Longtime forum member Javelin posted this image this morning, along with the following text:
"One of my neighbors was involved in a hit and run totaling her vehicle in front of her house. Can you help identify the suspect vehicle based on the parts left at the scene?"
Great at identifying cars? Lov…
Facebook has strong feelings about it being a Pontiac Grand Am.
look on the back of that foglight for a part number or an OEM logo imprinted in the plastic. should help narrow it down. It may be on the lens
Foglight says made in Germany on it. No part numbers on anything left. Car was described as SUV/minivan appearing.
Lens looks familiar, fog looks aftermarket.
I posted on the facebook thread, but it looks to me like the fog and turn signal diffuser from a BMW X3.
Mentioned it on the other thread, but possibly Nissan Juke?
Not even close, unfortunately. I'm still looking though.
whatever it was, it was older. Look at the haze on the plastic.
Javelin said:Car was described as SUV/minivan appearing.
How did they come to this conclusion? Did they actually get a good clear look at the vehicle silhouette, or did they just see some tail lights disappearing from view and their mind filled in the blanks?
This is a Job for Woody.
No part numbers on the diffuser?
I don't have anything to add but maybe a walk through a salvage yard would help. Or, show the pic or pieces to the yard man.
and put the word out there for someone looking for repair parts
That fog/reverse light is certainly factory. It looks Chrysler (maybe Kia) to me... What years did the Daimler Chrysler Benz thing first happen? That might explain the minivan and the German build
Can impact locations on the vehicles be verified? Also was the round lens exposed to the elements or did the wavy plastic piece cover it?
Appears kinda Korean to me. No numbers on the lens?
my feelings are: it is an older, early 2000s ish vehicle to judge by the hazing on the plastic. It also has separate side markers from the headlights, as there is no orange reflector in the mess. I am betting the curved piece is turn signal lens that would have been behind the clear plastic of the headlight itself. The Plastic reminds me of the Koreans, but other makers might have used it too.
So basically an early to mid 2000s vehicle with turn signals integrated into the headlights with a separate side marker. Who else besides Hyundai/Kia uses gray plastic for the housings?
16vCorey said:I posted on the facebook thread, but it looks to me like the fog and turn signal diffuser from a BMW X3.
This.
You guys solved it in the main thread, Kia Rondo! Thanks again!
The turn signal cover in the first picture has two sharp corners and one rounded. The X3 appears to have 3 sharp corners.
mad_machine said:whatever it was, it was older. Look at the haze on the plastic.
Not necessarily. My co-worker's 2013 Subaru already has fogged up headlights. Depends on your definition of older I suppose.
I have no idea what this is, but as a yong folk, may I suggest reddit. They are oddly good at this kind of thing (and gets a lot of eyes on it).
https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/ (probably your best bet)
You could also try:
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatisthis/
Food for thought. Hope you figure it out!
Looks like a Grand Prix to me.
This has been solved in the Off Topic investigation.
Baylis said:I have no idea what this is, but as a yong folk, may I suggest reddit. They are oddly good at this kind of thing (and gets a lot of eyes on it).
https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/ (probably your best bet)
You could also try:
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatisthis/
Food for thought. Hope you figure it out!
Reddit is for amateurs...The professionals use GRM.
Javelin said:You guys solved it in the main thread, Kia Rondo! Thanks again!
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