Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Happy belated birthday. And stop "rolling coal". It gives the rest of us diesel owners a bad name.
Edit. And dang man that sucks about the truck but why not take the cash and buy another truck and put money into it? The frame looks like its gonna take some good pulling to get close to straight. Believe me i have been a certified frame tech for about 5 years and pulled a good may frames.
Edit. And dang man that sucks about the truck but why not take the cash and buy another truck and put money into it? The frame looks like its gonna take some good pulling to get close to straight. Believe me i have been a certified frame tech for about 5 years and pulled a good may frames.
The frame is not bent, just the bumper bracket mount. I have a lot of time and work into this truck, there is no reason to get rid of it.
Professional
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
Its cool man. Mile will blow a bit but i try to keep it clean as much as possible. And i hear ya on time into a truck. Just totaled my bike that i spent a year building. But the bike was definitively totaled. Hard choiceto walk away b ut the $5k made it a little easyer.
Champion
Joined: May 2012
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From: Renton, WA
mine likes to roll coal. even with my fueling box turned off and the smarty set to stock...still hazes at idle and puffs a bit of smoke leaving a stop light...also try to keep it clean, but with my current injectors that is near impossible without the smarty set to the half power tune that I used to get it through emissions last week 
Champion
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: NorCal
<-- when seeing your pics
<-- Good turnout on the insurance company.Dude, I highly suggest you just dove nose the thing!!
Like this guy
Wow I forgot that this thread went off the deep end a month ago. Haha. Time to get back on topic.
I am going to keep using this as my general documentation of work done to my '95 Ram thread. I settled with state farm last week for $2000 less than what we originally agreed on. Reason being that I am trying to buy a house, and I need the money. So for damages done I will receive $5300 and my title will be branded total or something stupid like that.
For the sake of the thread, here's the pics of what has become of the truck since the wreck.
Before:
After:
It needs a drivers fender, hood, grill, core support, headlights, radiator, and front bumper brackets. I plan to use that all aluminum radiator dh posted about, and hopefully find a nice set of panels off a red truck in a junkyard. Then once it is back on the road I will continue with the plan I have always had for it of 4.88's and locking hubs.
I am going to keep using this as my general documentation of work done to my '95 Ram thread. I settled with state farm last week for $2000 less than what we originally agreed on. Reason being that I am trying to buy a house, and I need the money. So for damages done I will receive $5300 and my title will be branded total or something stupid like that.
For the sake of the thread, here's the pics of what has become of the truck since the wreck.
Before:
After:
It needs a drivers fender, hood, grill, core support, headlights, radiator, and front bumper brackets. I plan to use that all aluminum radiator dh posted about, and hopefully find a nice set of panels off a red truck in a junkyard. Then once it is back on the road I will continue with the plan I have always had for it of 4.88's and locking hubs.
Last edited by Wh1t3NuKle; Apr 2, 2013 at 10:37 AM.
Went to the junkyard today and bought a hood, grill frame, drivers fender, core support, and bumper brackets. Paid $275 for black parts with good paint. Unfortunately I didn't find red, but at least I didn't end up with two tone green/silver or something. My radiator should be here this week sometime.
I also got the core support body mount straightened out.
Okay Pics.
The black paint looks bad because It is filthy, but it is actually in really good shape, no peeling clear coat or anything that I can see.
I will get the fender on another day, didn't get to it today unfortunately.
I also got the core support body mount straightened out.
Okay Pics.
The black paint looks bad because It is filthy, but it is actually in really good shape, no peeling clear coat or anything that I can see.
I will get the fender on another day, didn't get to it today unfortunately.
Champion
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: NorCal
Very nice score buddy!! Good job indeed.
Any thoughts of maybe just doing a wrap?
Example:
http://www.metrorestyling.com/3M-Sco...m1080-cf12.htm
Any thoughts of maybe just doing a wrap?
Example:
http://www.metrorestyling.com/3M-Sco...m1080-cf12.htm