ER 2004 hasn't given up yet! Collision Station to the resscue!

[Matt Vassallo]

ok so as you all know, i managed to hit the wall with some speed at irwindale.

http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/crash2.jpg
http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/crash.jpg

We sent the car to The Collision Station in Port Orange, FL.

they have some sweet frame machine skills.

http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/frame.JPG
http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/frame2.JPG
http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/frame3.JPG

thank you so much to Origin-Lab USA , Version Select USA for sending us new fenders and front bumper for our vehicle for SEMA. Thank you collision station for repairing the thing that we thought was destroyed!!

http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/fenders.JPG
http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/fenders2.JPG
http://eastcoastdrift.com/teamenjuku/crash/fenders3.JPG


more pictures coming soon! I will be driving it next saturday at DDAY 8 in ocala.

if anybody in the florida area needs good bodywork after an accident on the too gay -

Contact Info for Collision Station:

The Collision Station
931 Alexander Ave.
Port Orange, FL 32129

Phone:
(386)322-4447

Email:
info@collisionstation.com

Website:
http://www.collisionstation.com/


i think these pictures speack for themselv.

[Boomer]

awesome....

good to see dat der race car of yours back on da track....

haha

[Silvia_San]

hmmmmm....... are there prices good?

[SpottedMango]

damn nice.

[Ronald Mcdonald]

that is awesome, glad to hear both cars are back in action..!

[LongFellow]

Awesome, how much did that cost? looks like alot of work. seems like they know what there doing

[Matt Vassallo]

from the work you can tell the prie doesn't matter.. it's good work.

[LongFellow]

very true. excelent job. jw tho

[Epstein]

A little welding and bending cost a lot less than preping a whole new chassis. Even if they are sponsored by Mazworx. I really didn't believe you when you told me this afternoon! hahaha

[P_Productions]

Wow! Amazing!

[Matt Vassallo]

i'll see everyone at dday :)

[satanshatch]

from the work you can tell the prie doesn't matter.. it's good work.Translation FUCK YEAH There expensive :lol:

Nice to see it back on the road Matt...

[Jonas]

congrats matt good to see the car on the road again! btw do u happen to have any video of the actual crash from irwindale?

[hachibill]

holy crap!!!! i thought it was done for sure. wow thats awsome ass work.

[Ronald Mcdonald]

+1 on the possible video of the crash....

[Matt Vassallo]

no, I do not have video of the crash, i have video of me losing control of it and going towards the wall, but no actual crash video.

[Ronald Mcdonald]

post it up please!

[Matt Vassallo]

haha, no thanks!

[Ronald Mcdonald]

ah, come one, weve all seen the aftermath, lets see the cause! ( or at least as much of it as we can...lol )

[NismoZ]

yeah, it can also help others learn from your mistakes

by watching and figuring out what went wrong it could prevent a similar occurance in the future if others are in such a predicament.

and it wasnt even on formula.D they showed everyone else's crash....86 roll....s14 rail-slide..even enjuku's usual hanging off bumper..but no crash

looks like great work btw

[paul kersey]

thats one really clean body shop.

[Matt Vassallo]

honestly the car crashed because i lost front grip and had no front bumper and couldnt react in time. end of story.

always run with full bumpers.

[suaknee]

we can rebuilt, we have the technology...

Dope. It will live to slide another day...

[OniS14]

resurrected!!! that's some really really good bodywork..
post some pics after its completed..
i got a feeling this is gonna be in a magazine article...

[dudocius240sx]

Mattback=fail

[CB7 Type R]

ok so as you all know, i managed to hit the wall with some speed at irwindale.
i think these pictures speack for themselv.

Damn cuz, how fast were you going?

[sidehappyside]

I could of fixed that. :)

[Jonas]

hey rob will you guys be mounting tires like usual?

[Just Dave]

by watching and figuring out what went wrong

Translation: Every two bit drift hack wannabe will tell you how bad you screwed up because they never crash in the Initial D game.

