At that point you’re better off building a whole new frame and honestly I wouldn’t want to feel that impact… talk about whiplash that’ll break your neck.
I stated it in another reply I think, but her insurance limits weren’t high enough for them to pay me the vehicles value. I believe the limit in Texas is $25,000 and we all know it’s probably worth double that. So I’m forced to go through my insurance.
First off, this is my off road toy, secondly, the said car that hits me will still crumple. Im not worried about.
That’s what I’m trying to do. I actually found a better one, that I put a deposit on and got delivered to the lot yesterday, when Gieco told me it was totaled at first. Don’t know why USAA is giving me such a hard time. They can easily get their money back from Gieco since they have it in their records that they wanted to total it from the start.
Oh. that sucks.
Sorry for your situation. To answer your original question, it’s totaled. Yes the frame rail can be replaced but so must much of the rear suspension. Bottom line is it will never drive correctly or safely and the off roading capabilities can never again be trusted. Have them write you a check fir a new one and start fresh.
I wonder that also. I was rear ended while stopped in November. I just got my new bumper installed yesterday. I had to get a new tailgate as well, but no frame damage. I was thinking that steel bumpers would be preferable.
Crumble zones are there intentionally by manufacturers. Without it the damage could been much worse. The crumble zone absorbs the energy created by the initial impact. Reducing the overall accordion effect of that energy from moving throughout the whole vehicle. I can just see an insurance adjuster having a field day over someone altering a safety feature (crumble zones) and determining that the extensive damage was caused by vehicle owner altering the frame.
This is why my limits are at $100k, cost of average vehicles today are so expensive not to mention labor rate. That's why most get totaled because labor cost alone is higher than parts themselves in most cases.
