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[Felix808]

Wow... just Wow!!!

[Dave quietly steps back and thinks about deleting his pictures as he looks like a whining little twit with a "look at my little scratches, there Soooooo bad, feel sorry for me attitude."]

You da Man @Felix808... and Thanks for your Service!

The sad thing is I have a brand new ring hanging in my garage that Discount Tire bought me after a minor scuff to the ring when they installed the tires With the spare, I have two shinny ones

But seriously, if you play in the rocks, it's inevitable and the more you play in the rocks the more they will look like mine or worse

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[KABQ]

This is an old but a goody, and I'm sure the reg'lars on here have seen it. Mostly cosmetic and mostly buffed out. I can see a little primer in a couple places, and the scratches in the hard top are still there, but really no actual damage like a trim ring or something

I will be one-upped by actual damage, so I had to throw the jab while I had the chance

 

[Beach_Bum]

C'mon y'all, I know there are more than 3 who have some carnage to share. Don't be scared that your carnage doesn't measure up to others.

 

[broadicustomworks]

looks fairly simple (albeit painful) to fix, right?
Nah.
Not how my luck rolls.
The tire caught most of it so everything in that passenger side wheel well is having to be replaced except the sway bar end, caliper, and the coilover.
Both arms, knuckle, wheel bearing, steering rack.
And a new upper arm bolt, as they are comically small in diameter but make up for it in length (twss).
Body repair is pretty much ready to respray, have to pull the bumper back out and order a new grille and lower facia, paint both of those.
But those two can wait.
I’m a nauseating amount of $ into this repair already.

 

[Dusty]

Back window...

...and the temporary fix...

 

[KABQ]

Back window...

...and the temporary fix...

What does it say in parentheses? I can't read it on my phone

 

[Dusty]

What does it say in parentheses? I can't read it on my phone

it says (too late, already busted the window)

 

[Oldhippie]

Not a great photo of the rock dings on my pass door from Barrett Lake trail…lost lockers because of wheel sensor fault nanny and spent a lot of time on straps and winch lines…I was pissed…fixed itself as soon as back on pavement…probably too much trail for broncos…

 

[Felix808]

Now that's real carnage. I know there is a story in there somewhere with these two

looks fairly simple (albeit painful) to fix, right?
Nah.
Not how my luck rolls.
The tire caught most of it so everything in that passenger side wheel well is having to be replaced except the sway bar end, caliper, and the coilover.
Both arms, knuckle, wheel bearing, steering rack.
And a new upper arm bolt, as they are comically small in diameter but make up for it in length (twss).
Body repair is pretty much ready to respray, have to pull the bumper back out and order a new grille and lower facia, paint both of those.
But those two can wait.
I’m a nauseating amount of $ into this repair already.

Back window...

...and the temporary fix...

Gear shift?

 

[RoLyMa27]

looks fairly simple (albeit painful) to fix, right?
Nah.
Not how my luck rolls.
The tire caught most of it so everything in that passenger side wheel well is having to be replaced except the sway bar end, caliper, and the coilover.
Both arms, knuckle, wheel bearing, steering rack.
And a new upper arm bolt, as they are comically small in diameter but make up for it in length (twss).
Body repair is pretty much ready to respray, have to pull the bumper back out and order a new grille and lower facia, paint both of those.
But those two can wait.
I’m a nauseating amount of $ into this repair already.

Ouch, that sucks. Did that happen in the rocks or on the road?

 

[RoLyMa27]

Now that's real carnage. I know there is a story in there somewhere with these two


Gear shift?

I was wondering the same thing!

 

[broadicustomworks]

Ouch, that sucks. Did that happen in the rocks or on the road?

I’d feel a lot better if it was some cool adventure story, but it’s not.
The day before SCE.
Driving down the driveway at work, 15-20mph.
I had the inside detailed to showroom new already but it was a hot day.
I wanted to crack the windows enough to let heat out but not enough to let pollen/gravel dust in.
Was watching the rear passenger window, was bumping it back up a bit.
Went from 15-20 to 0 when I hit a 3” steel yellow pole on the side of the driveway.
My clean interior was doused by the smashed 30 oz styrofoam cup of sweet tea.
Embarrassing ordeal.
Bleeding from my head and a bit out of sorts I went on to work, wishing I had taken the truck to work because I wouldn’t have been fiddling with window placement.
Aux switches are up inside the housing somewhere.
Between those and my sunglasses clip I had a nasty scrape/cut on the noggin.
At least the bags didn’t blow!

 

[Felix808]

@broadicustomworks that's a real bummer but thanks for sharing.
Good luck with the repairs.

 

[RoLyMa27]

I’d feel a lot better if it was some cool adventure story, but it’s not.
The day before SCE.
Driving down the driveway at work, 15-20mph.
I had the inside detailed to showroom new already but it was a hot day.
I wanted to crack the windows enough to let heat out but not enough to let pollen/gravel dust in.
Was watching the rear passenger window, was bumping it back up a bit.
Went from 15-20 to 0 when I hit a 3” steel yellow pole on the side of the driveway.
My clean interior was doused by the smashed 30 oz styrofoam cup of sweet tea.
Embarrassing ordeal.
Bleeding from my head and a bit out of sorts I went on to work, wishing I had taken the truck to work because I wouldn’t have been fiddling with window placement.
Aux switches are up inside the housing somewhere.
Between those and my sunglasses clip I had a nasty scrape/cut on the noggin.
At least the bags didn’t blow!

Look on the bright side Dave, it could have been worse and now you get to keep those body working/Bondo/painting skills sharp. Hey, we all have a brain fart every now and then.

 

[broadicustomworks]

Look on the bright side Dave, it could have been worse and now you get to keep those body working/Bondo/painting skills sharp. Hey, we all have a brain fart every now and then.

Lol, true.
Oh they stay sharp as I always have something I am working on.
Haven't really taken any breaks (other than trip or two) in the last decade.
I have found that a decade tacked onto ME makes that work a little harder to do, though!
On that fender I ground out the cracks in the fiberglass and V-grooved it, re-glassed it, did a coat of fiberglass-reinforced filler, then a skim coat of regular filler, high build primer. Sanded each step with progressively lighter grit (initial fiberglass sand was with 80 to shape it, final sand on the primer was 400 then 600 wet).
Ther fender is ready to repaint, which I may do this coming weekend.
Lots of hard parts arriving for the suspension rebuild between now and the weekend.

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