DIY Fix or Dealer/Insurance?

[CMac]

Be a damn shame to come out one morning only to find out someone stole the door off your new Gladiator....

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[WK2JT]

Just drive it with the doors off… problem solved. Sorry, I know that wasn’t helpful but it was just sitting there.

 

[Dougstdig]

Bill, you do what you want.

But to tell someone else not to worry because it's small potatoes without realizing where the reporting threshold is just not a good thing to say.
Dealerships and body shops are supposed to report a VIN with damage over a set amount.
This keeps dishonest people from selling a wrecked vehicle as "like new".

This is the reason Car Fax and other such companies can sell their services.

My TJ was totaled in Dallas. 9 mos later Carfax showed it titled in shreveport, LA with a clean title. They suck.

 

[Mac]

I would check eBay frequently for one in your color, example https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-2021-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[Meisterjager]

I would check eBay frequently for one in your color, example https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-2021-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

I checked eBay earlier, but didn’t think of searching for wrangler doors. Any idea which years fit?

 

[Mac]

I checked eBay earlier, but didn’t think of searching for wrangler doors. Any idea which years fit?

Any JL I believe, ‘18 on I think.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

My TJ was totaled in Dallas. 9 mos later Carfax showed it titled in shreveport, LA with a clean title. They suck.

That's because there is NO mandatory reporting, and few body shops report. It costs them time and money and it's a hassle. Doesn't take much of a search to show the truth. Carfax is no god.

 

[Troybilt]

You will not find me going head to head with @ShadowsPapa . This guy is a walking typing fact sheet. Well maybe after a few to many but I'll regret it in the morning.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

You will not find me going head to head with @ShadowsPapa . This guy is a walking typing fact sheet. Well maybe after a few to many but I'll regret it in the morning.

HAHAHA - in my work over the years I've had to learn and be a sponge and do it quickly.

I've been wrong on things for sure.

There's many here I defer to - if I ever want to mod my JT's engine in certain ways, it will go to Illinois and see a guy named Dave.
I've learned a ton just right here in these forums.

And if you go for those beers - bring a few this way. Been sitting around sicker 'n a dog the past week not able to get out to my shop for a week.

 

[Troybilt]

And if you go for those beers - bring a few this way. Been sitting around sicker 'n a dog the past week not able to get out to my shop for a week.

Well your only about 2.5 hours away from where I go photograph the eagles in the winter. Give me 6 weeks or so and I may just do that.

 

[Dqban]

something to consider is how long you plan on keeping the jeep. If you intend this to be a long term vehicle, then the insurance claim and/or body shop repair is not going to matter much, especially in 5+ years. (Long term).

 

[Trickster]

Gets some Bondo, rattle can matched paint and call it good, it’s a beater now.
OR, there’s this thing called insurance, pay the deductible, get it fixed professionally and call it a day.

 

[Dougstdig]

That's because there is NO mandatory reporting, and few body shops report. It costs them time and money and it's a hassle. Doesn't take much of a search to show the truth. Carfax is no god.

I don’t know about all that. But…
I met with Jeep engineers after contacting the regional manager and in forming them that their airbags didn’t deploy after hitting a 1980-81 Buick Toronado so hard it’s rear left bumper was 8 inches from the drivers seat. It was a set up type accident. Now the illegals just have to get across the border to get paid…But I digress…. The insurance company also sent 2 people the same day. I believe the insurance company sold it as scrap. Sure wouldn’t want to be the individual that bought it. The frame was bent and lifted (diamond) the little once beauty. Our decelerated impact was said to be 50+mph. Other than sore shins and arms…no injuries.

 

[Jefe1018]

In your shoes, I see it as stupid tax, fix it right and move on with my life. Trust me, I pay stupid tax all the time.

It may feel like a big deal, but it's really just a 'minor accident'. This is an expensive vehicle, I couldn't live with myself if I botched a DIY job on a brand new truck.

Whether or not I would claim it on insurance, is based on the quote I get from a few body shops vs my deductible and any perceived premium increases.

 

[Troybilt]

I don’t know about all that. But…
I met with Jeep engineers after contacting the regional manager and in forming them that their airbags didn’t deploy after hitting a 1980-81 Buick Toronado so hard it’s rear left bumper was 8 inches from the drivers seat. It was a set up type accident. Now the illegals just have to get across the border to get paid…But I digress…. The insurance company also sent 2 people the same day. I believe the insurance company sold it as scrap. Sure wouldn’t want to be the individual that bought it. The frame was bent and lifted (diamond) the little once beauty. Our decelerated impact was said to be 50+mph. Other than sore shins and arms…no injuries.

Hard to follow what the S#@t is the point?

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