Step One: Remove Front End.....

http://www.uscom.com/~hoot/cars/duramax/gmc/cicconi10-1-03/images/DSCN4101.jpg

Hoot,


I can not believe the sense of humor that you have over this...amazing! Have you gotten an estimate yet on the repair cost? Sure does look worse that what the first round of pictures showed. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Cry.gifGood luck with the insurance co!


John

Material things..... They can be replaced.

They are talking weeks of haggling and even a possible entire frame replacement.

Might be a good time to give some of those hard to reach zerk fittings a squirt or two while you're at it....

TC

I look at it as a photo op.

Hoot, first off, you're right, "Material things can be replaced". Really poingnant if you've ever lost anything that wasn't material.


I can't believe that they would even consider a frame replacement on your truck!!! Your truck's really nice and all, but that is going to cost a TON of money to change that!! Seems like they would total it at that point, not necessarily want you want to hear either.


About 3 months before I bought my truck I bid on a truck at a salvage auction that was BRAND SPANKING NEW, never titled. Still had the window stickers in it. It was sitting on the lot, and someone lost control of a vehicle on the street hitting this truck, and then pushing it into the truck sitting right next to it. It looked like the front end had been smashed in a vice from both sides. The insurance company totalled this truck, and we figured it had somewhere in the neighborhodd of $10,000 damage. Ironic thing, this salvage truck was identical to yours, except it was a Chevy.


The frame alone is going to cost a few thousand +, let alone the labor to change it. Insurance companies are really funny.


Good luck.

Well it looks as if the fender location has been crash tested and I see no signs of a fuel leak!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Clap.gif

Hoot,


Block off those intercooler tubes,


Critters and dirt are no good..................


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Hoot,


Block off those intercooler tubes,


Critters and dirt are no good..................


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How do you expect them to drive it?

Here are the other pics....

More smashola (http://www.uscom.com/~hoot/cars/duramax/gmc/cicconi10-1-03/)Edited by: hoot

Major league OUCH!! http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Confused.gif ... Jim

Hoot,





I just could not deal with that..... A good friend at work just bought his first NEW truck... a Chevy 1500 short box in charcoal black... three weeks after delivery, at 1700 miles he smaked a deer.... 5700 in damage..... all that black with new paint... he is sick.... Thinkin of takin his loss and getting a new one.....


Later

My buddies '01 1500 was hit, actually a envoy ran a light and he t-boned him, the front end actually did not look to bad, but it bid bend the frame they put a whole new frame under the truck, truck had to be over $19000 in damage to be totaled, the frame was only like $2000, then the labor of course...... regardless it was a lot less than $19000, surprisingly the truck seemed all right after all the work, but he only kept it 6 months then sold it. I can;t beleive they did not plug those intercooler pipes........

Hoot


looks like a 18 pack, could run into a 24 if 2 guys workin on it at same time.


Geno

Why do I sense a new mid-year '04 DMAX with the LLY engine in Hoot's future?

Hoot,

Not to be negative, but do you ever expect your truck to be like it was before the damage? If they DO total it, will you come out of it OK money wise? Seems like you have it photo documented very well. Every one of your photos I saw what you saw.....lots of bent metal that is almost impossible to fix (correctly at least!)

Are you hoping they rebuild it, and then soon after sell it?

Material things.......While nothing comes close to human life, this has to be a close second http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Ermm.gif

Good Luck!!

The only intercooler pipe that needs to be protected is the one on the lower left. That is the intake. I think I'm gonna stop by and put some type of filter over it. Have to be careful though, nothing that might get sucked in.

Body shops are not master auto mechanics... at least not all the employees.

I have used this shop many times before. When it's done I'll drive it. If it's screwed up still I'll hold it up to the Ins Co.

Till then......... Cavalier! wind noise and all.

OUCH!!! I hate looking at those pics

So much for worrying about injector failures!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Clown.gif

Good Luck!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Cry.gif

Hoot,

So sorry to see your truck half naked. Don't forget
to have the insurance company pay to replace that
Post-OEM filter as part of the repair cost. The junk
inside surely got sloshed
around.

Are you going to ask them to leave the duct tape on for extra strength? http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif Sorry, it reminded me of another picture with two guys and a motorcycle. One guy was carrying the front and the other the back with the caption, "Where's the duct tape?" http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Wacko.gif

Hoot,


Be sure to treat the rust on your filter bracket http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif.


Seriously,


good luck at getting her all back together and opperational soon.


Bob

Hoot,


Be sure to treat the rust on your filter bracket http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif.


Seriously,


good luck at getting her all back together and opperational soon.


Bob

That's not rust! That's red primer. Thanks for all the well wishes. Parts are trickling in and they are lookin at going gung hoe probably Monday.

They said the frame doesn't look too bad.Edited by: hoot

Step 2- Find that weatherman that said it would blow over.

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They said the frame doesn't look too bad.


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Hoot,


...doesn't look too bad...


That would concern me a little. Define "too bad". http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Confused.gif http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Confused.gif


cadman

Body work has come a LONG way over the years. From what my body guy showed me, there are points on all cars and trucks that are 'benchmarks' for lining the frame up, be it heavy frame or unibody. I had a car that was front-wheel drive uni-body that received a hit to the nose that shifted it about a foot. My first thought was - total it. The head of the body shop I used told me to pick a new car off the lot when they were done fixing mine, and he would show me that my car was straighter than a brand new one. I couldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. The new car wasn't out by much, barely 1/16 ths here and there, but my car was dead on. I drove that car for about 50,000 more miles, and one set of tires. No pulling, no un-even wear, nothing. Just a straight ride.


That said, I would have no fear having a reputable shop replace a frame section on my truck.


And remember, insurance companies don't give you squat for the time and effort you put into making your vehicle the way you want it.


Ty

If at all possible, I'd rather total a car out than have an auto body shop unfold the creases. I just iimagine those unibody creases making the vehicles fold much quicker than they were originally designed. I know many times it isn't the insured's choice but instead completely an insurance company decision.