Alabama thread!

" this is a 2011 toyota tacoma 4wd that was traded in to our dodge store. this truck has not passed NC inspection since it has the following issues that are needed: tires are below required specs, exhaust is missing the muffler, the right rear tail light lens is broken, power steering is inop, the suspension has been modified, rear bumper is twisted, and the clutch needs adjusting to be 100%. Despite these issues this is a great price and reduced due to these issues."

WTF lol

 

Yeah, not to mention they want so dang much for it. Whoever accepted that as a trade in was an idiot. "Hmm, I want a HUGE single cab 4 banger tacoma on boggers. I know, I'll look at a dodge dealer!"

 

565 west is a parking lot.

 

Great, I check TW before I pack up to leave work and I'm greeted with this. Guess It will take me a while to get home today.

 

Fuuuuccckkkk so is university

 

Well, I suppose an accident is one way to start a demod, but it seems a bit extreme. Seriously, always sorry to hear about an accident, but glad you appear to be reasonably fine (beyond being obviously displeased about the accident).

 

Haha thanks man, as we speak im actually sitting at a toyota dealer.

 

Man, hope you're not at Bill Penny Toyota in Huntsville. Been there several times and all they seem to show on television is the cooking channel. Boring!!!!

 

If your at Bill Penney to watch TV, I think something is wrong!

 

lulz you are exactly right! Did yall know zach penny owns 32 old FJ's?


damage pictures coming shortly

 

Pictures don't really do the damage justice, you can obviously see the cosmetic damage, but what is hard to see is what lies underneath. All the inner components that the body panels mount to is destroyed as well.


This picture shows some of the cosmetic damage. Both headlights and foglights will need to be replaced. Bumper, grill, hood, and quarter panels all took considerable damage



Here you can see how the body doesn't sit correctly on the frame and you can see how the radiator is concave now.



notice the aluminum bumper in the opening on the lower valence.



The dash fell apart on the inside



Not only are portions of the frame twisted, but also the frame is bent concave now. Can't really see the bending in this picture though



Looking down behind the grill, you can see how everything has shifted and bent.



Heres an example of how all the metal pieces the body panels mount to are bent.




SO what do you guys think the insurance company is going to say?

 

LOL. Once you've spent some time in there (several times), you've seen just about everything and there's little to do beyond watching television.

 

Ouch man that was definately a big impact. I think they will total it with the frame bent, but who knows with insurance companies these days.

 

Man, that looks pretty bad. And all that (bent & broken metal, bent frame, etc) didn't set off the air bag? Makes me wonder what will.

Anyway, it's not going to be cheap to fix, so I'm curious about what the insurance company is going to say as well. It's right on the edge, so it's probably really up to the dealer. If he recommends replacement for everything (sub-frame, etc), the insurance company will probably write it off as totaled.

 

Hard to say. If the frame is truly bent, that will be the biggest thing to having it totalled. You can definetly tell the front horns of the frame are bent and that it is out of square, but how much of that is the mounts being bent versus the frame, the pictures won't really show. On the plus, looks like your satoshi made it through ok! Although the bottom pin mount might be broke.

 

the grill may look ok, but its kinda pancaked haha.

 

Depends on what the value of the truck is. It could conceivably be cheaper to replace the frame than to replace the truck with the way Tacomas hold their resale value.

That's pretty bad though. Glad you made it out ok.

 

May be a far stretch fro some of you guys but there is going to be another meet in SC's lone offroad park if anyone is interested at all just thought id throw it out there to the rest of the south east.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-east/198609-gulches-sc-meet-2-a.html#post4362065

Sorry about your truck Lifesflaw...Hopefully they dont total it and teh frame can be replaced or at least straightened...Glad everyone was ok though!

 

Alright guys..here's my piece.

 

Not bad at all. Looks like you've done quite a bit of work on it, and kept it in darn good shape. Hope my Tacoma looks as good in a decade or so.