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Old 10-01-2012, 12:08 PM
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in a car accident hit some sand dunes really hard glad im ok, someone had crash earlier and all the parts were laying on the road so when trying to evade them I lost controlled and when flying on the side of the road were it was pure sand and hit them pretty hard, what are my options what do you think I could do, it was a front side hit and will replace both fenders, bumper, water reservoir, battery holding thing, and seems like something pushed my radiator up and its not leveled with the TB
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:09 PM
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Not sure what you're asking here.

Should you claim insurance?
Should you just have it fixed?
Should you fix it yourself?
Old 10-01-2012, 08:13 PM
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You might of bent the radiator support frame, drop the bumper and inspect the damage and post updated pictures here.
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sorry it was on the wrong section yeah it was out of the country so no insurance coverage, i will take out the fenders and bumper and post updated pics
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Wow, you've bent the core support up for sure. Take the nose off and inspect the two big square frame rails for damage. Take pics of those
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Its easy to restore the body hut hard to repair if chassis is damaged.



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