"Bloody Speed Humps"

[Ikky's tvr]

Did a very irresponsible thing last night guys, not going to go into too much detail, but went over a speed hump very fast as did not see it due to many distractions, just one side of the car though, am shore i never hit the bottom as someone else was in the car and agreed that nothing was hit. However am still feeling crap.. whats the worst that could happen?can chassis get damaged? The car still feels exactly the same.

Thanx for any response

[anonymous-user]

Ikky's tvr said:

Did a very irresponsible thing last night guys, not going to go into too much detail, but went over a speed hump very fast as did not see it due to many distractions, just one side of the car though, am shore i never hit the bottom as someone else was in the car and agreed that nothing was hit. However am still feeling crap.. whats the worst that could happen?can chassis get damaged? The car still feels exactly the same.

Thanx for any response

If you didn't hit anything then why worry? I have hit the bottom of my chassis once on a speed bump but that was at very low speed.

[350Matt]

At worst you might have torn off the little splitter under the car and dented / scuffed the exhaust downpipe and possibly knocked the suspension out of true maybe buckled a wheel is you were unfortunate.

Most likely is that it'll be fine, these things are pretty tough

Matt

[Ikky's tvr]

350Matt said:

At worst you might have torn off the little splitter under the car and dented / scuffed the exhaust downpipe and possibly knocked the suspension out of true maybe buckled a wheel is you were unfortunate.

Most likely is that it'll be fine, these things are pretty tough

Matt

Thanx Matt yeah i think its fine, but just get worried with these sort of things. I think it should be ok, just have to take it for a spin tonight to see everything ok with it.!!Hopefully have not knocked out the suspension!!

[Ikky's tvr]

BagOfOldRats said:

Ikky's tvr said:

Did a very irresponsible thing last night guys, not going to go into too much detail, but went over a speed hump very fast as did not see it due to many distractions, just one side of the car though, am shore i never hit the bottom as someone else was in the car and agreed that nothing was hit. However am still feeling crap.. whats the worst that could happen?can chassis get damaged? The car still feels exactly the same.

Thanx for any response

If you didn't hit anything then why worry? I have hit the bottom of my chassis once on a speed bump but that was at very low speed.

I went so fast over it and am shore never hit chassis, but how did you hit it at low speed??

[ads]

Make sure the sump plug is done up. I have heard of people scraping that on speed bumps and undoing the bolt which leads to a big loss of oil!

[nicktowe]

Check the height of the speed bump, they must not be more than 12cm high (i think its 12). If its higher then the council should be paying for any damage.

[Ikky's tvr]

nicktowe said:

Check the height of the speed bump, they must not be more than 12cm high (i think its 12). If its higher then the council should be paying for any damage.

Cheers matey hope nothings wrong and that it did not hit the sump....also noticed that i have oil leaking from somewhere, as there are dripsin the drive way. Think its comming from powersteering pipe...is this common??

[cloggy]

Ikky's tvr said:

nicktowe said:

Check the height of the speed bump, they must not be more than 12cm high (i think its 12). If its higher then the council should be paying for any damage.

Cheers matey hope nothings wrong and that it did not hit the sump....also noticed that i have oil leaking from somewhere, as there are dripsin the drive way. Think its comming from powersteering pipe...is this common??

Very common, look at the solution here.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[900T-R]

The solution would be not to have power steering.

bunch of softies, back in my day yadda yadda

[anonymous-user]

Ikky's tvr said:

BagOfOldRats said:

Ikky's tvr said:

Did a very irresponsible thing last night guys, not going to go into too much detail, but went over a speed hump very fast as did not see it due to many distractions, just one side of the car though, am shore i never hit the bottom as someone else was in the car and agreed that nothing was hit. However am still feeling crap.. whats the worst that could happen?can chassis get damaged? The car still feels exactly the same.

Thanx for any response

If you didn't hit anything then why worry? I have hit the bottom of my chassis once on a speed bump but that was at very low speed.

I went so fast over it and am shore never hit chassis, but how did you hit it at low speed??

My chim has been fitted with height adjustable suspension and sits a bit lower than standard. I went over some huge speed bumps and tried to drive just one side over one and hit the bottom of the chassis.No damage but a pain in the a**e!

[peebee]

I went over some strange metal devices that are intended to stop cars exiting from the entrance of a car park and found after the front wheels went over them they rattled against the underside of the car (I was going very slowly and had no alternative but to go on!) and I felt the impact against the underside of the floor. Having then got into the bl**dy car park I had to get out over the devices designed to stop cars entering via the exit - here I went even slower but still had the impact under the car. Since they rock from front to back I think all was well and an inspection afterwards found no problems but look out for these dammed devices and AVOID them! It was a private car park (Currys etc).

PeeBee

Edited by peebee on Tuesday 22 July 14:38

[biggiles]

nicktowe said:

Check the height of the speed bump, they must not be more than 12cm high (i think its 12). If its higher then the council should be paying for any damage.

Legal max is 100mm from front to back of the speed hump.

If it's more :-) then make a complaint to the council. It's basically a pot-hole upside down so they should rush out and fix in their usual rapid fashion...