Advice on frame damage
Back in January, my wife was rear ended in our 2007 Sierra. It bent the trailer hitch and bumper down a couple inches. I brought it to the local chevy dealer, and they submitted an estimate to repair ...
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Back in the day I did quite a bit of frame work.
#1. Don't freak out just because they said "the frame was bent." Even out of round holes will qualify on that on the report. It could be just out of round holes or it could be all wadded up.
#2. Since they missed the damage I'm guessing it was VERY minor.
#3. Don't freak out at the cost of the frame damage to the damage on the truck. It costs a LOT just to set up the frame machine to make a pull. A 1 minute pull might take me an hour and a half to set up.
#4. Sway damage is super, super, super easy to fix. Crush damage, not so much.
#5. Get a good shop to do the work. That can make ALL the difference in the world. There are a lot of bad shops out there.
#6. Just because they have fancy names like "lazer" frame work that doesn't mean they are any good. I can do just as good of work with a string.
I'm guessing this was very minor damage to your truck. If you like your truck, get it fixed and go on vacation. Good luck.
#1. Don't freak out just because they said "the frame was bent." Even out of round holes will qualify on that on the report. It could be just out of round holes or it could be all wadded up.
#2. Since they missed the damage I'm guessing it was VERY minor.
#3. Don't freak out at the cost of the frame damage to the damage on the truck. It costs a LOT just to set up the frame machine to make a pull. A 1 minute pull might take me an hour and a half to set up.
#4. Sway damage is super, super, super easy to fix. Crush damage, not so much.
#5. Get a good shop to do the work. That can make ALL the difference in the world. There are a lot of bad shops out there.
#6. Just because they have fancy names like "lazer" frame work that doesn't mean they are any good. I can do just as good of work with a string.
I'm guessing this was very minor damage to your truck. If you like your truck, get it fixed and go on vacation. Good luck.
