Truck was totaled, looking at GM 6.6 Gasser
Long story short someone pulled out in front of my 47,000 mile 3500HD 6.0 gasser. It was totaled yesterday. Frame is bent. So looking for a brand new 10 speed 6.6 GM gasser anyone here have a...
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mkirsch wrote:ls1mike wrote:mkirsch wrote:
...and before you squawk about all those body panels being replaced rather than pounded out by the body shop, remember the body shop charges well in excess of $100 an hour for labor.
I am not sure I understand, why would someone not want new ones unless they were paying out of pocket and trying to save money? No way would I want repaired ones, the best decision was to total it. I wasn't thrilled when they mentioned complete frame swap. I was surprised at how pricey the headlights were!
That was the main complaint about the aluminum body Ford F150s: Can't body work the panels back into shape, only replace.
Of course you'd want new body panels! You ALWAYS want new body panels. Even these guys that complain about not being able to "fix" Ford body panels would DEMAND new panels for their F150 if theirs got wrecked.
Ah got it! Well I am going to look at a couple trucks today. It hurts my soul as the old one was paid off, but hey it will be my first brand new truck.
