Thread: SE-L bit the dust! :(

My stepson hydroplaned driving home in the rain on Monday night...at 2 am... Long story short, went off the road, hit a stump on driver's side front, and popped both airbags. Windshield busted from the bags, the wheel is broken (an original SE-L 5-spoke), and it looks to me like the lower control arm just twisted up like a pretzel as the wheel got jammed up in the fender well.

I'll get a new arm from Rock Auto to get it back rolling, as it doesn't look like the frame is bent bad, if any at all. I'll also get the other stuff used, hopefully including the airbags. New windshield, of course. Body work will consist of zip ties for the bumper cover and pulling the fender back in shape as best we can.

My question is, once the airbags have blown, do I have to replace the sensor(s) or reset anything before I hook up the new (replacement) bags?

I'll of course take pics as I tear it down and put it back together.

Any other thoughts/advice/directions?

Kthxbye

I got replacement airbags if interested.

Yessir, PM'ed you.

I'll also be in the market for 1 single SE-L wheel, also. I don't even need the center cap, as mine is still useable.

Nissan sells them for $200 a piece. 8 left in the country lol

I think that I saw the wheels on Rockauto.com, but that was quite some time ago.
A LeBra hides a lot of front end misalignment/damage.

Do I have to replace the sensor(s) or reset anything before I hook up the new (replacement) bags, so that the new ones don't just blow instantly when I reconnect the battery?

I saw them in several different colors on Rock Auto, but none says specifically "for SE-L." Which color is the correct one?

You can probably pick up a single from these guys. How bad is the other wheel, they can take that in exchange if not mangled.

It's hammered. Part of the back side of the rim, extending from the bead about 2" into the wheel is just gone. It'll make good scrap metal.