Celica Forums General Discussion General How not to remove a spoiler!

Until yesterday my Celica looked like this:



This morning a truck didn't quite make it past my parking car while he was driving backwards:







This is where the spoiler used to be. Nice dent!



Taillight got killed too!



And the bumper is scratched and cracked. Well done, mr. truck driver aka idiot! Estimated damage is about 4500.00 Euro (about $5400.00), if the bumper has to be replaced. Luckily his insurance has to cover it all !

well lucky the other guy is paying for it .. still sucks though, I know how that feels.

That succkss

um...that sucks...

if you see his truck again...kill it

good luck bro

damn that sucks

Look at the bright side, It could have been a lot worse but it still sucks it happened.

Damn thats a lot of money sorry bout your car

that sux...what kind of wing was that?

That used to be the Carcept wing. I think I'll stay wingless from now on, or I'll get the Kaminari Wing when I have enough money.

^^ you can't get the same wing

5000 euro = $6400 ..no way the damage is around that area...

That sucks.

that sucks...

it sucks, but at least his insurance is paying for it.

$5400?!

That... at MOST... is $750-1000 damage. That's if they have to replace the rear bumper cover.

I didn't estimate the amount myself, that was done by someone whos' job it is to estimate how high the damage is (there is probably a real word for that job, but I'm not american, so i don't know). I will get a new rear hatch, a new spoiler, new tails and maybe a new bumper, plus a paint job for spoiler, bumper and the part next to the bumper, which is slightly scratched. The prices for the parts are WAY higher in Germany than they are in the States. I will know the exact amount sometime next week, when it's clear if the bumper has to be replaced or not. I know it doesn't look like that much damage, but that guy says its accurate and I don't mind getting some extra cash from the insurance .

Holy!!!, he just ripped off the spoiler for the holes.

^^^ If insurance is paying for whatever that guy quotes... I'd take the cash then find someone with sane prices to fix it. Bling.

Just curious... what is the cost of a new GTS over there?

that sucks man.. good luck with it.

that sucks

damn i like that old wing...where can you get it?

It's sad it happened to his car... but I'm not a fan of any wing that slopes upward that much. Looks a touch

sux for the guy who hit you

that sucks

What a shame

look at the bright side, now you have some reasons to get a different spoiler and tail lights. don't know about the rear bumper though...

remember in europe a celica is WAY MORE expensive than the states, so are the parts are expensive.

The suggested retail price from the german toyota page (www.toyota.de [toyota.de]) is (with sunroof) 29920.00 Euro , that's over $36000.00 2sq! But only an idiot would buy it for that price. You can get a GTS new for around 24000.00 Euro if it's imported from Denmark, Belgium or something like that.

that sucks but i'm glad you got your cash back

If you import a car in from a neighboring country do you have to pay the 'mehrwertsteuer' to the German government and the country where you bought it?

Does the 'ER' on your license plate mean you live in or around Erlangen?

I seriously have no clue, but my guess is yes.


Erlangen is exactly where I live. How come you know that little town?!?

The Kaminari Carbon Fiber race wing will look 100X better than your old one... considering this, and not accounting for the hassle involved, I think the guy did you a favor -

ouch. Good luck with the repair.

I decided to bring this post back from the dead, instead of making a new thread. I got the money from the insurance, less than I thought, but still more than enough to repair the car. After taking pictures of my ride without the spoiler (pics can be found here), I decided to keep it wingless. The wiper bothered me tho, it just didn't fit with the cleaner look, so bye bye wiper.





I'll get the hatch and the bumper painted tomorrow, new pics to come. I really need some new tails now!

clean look
but your gonna wish you didnt take off the wiper when it rains

looks nice!! least things worked out good but sux you lost the wiper

Looks very clean! But the wiper...put it back on!

FoudySix, just red-out your stock tail lights. they will look better that way.

wtf

like i always say: car bomb the one at fault!

How much is a new GTS in America then?

21,500 pounds here.

Kindly convert it from dollars into pounds because I haven't got a clue.

And if that cost 6 grand to fix, what is this gonna cost?

Wingless is clean. I like it.

I agree. I also think it looks better without the wiper.

That sucks that it happened but i think the car looks better with out the spoiler. Certain body kits do, in my opinion

that sucks you ought to get a real big red neck gun and go full scale red neck on his red neck truck

Spoiler got

Ripped that shit clean off. Ouch, that sucks. Looks better without the wiper, though, but the thing is it rains a lot over there.