Wrecked my hhr!!!!
 

Well me and my Girlfriend were coming back from a day in colorado springs(we live in alamosa, CO) and ended up stoping in Peublo at 9ish to watch the movie "Wanted"(Awsome movie) and then ate at Applebee's. So we left about 1230 with another 2 hours or so to drive. I was about 5 minutes from town(10 minutes from my house) and then Bam i fall asleep at the wheel for
.2 seconds. I wake up to my girlfriend screaming cuz i'm like 10 feet off the right hand side of the road with cruise on doing like 60 in a ditch sort of. I seen a sign coming (like a speed limit sign) and i could have dodge it by swerving like 2 feet but i lookd ahead and seen a telephone pole and a parrellel fence coming up to. At the speed and being in dirt i didn't want to steer too much and end up in that fence, hit the telephone pole, or end up rolling my car with my girlfrend in the car. So i went for the lesser and took out the sign, then brought my car back to the road got out and made sure my Gf was fine. After all that i looked at the damage to my hhr and was sad and dissapointed at myself for letting exhaustion get to me and falling alseep and putting my gf's life at risk like that.
I had to reach inside the half of my headlight that was busted and pull back some of the inner fender support away from my tire it was rubbing and pushing the inner fender well against my tire. This all happened at like 2:45 in the morning, so i just drove it home parked the car facing away from my house so i wouldn't have to look at it, and went to bed.
I'm really sad bout wrecking my car but really glad and lucky that no one got hurt(well i got two scratches on my arm from when my gf woke up and grabed my arm to wake me up) and glad that's all that happened it could have been much worse. And also glad that it wasn't my Chevelle.
here are some pics of the damage.

Also does any one know how to take off the rocker panels, i need to take my fenders off but there is one bolt i need to get to from the rocker panels.
any info would help.

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Looks like you need a left fender, headlight, fog light and bumper. Not to bad it could have been worse. Be glad your ok and still alive. Oh and i forgot to mention some paint.

I would also check alignment, tie rod, strut for damage..

I am so glad that you and she weren't injured!! I know you feel bad about it, but I bet it won't happen again... it only takes one scare like that.

I hope there are no frame problems and that you can make the repairs without too many complications.

it's good to hear you're alright.

Good choice after assessing the situation. A fender, bumper, and some lights are replaceable, but go into a phone pole or roll it and you wouldn't have came out as good.

yeah i checked everything out. The damage wasn't too bad, couple prices and quotes from dealer, body shop, and adjuster. I'm going to do it myself so i don't have to pay labor. About 2grand worth of damage, bumper, fender, inner fender plastic, fog light plastic plug, side marker, absorber, head light, and alignment also paint and labor. 1000 dollar deductable so i'm thinking just a lil more incentive to get SS effects.

Glad to hear no one was hurt. Hope you get that baby lookin good soon :thumb:

Service Information
2006 Chevrolet HHR | HHR (VIN A) Service Manual | Document ID: 1616760
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Rocker Panel Molding Replacement

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Callout
Component Name

Preliminary Procedure
Open the doors on the side the molding is being removed from.
Remove the wheelhouse liner lower screw at each end of the rocker panel.

1 Rocker Panel Molding Locator Pin

Tip Align the locator pin with the hole on body side outer panel when installing.

2 Wheelhouse Liner Screw (Qty: 2)

Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in the Preface section.

Tighten 2 N·m (18 lb in)

3 Rocker Panel Molding Screw (Qty: 6)

Tighten 5 N·m (44 lb in)

4 Rocker Panel Molding Retainer Clip (Qty: 5)

5 Rocker Panel Molding Assembly

glad your both ok!!

good thing it wasnt the chevelle!! i did the same exact thing driving my 1 month old 06 home early morning after working 12 hrs and then visiting a relative, fell asleep with cruise on at about 65 went into a ditch for about 30-40 feet and hit a large colvurt head on flippin it 3 times nose over end then side over side!! lots of bruises and a large purple black stripe from my neck across my chest to my waist (saved me from ejection!!) major concusion and a hell of a headache!! totalled the car but insurance got me a new better one!!