No air bag deployment in bad crash. Wtf.
07-25-2010, 11:06 PM
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Push to have it totaled. PUSH TO HAVE IT TOTALED. If they refuse TAKE IT TO ANOTHER SHOP. I've already dealt with that crap once. 12k to repair my old SS. Totally not worth it.
07-25-2010, 11:10 PM
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The air bags only deploy when the sensors detect a certain change of force from the impact. It actually takes a lot of change in force for an airbag to go off and the measure the direct that the change in force is occuring as well. As far as fender benders causing airbags to go off, the reason this happens alot is because one of the cars is usually stopped with the brakes applied. Even if you hit them at 10 miles an hour the change in force is quite high plus the angle is typically straight on and therefore the airbags will deploy.
07-25-2010, 11:11 PM
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And for the sake of this thread, whenever you see "bent frame", just read "bent unibody" to keep all of the nit pickers away lol.
IMO a unibody can take a **** ton of impact ONCE, sure they can be pulled apart and be more or less straight, think of it like a soft drink can, one you crush it, you can pull it back straight if you're so inclined, but it's way less stable after.
IMO a unibody can take a **** ton of impact ONCE, sure they can be pulled apart and be more or less straight, think of it like a soft drink can, one you crush it, you can pull it back straight if you're so inclined, but it's way less stable after.
07-26-2010, 12:12 AM
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And for the sake of this thread, whenever you see "bent frame", just read "bent unibody" to keep all of the nit pickers away lol.
IMO a unibody can take a **** ton of impact ONCE, sure they can be pulled apart and be more or less straight, think of it like a soft drink can, one you crush it, you can pull it back straight if you're so inclined, but it's way less stable after.
IMO a unibody can take a **** ton of impact ONCE, sure they can be pulled apart and be more or less straight, think of it like a soft drink can, one you crush it, you can pull it back straight if you're so inclined, but it's way less stable after.
Through proccesses such as anneling, metal can be unwork haredned, softend, and reworked ect. I'm not a metalergist, but hey, if they can make it that way once with metal they can make it that way again with metal
Of course it might take melting down the entire frame and recasting/molding/recycling it.
07-26-2010, 12:18 AM
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When you bend it though, you cold work the metal, and it work hardens and becomes brittle.
Through proccesses such as anneling, metal can be unwork haredned, softend, and reworked ect. I'm not a metalergist, but hey, if they can make it that way once with metal they can make it that way again with metal Of course it might take melting down the entire frame and recasting/molding/recycling it.
Through proccesses such as anneling, metal can be unwork haredned, softend, and reworked ect. I'm not a metalergist, but hey, if they can make it that way once with metal they can make it that way again with metal
Of course it might take melting down the entire frame and recasting/molding/recycling it.
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