S1 bumped from behind!

[stsly]

Hello.. A young lady bumped the back of my S1 Elise this morning in traffic at low speed.
There wasn't a bang or any real noise just a jump in the car like it had stalled.

I can't see any damage to the fibreglass shell but I am worried she might have hit the exhaust.

Any advice on checks I can do and what to look for to ensure nothing has been damaged/stressed internally would be a help.

The exhaust sounds ok and I have given it a good shake and can't hear anything suspect. I haven't looked under the car tho.

Thanks

Edited by stsly on Wednesday 14th June 11:23

[S Works]

Did you get all her details? If so I'd recommend getting it checked over by a specialist to check for any potential problems that you can't see or know where to look. Bear in mind also that often cracks in the gelcoat don't show immediately and may take a day or two to become obvious.

[stsly]

Thanks S works.. Yep have her details

Will keep an eye on my Elise's bottom for cracks!

looks like a trip to the Lotus main dealer ? I am in Bristol by the way if any knows of anywhere else.

Think I will need to give my insurance company a call as will probably have to pay for the check over even if there is nothing wrong.

Edited by stsly on Wednesday 14th June 11:45

[garydvo]

Simon,

As above talk with a specialist. Karl and his team at Specialised (Reading Junc 12 M4 behind Porsche - not too far from Bristol) are very good (lotus approved body shop):

www.specialisedpaintwork.com/home.htm

0118 930 6206

The problem with Accident damage it is what you cannot see.

Karl will be happy to help.

Go to Seloc.org they will know a Lotus specialist near Bristol too.

Good luck

Gary

[eddieb28]

This happened to my S1 elise last Thursday! I parked her in a bay off Edgware High Street outside the Chinese restaurant where me and my girl friend we eating so I could keep an eye on her!!
About 30 mins into the meal a golf pulled up and was indicating to park in the spot behind. So I made sure I kept an eye on the Women who was attempting to park the golf. There was space for at least 1.5 golfs to fit in easy! you could even get a Rangey in there with no probs! So she got into the space and was moving it forward towards the back of my car slowly! I just new she was gonna hit it for some reason! and she bloody well did!!! It only literally touched the back but youd never have seen anyone run as fast as I did out of the restaurant! I had a good scour over my baby and could not see any damage so I did not think of taking her details - (she was foreign and it was busy and was running late!)

Little did I know that there was damage which was not visible until later!!!

As I was driving home I noticed my exhaust was sounding a bit more raspier! (Completely standard car part from Hurricane induction kit) So I thought Id check it out round my mates garage over the pit! So took the undertray off and the damage was then visible! The flexi pipe had cracked and had broken away from one end!!

It wasnt all bad news as ive been wanting to get a sports manifold and back box for a while so that gave me a reason to!!
all fitted now and sounds absoulutley awesome!! (see my other topic lol)

Ed

[stsly]

Just spoke to Specialised - woow ! they seem really good

Going to look at getting the car to them in the next couple of days - fingers crossed nothing will show up

Thanks for the help

[garydvo]

stsly said:

Just spoke to Specialised - woow ! they seem really good

Going to look at getting the car to them in the next couple of days - fingers crossed nothing will show up

Thanks for the help

When you are there have a chat with Karl about Sabre heads, well worth it.