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Here we go...what are everyone's thoughts?Oil pan: Trans pan:

you have got to drive on some better roads. as far as damage I wouldn't worry about it, just be more careful what raods you drive on. if all the roads on your home state are the same i would change my springs back to stock.

you driving through stone piles again? Takes a good hit to really bang it up like that. How did that happen?

Hey, it wasn't all big dudes. Doesn't look very "alleged" to me...heh. Is that from the curb at the hotel?

Between me, col.panic and Phantom_operator, there was a good bit of weight back there. I weigh about 215.

Since leakage doesn't appear to be an issue, the only thing that would concern me is that if the damage, especially on the oil pan which looks to be dented in a fair bit, was directly under the oil pump pick up screen, it might restrict the flow. If you wanted to play it safe it would likely not be a big deal to pull the pan to check clearance and/or beat it back into a semblance of the original contour.

i dunno, you put 5 poopies@ 215lbs apeice, that's a bit of weight. i am 6', maybe 6'1" and 200lbs - most people consider me big.

Quote, originally posted by MadBill »...dented in a fair bit, was directly under the oil pump pick up screen, it might restrict the flow...Very good point, and possibly damaged the pick-up. I wouldn't have thought of that.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »i dunno, you put 5 poopies@ 215lbs apeice, that's a bit of weight. i am 6', maybe 6'1" and 200lbs - most people consider me big.You calling me fat?

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants » You calling me fat? you wanna make something of it??? no no, at a mere 15lbs less than you, that would be the pot calling the... well, you know

Now now, you never ask a lady for her weight. But I will say it is closer to the 100 side than the 200 side.

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »Drunken.... Your not big dude... ok hoss

even with all you "big" guys in the car and it being lowered how exactly did it get hit?and yeah get it checked out because you don't want any internal damage there.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »you wanna make something of it??? no no, at a mere 15lbs less than you, that would be the pot calling the... well, you knowHa, no I'm 5'11 215. I am not fat, I have a large frame. You can see in my pics, I'm not fat. But anyway, so I would say in the back seat alone, you were looking at close to 550-575 lbs, just in the back seat.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »How did that happen?I don't know. I suspect a deep gouge in the road.I wasn't aware of any of this until the dealer said something...

Raging,By the looks of your oil pan and driving habits, install a 4" lift and run some 31" tires.

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »I don't know. I suspect a deep gouge in the road.I wasn't aware of any of this until the dealer said something...Ok... but I would hope you would remember hitting something that damaging... yeah LIFT KITS haha, maybe bag your Vibe.

Here are full sized detailed pics for those who are having trouble seeing the details in the above ones:http://genvibe.ragingfish.com/...e.jpgh ... jpgThey're big, so don't go to them if you're on dialup.

No. There was a road that had a long gouge longways, going down the left side of teh car...I attempted to avoid it, but somehow my tire found it's way in there. It did rip out the splash guards and shatter my fog light bulb (the housing was ok). It's very possible it did this too.

QuoteLikely one of those "protruding holes". They'll get you every time!

Raging, man I'm sorry! I hate to see that, and would hate it even more if it happened when we were all in the car, hearing that scraping... Yep, I won't ride in your car again, I promise! For the record, I'm somewhere around 185, give or take - and phantom weights less - he like exercises or something.Hope that whatever caused it hasn't done any internal damage...

I'm almost 100% positive this happened after I got back to NJ...fear not...

That's cool... So I guess I don't have to start taking in money for the ragingfish pan replacement project.

Good news!Dealer said today that everything looks fine on the undercarriage, except for some scratching of the paint (which I attribute to when I drove over a median in Philadelphia one night -- don't ask for details, you won't get 'em ). He quickly succeeded that with the usual "you've made engine modifications and that screws with your warranty" lecture. But that's ok...they can lecture me all they want now -- I'm not paying for new oil/trans pans!

Just for the record, it takes nothing to ding up those pans, i drove over a flattened aluminum can the other night and it flew up and tagged the trans case. It dented the casing and broke the seal gushing trans gear oil all over th place, i just got it back from service after they put a new seal on.