Autobody Workers Puzzle Over Truck Damage
12 posts across 2 communities in the last 60 days; 83% from r/Autobody.
“https://giphy.com/gifs/qH7J4EXzSCmBy [re: Someone hit my baby… Ram 2500 Crew Cab 6.7 with only 105,000 kms. Rob hasn’t answered yet lol, what’s everyone thoughts? Write off?]”
“We fix dents, we dont make them. How the hell is anyone who wasnt there supposed to know what happend to your truck??”
“Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I need help identifying a truck that hit me this morning and drove off. Another trucker on the side of the road with a popped tire managed to pick the truck up on his dashcam. This was in northern Colorado, near the town of…”
Several posts focus on unusual damage to a truck, with users speculating about the cause in humorous ways. The discussions highlight uncertainty and a need for explanation regarding vehicle repair.
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“https://giphy.com/gifs/qH7J4EXzSCmBy [re: Someone hit my baby… Ram 2500 Crew Cab 6.7 with only 105,000 kms. Rob hasn’t answered yet lol, what’s everyone thoughts? Write off?]”
“We fix dents, we dont make them. How the hell is anyone who wasnt there supposed to know what happend to your truck??”
“Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I need help identifying a truck that hit me this morning and drove off. Another trucker on the side of the road with a popped tire managed to pick the truck up on his dashcam. This was in northern Colorado, near the town of severance. Is there any way to find where this truck came from or who was driving? If not, would anyone know the model of this truck and or trailer? Thanks in advance! submitted by /u/foaboau [link] [comments]”
“I'd love your thoughts on what in the repair process can lead to something like this. Previous guy obviously hit something as I found locked crash codes among others, a hood and two fenders that don't match the original paint of the truck, and the weirdest cracking I've seen. I already have another hood my dad and I are planning to paint that's in much better shape and with a better grille. I don't wanna deal with this😂 Would love to know your thoughts on what the DUI guy di”
“Look like a guy at the body shop got to close, when backing up your truck out of their garage.....”
“Truck/pick up truck equipped with flat bed …a good truck driver always checks his mirrors!”
“So I made a post last week showing my truck that was hit on the freeway during a hit and run. My Whole bedside panel was dented and the fender started to dig into my tire, I made a post to see what the people had to say! I’m making an update to show the real price that I gave was correct! So luckily there was no real damage to my axles, my frame was unscathed, the inside of my truck bed wasn’t damaged and most of the damage was luckily just cosmetic. I took it to a triple A approved body shop an”
“Can this dent be popped out? It's in the truck bed of a 23 Ford maverick submitted by /u/Deedogg1304 [link] [comments]”
“If not what could have caused this drove it once yesterday, then parked it while drove a diff truck. Saw this today dping a walkaround submitted by /u/AndromedanPrince [link] [comments]”
“The first step will be getting them to accept responsibility, especially since I didn't notice it until the next day. The truck was brought back around to me absolutely filthy when I picked it up, and now I'm wondering if that was intentional so that I would be focused on pitching a bitch about that instead of doing a proper walk-around and inspection.”
They will have to be enormous fender flares to cover that up.