I have a couple questions maybe someone could help answer. We are tossing around the idea of doing glasswork's bedside, while it's in. There website isn't real specific whether the $505 is for one bedside or two. If it's for both we might go for it. Otherwise we'll prolly dump the extra money into his suspension ie(coilovers, UCA's, and rear shocks).
Rebuilding EZander's wrecked truck
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A good buddy of mine, with an 07 (he floats around here form time to time) wrecked his truck last weekend.
I manage a couple bodyshops, so I thought it would be a good idea to update the repair process daily, to give everyone an idea of what it takes to repair a vehicle, and specifiacally one of our trucks.
The original estimate came out to $6207.32, the adjuster missed the need to replace the inner composite bed, so I've already got the total up to $7831.54. With that said, we will prolly forgo doing some things. The inner composite bed has some small cracks in it, insurance will pay to replace, but we can reuse it. Also the tailgate has a chip in it, the insurance is paying to repair and paint it, as well as replace all the emblems, we can just touch it up. This should leave him some money to play with.
After wreck
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Bed off body, and bedside removed
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Here's the crack in the composite bed, it will be cover by the pocket.
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Damage to door jamb/side panel
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Truck with bed off
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I manage a couple bodyshops, so I thought it would be a good idea to update the repair process daily, to give everyone an idea of what it takes to repair a vehicle, and specifiacally one of our trucks.
The original estimate came out to $6207.32, the adjuster missed the need to replace the inner composite bed, so I've already got the total up to $7831.54. With that said, we will prolly forgo doing some things. The inner composite bed has some small cracks in it, insurance will pay to replace, but we can reuse it. Also the tailgate has a chip in it, the insurance is paying to repair and paint it, as well as replace all the emblems, we can just touch it up. This should leave him some money to play with.
After wreck
Bed off body, and bedside removed
Here's the crack in the composite bed, it will be cover by the pocket.
Damage to door jamb/side panel
Truck with bed off
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I'm not gonna lie, seeing the truck like that makes me think flatbeddin that bad boy would look pretty sweet. Oh well I don't blame him at all for wanting the truck to have the factory bed.Truck with bed off
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This should be a interesting thread to follow, thanks for sharing :thumbup:
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Alright, door finally showed up just a little bit ago. We will be ready to repair the cab corner first thing on Monday. Didn't get too much done today, since the door showed up so late. We did get the rear cross sill of the inner bed replaced, so we only need to paint the bedside and bolt it on. We also got the backglass removed for the repair and paint work to the cab corner.
Here is the damaged rear cross sill
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not the the right side is quite bent
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Here is the new cross sill installed
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And finally the backglass removed
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Should have the repairs complete by the end of next week. The bodywork on the cab corner will take all of monday, into tuesday. Which means we should be painting on Wednesday, then assembling Thrusday into Friday, and final clean-up.
Here is the damaged rear cross sill
not the the right side is quite bent
Here is the new cross sill installed
And finally the backglass removed
Should have the repairs complete by the end of next week. The bodywork on the cab corner will take all of monday, into tuesday. Which means we should be painting on Wednesday, then assembling Thrusday into Friday, and final clean-up.
Sorry to hi-jack this thread. But how much do you think this dent would be to pull and then have it painted? It's rusting so it needs to be painted to. Unforunately when it happened the paint creased and peeled off right to the sheetmetal underneath. :sosad: I figured since I'm definitely getting sliders it wouldn't be a waste of money to get it fixed since it'll now be protected.
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