874runnersr5

Alright, so last night my friend hit my truck. Sorta t-boned it, frame isnt bent form what i can tell but the door area is pretty buggered... So what do i do now? He is going to try to fix it, get me a new door, and all that. But what if i cant fix it? What happenes next, go thru insurance? Im lost guys, i couldn't even sleep last night. Any help is appreciated

iamsuperbleeder

I'd find new friends...

lol, jk

Ya if yall can fix it back up without going through the insurance, it'll be better. If you report it, your insurance is just gunna go up...

874runnersr5

hahahaha, yeah i couldnt belive it thoe, i was just standing infront of my truck and get to watch that happen. I droped down and start crying lol.
heres a pic,



Thank god he is a welder, and i know some people with body skills.. But still this just sucks

iamsuperbleeder

ew, got the bed too...

I think your good on the frame part; the frame's a good bit lower than where it looks like he struck you at

you might find that you'll need a new bed with that new door though...

The toughest part is probably going to be straightening out the back of the cab...

leebee

contact slacker on here, he makes some pretty stout firbreglas panels that would do the trick.

lee

bigt

it can be fixed but its gonna cost buddy a grand or 2... tell him to give you his truck and fix yours or your going to insurance...

accidents happen ... did it happen where you took that pic?

axle09

OH GAH MAN!. Sand it down. tack some clamps on, pull it with a chain and it will pop back out. Trust me I have seen WAY worse than that be fixed in about 2 days and cost less than $100. Or if you know someone who has a frame machine, have them put it on there and just pull it out anyway. Trust me its not half as bad as you think man.

874runnersr5

oh yeah, dude at first i was crapping my pants.. we couldnte veng et the door open. So anyways, we went to the wrecker and found a mint door! So the door is if off the list. We are gonna start it next weekend, he has a shop with everything in it and knows quite a bit about metal and body work. every is going good right now, were playing with the door so we can open it and whatnot. WOO!!!

874runnersr5

oh and were redoing my rear fenders with fiberglass and not bondo what the p/o used

myyota

I would take it to a body shop and get and estimate, and then give it to your friend and make him pay for it, that way you know it will be repaired right.

874runnersr5

I would, but like for a truck that i paid 700$ for and thats my first truck. Why make him pay alot for something that he is capable of doing so. I know my truck is going to get more dents, not as big at those. But it seems pointless to get it fixed by a professional.

bigt

soundsgood.. get him to teach you as you do it...always good to learn......aslong as your parents are fine with it.. have fun fixin yer rig..

874runnersr5

oh yeah, were going to be putting over 24 hours this weekend. He's gonna show me how to basic weld, and whatnot. Yeah it's my truck, i told them what happened.. It my first truck so they knew something sometime was gonna happen right? But they were upset because it had a pretty good body lol. Il have pics to!

874runnersr5

Matt16

That was quick. I know the feeling, rolled my truck on its side, while having fun with friends (my fault though). Let me warn you, painting kind of sucks, unless you have a climate controlled booth, respiratores etc. I found it way easier to use the "Kolor-match" (?) car paint areosol bottles, they about $7/ can, but it coats really nice, with little effort. Bondo is easy to use, but you have to use way more hardener than the can says as Canada is colder. A space heater works wonders here. REmember, many think coats works well.

Oh yeah, there has to be a story here... spit it out.

874runnersr5

haha, yeah it happened last saturday. And we started today at 6am. As for now thats all were gonna do for pullin next week he's gonna just fiber glass that area. I have a heated garage so i can let it cure. Hmm yeah, he is still deciding what he wants to do for paint.

the story
it just snowed, we were 4x4in in the new area.. no houses or anything. i spun out and hit a pile of dirt so i got out to make sure everything was okay. As that happens he comes around the corner and slids into me...

bigt

she will be good as new in no time.. how is he fiberglassing it???
is he cuttong out the dented metal?? a whole new peice?

874runnersr5

you were so right, as soon as we pushed out the pillar everything went back into place

874runnersr5

yup, he is gonna make a new little panel i believe. Im pretty stoked, were doing my fenders to... alot of bondo fell off