Rear-ended a F150 that turned in front of me today, not a good start to my morning, especially only 150' from making it to work, wasted an hour of my day! Anyway here's some pics, not too much damage, just the hood. And for our Michigan members, this was right in front of the Detroit Arsenal in Warren (I work across the street), damn government contractors.

My car at the scene


His truck at the scene


At home, how much is a stock hood?


Interesting look for the grill, all wavy...


Looks like somebody punched it in the face


Now lift up your... hood


By the way, in case anybody is wondering, he was at fault, and thanks to his attitude with the responding officer, got 2 tickets rather than getting let off.

 

gotta love receiver hitches....

 

Now you are going to have people tell you its BS. Its always your fault when you rearend someone. I am sticking up for you though b/c I have rearended someone and it was their fault.

Sorry for you and your car.... Hopefully the jerk will learn his lesson for next time....

TIME FOR AN AFTERMARKET HOOD!!

 

that usually is the case...but if you pull out and cut someone off? different case. (isnt that what happened here?)

 

yeah, in jersey it's almost always your fault unless you can provide sufficient evidence saying otherwise.

but that really sucks dude, it seems like a lot of cobalt owners are getting into accidents and whatnot.

 

That's what the cop thought at first until he realized that I was going straight and the guy made a right turn into the left lane in front of me, at a red light for him no less (which was lawful except that I was coming up behind him faster than he was pulling out), and he was trying to tell the cop he had the right of way.

I was kind of thinking the same thing about the hood.

yeah, if he didn't have the hitch I'd probably just have scratches.

Cop told the guy he was at fault after hearing how it happened, then the guy got all pissed at the cop, they were yelling at eachother. it was rather funny.

Exactly it, all I could do was stomp on the clutch and brakes and lay on the horn...

 

well... time for that carbon fiber hood...

 

You were lucky.

Thats very little damage, and only to the hood too.

Nice Hood kill.

 

just be happy noone got hurt, and then be glad you didnt hit your radiator and intercooler cluster!

 

clean that thing.. ugh!

 

Sorry to hear, That sucks when **** happens to the "Baby"

were you planning to run that with insurance?

Make sure that the pins are still aligned.

 

The girfriend doesn't like the CF, and I'm undecided, so I think I'm gonna replace it with the stock one.

Yeah, the only reason it was so little was from braking so hard, otherwise it would have bee a couple inches lower, so right through the grill.

It wasn't too bad at all the onlt damage to his truck was the wireing harness for the trailer hookup, guess his hitch took most of it.

Weather has been crappy, and I only hand wash, I hate carwashes.

It'll get fixed one way or the other, have to see if the stock hood is more than my deductable or not, I did already file a claim though, since I wasn't at fault it won't affect my insurance wether they pay for it or if I just pay out of pocket.
the latch and everything does still line up well enough to be safe untill it's fixed.


Thank all of you for for the kind replies.

 

yeah-- it looks like only the hood got messed up. I guess that's the only good thing about it.

 

That sucks man. Go with the RKSport hood and paint it blue. BTW, what kind of rims are those? They look pretty decent.

 

Those are my winter wheels from TireRack.com, they look better when they're clean, alot of brake dust on them right now.
17x7 Sport Edition D3 Silver $89.00 each They're pretty light too, don't remember the actual weight though.
225/50VR-17 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-22 $161.00 each

The only aftermarket hood I really like is the CF SS style one in your sig, did you get yours from C-A or Modern? It would be a waste to paint the carbon fiber, anyone know if anybody has one like it in fiberglass?

 

If it's the other guy's fault then his insurance (or he) should be picking up the tab, with no out of pocket costs for you.

Generally, an aftermarket hood (Carbon Fiber or Fiberglass) is cheaper than a new stock equipement hood. Get the estimate for the repair work (which will include a new OEM hood, paint and labor) and have his insurance co send the check to you. Then buy the parts you want.

If you contact the company that makes the CF hood you want, you can probably get them to make one for you in Fiberglass. It'd be a special order, but would still likely save you some cash (my fiberglass hood was $150 cheaper than the CF equivelant). Alternatively, there is nothing wrong w/ painting the CF hood; it'll still likely be cheaper than the OEM replacement. In fact you may consider painting the entire hood except the "hood scoop" in the middle or some other effect like stripes.

 

Hmmm, that's a good idea, thanks!

 

that sucks dude, but i also think you should get the RK sport hood and paint it blue

 

go rksport, or you could get the CF hood and get it painted, afterall, it's your car, the day i lot someone else tell me wut to do with my car is the day I lose all mental ability to decide on my own.

 

that sucks man, but as long as ur ok thats the mian thing..and atleats you dont have to pay for the damange

 

Carbon fiber hood time!

 

Screw the girlfriend, get the CF, its sexy

Remember, girls are temporary, Cobalts are forever

 

Like I said, I'm undecied so it's like 1.25 votes no, and .5 yes. At least she's only 3/4 of a vote but this one is not temporary
If I do CF it will at least mostly painted.