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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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they rebuilt that?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:43 AM
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Holy cow! What happened?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Altair
Actually it's deceptively easy. 25 mph:

Holy Cow!! What happened?!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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He looked at Chunk Norris the wrong way! If I recall he lost control in the snow and hit a snow bank and flipped it.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
they rebuilt that?
Yeah they rebuilt it... I couldnt believe it either. To look at the truck now you wouldnt even know it. His shop did and amazing job.

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He looked at Chunk Norris the wrong way! If I recall he lost control in the snow and hit a snow bank and flipped it.
Yeah it was black ice and a snow bank... he also claims the Wranglers were the culprit.... the hater
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Altair
Actually it's deceptively easy. 25 mph:

yes it is!!!!, mine wasnt much faster....

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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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yes it is!!!!, mine wasnt much faster....

Atleast the stacks were ok it looks like!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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lol that sucks. but most of you are concerned about street driving with no sway bar. your not going to roll your truck unless you hit something or go into a slide. but just taking turns. even aggressively like i do with no sway bar on the streets. youll be fine
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Ill be taking mine off before I get struts!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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Sorry lost track of this thread. To answer all the questions yes I still have the same truck and no you can't tell. I'm very happy with the work the shop did on it (Caron's Body Shop in Lewiston, ME). They actually had to replace the roof and I couldn't find where the new one was welded even when I looked for it. Cost the insurance company as much as the truck was worth but that's their fault for believing the crazy lowball quote they got from the people they had look at it. Even the tow truck driver looking at it in the pitch dark in a blizzard said it had to be at least 14k in damage.

Originally Posted by lghtngblt02
Yeah it was black ice and a snow bank... he also claims the Wranglers were the culprit.... the hater
It wasn't black ice man. I've never seen conditions quite like the road surface was that night in my life. If I had to try and describe it it seemed like a greasy coating of sludge and little ball bearing sized ice *****, very strange stuff. Course it was nasty freaking weather. I didn't move the steering wheel or change pressure on the throttle or brake, the back end just started going and there was no saving it. Went from fairly good traction to none whatsoever and the next thing I knew I the truck was cratered into a 3-4 foot tall snowbank facing the opposite direction and I was sitting behind the wheel with everything but the snowbank looking normal. Very freaky, almost seemed like a dream till I looked behind me and suddenly remembered being upside down a few seconds ago.

Based on many experiences though I can safely say the Wrangler SR-A tires that came on the truck were pure and utter garbage, I don't know if better tires could have saved me but I have to wonder. I still think Bolt is nuts for running those things.
 
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