Rear ended

Talk about adding insult to injury.

 

Could have given him a jeep

 

Shoulda taken the kia i was first offered

 

This frame is buckled and from what I can see should be replaced. Only way that frame should be straightened is with a "cold repair". Toyota does not sell sections of frame rail for the Tacoma. So a full frame replacement, or totaling the truck is the proper route.

 

5 people will still say it can be pulled and straightened, and one guy will tell everyone they know nothing about body work that it’s just a bumper and under 2k in damage

 

I didn’t mean for this thread to become an argument thread but i do understand everyone’s comment. That tells me this could go either way. Thank you again for all the feedback and i will update everyone as soon as i hear anything...im pushing for info tomorrow this rental succcckkkks haha

Side note: 12v solutions cell module still shows it parked in the lot. Love technology, hate I might have to rip it out haha

 

It gets worse by the day.

 

See what the hell you started?




Just kidding man

 

Burn it down. All. Of. It.

 

I think this is a good conversation thread. Times have changed and no longer can you buff and paint a 35 MPH collision. I can't imagine what a new Wrangler frame repair would be like... It that aluminum stuff that snaps on failure.

 

Maybe ill “pickup” a gladiator

Pause

Laughter


My main concern is another super white sport?
Or voodoo/cement/quicksand

 

Update: They are replacing the frame. 6-8 weeks on the frame itself. Toyota doesnt ship out individual frames. They wait until an area needs a few of them to ship them out.
Another 2-3 weeks after frame arrives for them to R&R.
Adjustor told State Farm that im going to go after diminished value and they still said to replace it.

 

I guess that speaks to the overall hold on value of these trucks!

https://www.wikihow.com/Collect-Diminished-Value

 

Check it out.

Im incredibly petty to people who come off like Sungod does. It almost qualifies as a super power at how good i am at letting people step in shit and then rubbing their nose in it

 

https://xkcd.com/386/

 

Yeah, so it isn't totaled. Right?

 

lol just going to ignore the frame being fixed and its a 2k dollars repair statments?

 

I guess I'm the odd man out, because I loved my old Frontier. It was a lot peppier in the low gears (street driving) and it never broke down in the 7 years I had it. If I had bought the 4WD Frontier instead of the 2WD, I probably never would have had a reason to trade it in for my Tacoma.

 

Cold repair is normal. My understanding is that they chain it up to a torture rack and pull it back into spec. That's what they did with mine (I didn't have a kink or buckle, just slight upward deformation on one side -- I was rear-ended straight on by another truck, so our bumpers were level with each other).

edit: I'm not an expert on nuthin -- just sharing what I experienced. THe main thing I fought them over was only using new OEM parts. No salvaged or aftermarket crap. I think they just agreed with me because at the time, the third gens were so new that they could only get new/OEM parts. But it felt like a win for me.

 

I don't think you are wrong. My brother in law has one and it has been a great truck for him. Bought used and has been every bit as dependable. My sister had one too that had issues but it also got put through a wringer that I don't think any truck would have came out smelling like roses with....