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And the first estimate without any disassembly is $28,000

Would you accept these terms? Crash Champions 16. The repair shop provides a lifetime warranty on repairs performed. This warranty is valid for as long as the customer owns the vehicle and is non-transferable. The following are excluded from this warranty: defects resulting from misuse...

There is no frame in a Honda??

I think the OP said the $20k included a frame replacement which is crazy low based on our conversations.

Here is my frame damage and the car that rear ended me- The rear of my body tub is twisted down. The door gaps on the driver's side are messed up, bumper/tailgate are toast and the rear driver's side body mount is almost ripped out of the body. The entire cargo floor is bent upwards. I...

VERY VERY TRUE words. Here is Washington State's minimum insurance Carry liability insurance with liability limits of at least: $25,000 for injuries or death to another person $50,000 for injuries or death to all other people $10,000 for damage to another person's property The person...

Apparently those are hard to find these days.

Oh I know the frame is steel and I know it needs to be replaced (at least the back half and maybe the front) The body tub is steel, I put a magnet on it. The body mount was almost pulled out of the tub. Getting an estimate is apparently hard. Tomorrow it goes to a 5th shop, shops 1-4...

Riddle me this- you have to take the whole body off anyways (I am assuming) to replace the rear half… seems like less work to just replace the whole thing rather than welding in a new rear section. It’s all getting frustrating at this point, 4 shops have declined to even give an estimate...

3 Body shops declined to give estimates as it was too big a job for their shops (including 2 that are preferred by my insurance) 4th said totaled and walked away not interested. 5th said see you in July for an estimate.

For sure, the anxiety of waiting is killing me. Thankfully I just found out the other driver does have insurance

Because i have been having trouble getting anyone to estimate it quickly- One shop said they don't do aluminum, second said they could look at in July, 3rd shop looked at for 30 seconds and said totaled, 4th shop is scheduled for later this week. I was hit by a DUI driver.

Hopefully better, the entire drivers side of the rear run is bent down at least 1/2”

Yes the above photo is the rear body mount hanging on for dear life to the frame. The driver side rear frame rail is destroyed. disregarding the bad photo- Can an aluminum body be pulled out like a steel unibody car can?

Just trying to wrap my head around what it might take to fix my rear ended Bronco and is it even possible. Frame is crushed, rear cross member toast, tailgate and tire carrier shot, rear bumper destroyed, rear cargo are bowed up. The driver’s side rear frame rail is crushed 4-5 inches or so...