[Animosity]

Translation: Every two bit drift hack wannabe will tell you how bad you screwed up because they never crash in the Initial D game.

i crash in the initial D game
(they have a initial d video game?!:lol: :lol: :lol:)

[Epstein]

Seriously guys, I saw the video and there's nothing to it. Mattback lays it down on lap one, clipping a pylon and slinging the bumper off. Then, lap 2 from a standing start, you see him accel through 45mph, where the video cuts away to nice shots of the ground for the rest of second and 3rd gear. Then the video cuts back to the car parked against the wall for about 2 seconds in shaky-cam style. That's it. Where it happens is really far from the camera, so what little is on tape is about 1/2" high on your TV.

I think hachibill was the camera man. He should stick to driving! hahaha

[Matt Vassallo]

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wow.

thank you collision station. you guys are insane.

i'm driving it tomrorow. ! ! ! i love this car.

im esxhausted but going to eat now and gonna get some rest for tomrorow...

[NismoZ]

fordified is an idiot, if you (or others) dont learn from your mistakes then you crash for nothing. it's ok if you were trying to be funny

anyway, whats the gold stuffs on the firewall, paint or some kind of heat prevention shrink wrap?

[Just Dave]

My point is nobody would learn. They would all come up with the "matt = fail" bullshit and talk trash about how he screwed up when they are living room and internet drifters. I know Matt can drive the shit out of a car. I don't know exactly what happened here, and I bet Matt doesn't either, but trying to discuss it with a group of people who are not in any position to offer SOLID input won't accomplish anything.

[dudocius240sx]

dude i said matt=fail cause he didnt posted the video, i know he could drive.

[ryojikaji143]

You have such beautiful hair Goldielocks ;) Mattback your so pretty :oops:


-Matt-Panic!

[Just Dave]

dude i said matt=fail cause he didnt posted the video, i know he could drive.

I actually wasn't referring to your remark. Its just the "in" phrase right now among drifters so I knew it would come up.

[Matt Vassallo]

here is the only thing i can come up with why i crashed


1) could the lack of a front bumper have allowed air to get under the car and create lift, explaining why i understeered so badly on the run where i crashed ?

2) were my front tires too scuffed and damaged from the 150 degree track surface ? and should they have been replaced?

3) did i just suck really bad? lol. i doubt that one because i was doing fricking awesome all weekend, and as soon as the bumper gets damaged, i screw up. i dunno. it's done now, i'll be driving staurday.

PS these origin fenders are the best fitting fenders we've used yet for S13.5 conversions..

[steve]

about time you guy's got a lift
you running it on saturday?

[Matt Vassallo]

yup

[Animosity]

looking good.

[hachibill]

real drivers adapt no matter what the circumstances are.


























































just braking your balls Mr. Vass

[teddy]

3) did i just suck really bad? lol. i doubt that one because i was doing fricking awesome all weekend,

just because you were doing awesome the day before, doesn't mean you won't make mistakes or driver errors.

[Ian MMF]

What happened to the bumper? Unless you were going into the turn or doing 90+ when you started to lose control I don't see the "lack of a front bumper have allowed air to get under the car and create lift, explaining why i understeered so badly on the run where i crashed ?" happening.

Sucks to see, glad to see its fixed.

[Blueboost]

What happened to the bumper?

Mattback lays it down on lap one, clipping a pylon and slinging the bumper off.

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[agemomai]

What happened to the bumper? Unless you were going into the turn or doing 90+ when you started to lose control I don't see the "lack of a front bumper have allowed air to get under the car and create lift, explaining why i understeered so badly on the run where i crashed ?" happening.

Sucks to see, glad to see its fixed.



I WAS doing about 85-90 miles per hour going into the bank!! hahaha. the car understeered the instant i turned in, i was fighting it all the way around the bank, but it was sliding too high up, that's all.

Matt Vassallo at work!!

[Matt Vassallo]

hey guys sorry i have not been on but the car is done, and it's geting tuned and aligned tomorrow


here are some more pics for everyone, random order, talk tro everyon elaterr!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/mattology/IMG_2174.jpg
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[suaknee]

sweet