Came home last night and found this done to my truck.





Man I have had the truck two weeks! Good news is they left their insurance info. I would like to replace all the parts with OEM if possible. Looks like I need:
Front bumper-possibly straightened and re chromed?
Outer Grill
Possibly front fender
Fender Chrome trim
Turn signal covers
Misc.

 

Well thats not good news, but it is good news they left their info. And not to be a dick or anything but since they left their info, they don't have proof of what happened so you could go total out your truck and get it completely redone and just say they did that...i mean you have their info and you could do that, i wouldn't want to because that could really screw someone over but just a word of advice, never leave your insurance info and leave!

 

Yeah, it was the lady who lives across the street, she is pretty cool, although a bad driver.

 

well then atleast she knows you, if it was a complete stranger than it wouldn't have been such a good idea to leave the info, but that's why we are going to get full coverage on my truck in a bit. cant trust anyone

 

wow that suck to here. but good think she is honest (that is hard to find these day's). i have a neighbor with that same problem can't back up at all. she hit some guys truck in front of my house and drove away.
good luck on getting it put back together. and don't take "no we can't do that" for a answer!

 

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that! I was cringing as I was looking at those photos. Hopefully there is no frame damage. At least she left insurance info though. Same thing happened to me last summer, only the guy that did it was an illegal without a license or insurance. Fortunately I have uninsured motorist coverage (wouldn't go without it in Texas). My truck spent a week on the frame machine!

 

Watch out for insurance companies....I had someone turn in front of me with my 1st truck...HIS FAULT...insurance wanted to do aftermarket or used parts....I was SUPER PISSED OFF!!!! Truck wasn't wrecked to begin with...why should I have to settle for anything less???

 

Unfortunately it's fairly easy for these trucks to be totalled as well. Especially if there is any kind of frame damage. A high quality grill shell will run $500, but it won't be OEM. A used fender can come from a junkyard, but the body shop will want to paint the whole truck because the fender won't match perfectly. Trim, turn signal lenses, and a bumper can be had pretty easily.

 

Exactly. My body owns a body shop and is a perfectionist. Her insurance wants me to take it in to one of their shops for an estimate and then I can take it where I want. I am not going to settle for crap Chinese made parts.

 

To do this right, would it be an amount greater than her insurance company would consider that the "old truck" is worth and total it? If so, get ready for a fight! I am getting my truck appraised for my insurance for a classic policy to avoid this in the future! Good luck, and yes, its' nice that there are still honest people in the world....

Love your truck too!
Dak

 

I would try and not go through the insurance..

You could save her money and yourself alot of grief..

Get an estimate and see if she wants to pay for it..

If she is that bad a driver she probably already has points against her..

 

Just doing my own 'estimate' I came up with $2500-$3500 is using as many OEM parts as possible. The blue book for my truck is around $4500-5000 last I looked.

 

Does that incude paint??

 

Yeah, I came up with aproxitmatley
Fender $399-If they can't bang dent out
Bumper $300-Re-chromed
Grille $499
Molding $300
Light covers etc. $400
Labor and Paint $800-1500.

Rough I know, but I figure that covers most of it.

 

I'm amazed at how the grille and moulding STILL shine like chrome. And it got crunched? !@#$%^&

If this happened to me, I'd be in the hospital from a heart attack, or even worse, a causality from my head exploding.