My R34 Death Trap Cought Fire

[urtwhistle]

Hey every body, i had a fun night last night. pulled up at the GF's and all of a sudden my reverse lights started coming on and off while the car wasnt running. then i turned around to see smoke and a glow coming out of the the drivers front wheel arche.

i was then like ohhhh sh*t the cars on fire. spent the next 2 mins wrestaling with the earth wire trying to snap the little eyelet off the battery. by that point the starter motor had fired up and wouldnt stop trying to start the car luckily it was in neutral. eventualy got the fire out but not b4 all my wireing harness had been burnt to shreds and i think the starter might be wrecked too.

although i think i got out of it preety cheap. i think iv put it down to the car bottoming out at some stage and chaffing the harness, becuase its directly were there used to be a small warn hole in the plastic guard on the inside.

any 1 else had this happen to them b4???/

chris

[ossie_21]

Damn, at least the damage isn't too bad! Know of a car that had some wiring done without the right fuses, that set on fire inside his dash & he had to replace the whole lot. That set on fire when he was leaving, when the panic started he ended up reversing into something too

[Gabbo2047]

samething happened to me. had some wiring done to my old car and the guy didn't insulate the wires properly and set console around the steering wheel on fire. happened while i was driving down the main road in kalgoorlie. pretty scarey

[Dsturbd]

Too low in the front n its rubbed through ignition loom , common problem

[Al]

Too low in the front n its rubbed through ignition loom , common problem

Agreed.

[urtwhistle]

oh wow never realised it was such a common problem. the car when i bought it was s basicly scraping the ground, but damn did it look good. since then the car has been lifted to legal so i spose its just been waiting for some thing to go wrong. any idea how much i should pay for the wiring loom? im just glad no 1 was hurt cars can be fixed my GF cant be.

[agro RB]

damn thats a bit full on... sorry 2 hear bout that...!!!

talking bout cars catching a light does anyone know a 'P' driver thats r32 gts-t caught on fire sat arvo

at da lights of benara rd and tonkin hwy pitty i wasn't in my car got fire extinguisher in it...!!

sorry 4 going of topic

[Nastazia]

Scary stuff poor you

I was doing a decent speed down Gnangara Rd about a year ago when I saw smoke coming from both front wheel arches, then I started going sideways pretty quick and ended up off the road and into the sand. Turned out both my front tyres popped simultaneously - left rubber all over the road and some nice skid marks

[urtwhistle]

ouch thats nasty mate, id prefer a little fire then 2 flat tires at once. yay my car goes to the auto sparky tommorow.

cant wait to be able to drive to work again!!!!!!!! on a side note the other day on marshal rd in malaga a truck must have droped a box of nails. becuase there was like 8 cars in a row all pulled over with like 4 flat tires each, also with a guy walking up the street with a camcorder lol, sooo glad we didnt get 1.

chris

[Nismo_God]

Thats pretty freaky....