be a vacation to relieve some stress,...... NOT!!!
>FRIDAY afternoon while leaving the event,on our way to dinner a new '02
>HONDA SUV decides to try to park in
>my DAK's bed while I was stopped for a traffic light.
>After the impact which felt like a really hard bump, we pulled to the side
>of the road so's not to block traffic, the
>HONDA suv pulls in beside me at which time I get a look at the damage. The
>entire front clip on this poor HONDA
>IS DESTROYED from about 6" behind both headlights
>forward, both front sections of the frame are shoved thru the bumper cover,
>the headlights (not broken mind you)
>are pushed back and out, the hood is buckled and everything forward of the
>radiator and battery is crushed!
>The DAK on the other hand faired a bit better (2) small
>dents at the lower edge of tailgate about the size of a silver dollar, and
>the Back bumper is completely destroyed, it is no shaped kinda like an "s"
>when viewed from the side sighting down the tailgate, it's shoved over to
>the drivers side and in to the bed corner just a little.
>all in all the damage isn't that bad, my plate frame even survived without a
>scratch.
>MMMMMMMMMM.......That MBRP CUDA-STYLE
>catback exhaust and roll pan kit sounds like a nice upgrade right about
>now!!!!!!!!
>
>on another bit of bad luck......The dyno test wound up blowing the belly pan
>gasket on the intake.......so I guess I'll be giving Bernd a call this
>week......mmmm another $100 to fix this plus the gasket..... I just can't
>WIN!!!!
>
>The only good news is the DAK dyno'd 185 RWHP and
>249 lbs of RWTQ, the dyno operator swears the Dak
>will make an easy 200-225 RWHP and close to 300lbs
>of RWTQ once the boost problem is sorted out.
>
>MMMMM.......6 WEEKS TILL CARLISLE........
>can we get it fixed in time???.......I think so!!!!
>photo's to be posted on my website this week!!!!
>
>Ron-
>2001 Dakota Sport 3.9 supercharged br silver
>e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
>website: www.scsilverdak.com
>
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