Head-on collision

[walahbro]

Making my way home last night travelling on 60km/h through an intersection, a driver in an astra quickly pulled out to turn in front of me. So i swerved away, gave him my driver side corner, and locked up. Too late to avoid him as he plowed into me. Spun him right around.
We both walked from the cars, just a little shaken.
Here are the results...

Broken steering arm snapped and punctured the fuel tank, powr steering leaking and its bent other arms underneath, front wheels pointing different directions and wheel is pushed back, one side of the bull bar has been sheered clean off at the bottom. Front corners crumpled.

Intercooler and turbo piping, headlight all looked intact.
Here are some pics.uploadfromtaptalk1438327703376.jpguploadfromtaptalk1438327809462.jpg

[LandroverScott]

thanks for sharing, glad you're OK.

chassis OK?

other car much worse off

[walahbro]

Cheers mate
Not sure how straight chasis is after it, the body shop told me theyd let me know how bad things are on monday

[Bearman]

Hopefully no serious damage to the perentie, but if the wheel has been pushed back it has probably damaged the chassis where the front radius rod pivots. Looks like the astra came off second best (if that's any consolation) You need a proper bull bar instead of that coat hanger!

[Lotz-A-Landies]

You need to get underneath and rub your hands down both sides of the chassis for rippling in the side walls and underneath for kinking. Especially check where the radius arm bracket is attached to the chassis (next to fuel tank) and where the spring mount bracket is on the chassis.

This will be the determining factor whether the vehicle is repairable or a statutory write off. (Not allowed to use chassis straightening anymore).

[dingsy]

Good luck mate - hopefully all straight I know you've put a whole bunch or work into that beast.

[Chris078]

dang. That's some bad luck.
Hope you were insured. If you were and they write it off, see how much they want to buy it back off the insurance company.
You may be able to make some money parting it out. Lots of panels, engine transfer case and gearbox, not too mention the winch that should still be sellable for a decent amount.

[walahbro]

The panel beater was telling me to look for a new bull bar so he could include it in his quote. Anyone know which bull bar is out there to suit the perentie with pto winch?

We both have insurance, I'm insured agreed for $20k through Shannons. So far only dealing through his insurance, we'll see how it goes.

Organised a rental which his insurance will pay for, through acorn replacement vehicles, they take care of it all.

....just hoping its not written off...

[dingsy]

I have one if you need it, has a small dent it one of the cross struts but otherwise all ok. It's the same style as yours. Are you Sydney based? PM me if you're interested. The panel beater may be able to fix the minor dent.

Edit: sorry I see you would need a new bar here : Maybe rijidij ?I thought he was looking at making them

[4runnernomore]

Try APT