Would you fix it?
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Would you fix it?
So i got in a car accident today:
The guy in the blue pickup rear ended me after i slowed down to avoid rear-ending a road sweeper, and then the white car rear ended the pickup after he cleared me. luckily no one appeared injured.
miraculously the tailights and their housing appear to have survived intact, but the bed and the frame were not so lucky of course. There is also a dent in the rear right of the cab where the bed was pushed into it, and the driver seat is more broken now than it was before.
Still working out the details with the insurance companies, but my question to you is, do you think this is fixable, and would you get it fixed?
The guy in the blue pickup rear ended me after i slowed down to avoid rear-ending a road sweeper, and then the white car rear ended the pickup after he cleared me. luckily no one appeared injured.
miraculously the tailights and their housing appear to have survived intact, but the bed and the frame were not so lucky of course. There is also a dent in the rear right of the cab where the bed was pushed into it, and the driver seat is more broken now than it was before.
Still working out the details with the insurance companies, but my question to you is, do you think this is fixable, and would you get it fixed?
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I probably wouldn't. Insurance is going to total it--it IS a 21 or 22 year old truck. The frame may be able to be pulled straight, and a second hand bed would do. But there looks like there's some damage to the cab. From the pics, you can't tell if there's damage to the driveline, transfer case, and trannie.
If you can do most of the work yourself--leave the frame straightening to an expert, you might be able to get back to whole with this truck. Even get a decent paint job out of it. Even with an insurance check, the budget's gonna be tight. But old Dakotas are pretty easy to find and inexpensive. Do you really need the adventure of fixing the truck?
If you can do most of the work yourself--leave the frame straightening to an expert, you might be able to get back to whole with this truck. Even get a decent paint job out of it. Even with an insurance check, the budget's gonna be tight. But old Dakotas are pretty easy to find and inexpensive. Do you really need the adventure of fixing the truck?
I would buy it back from the insurance company, part it out and use the money toward payments on the new truck or go fast parts (if you pay for the new one out right)
Or you bend the left frame rail the same as the right one then put air bags on the truck and have one of them there bouncy vehicles.
Or you bend the left frame rail the same as the right one then put air bags on the truck and have one of them there bouncy vehicles.
Last edited by shadowthedakota; Mar 7, 2014 at 01:11 AM.
slap a solid axle and trailer it... thats just me.
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