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Title: totalled it
Post by: lanulos89 on November 23, 2007, 06:36:22 PM: driving along all of a sudden jeep veers to the left in to a guard rail at 65. does a spins around almost flips, i think my wheel spacers saved me. the guuy ehind me told me he was 99% sure i was flipping. anyway i was going north bound originally, i ended up facing southbound. im not sure if my tire blew, b/c my steering knuckle is sheered straight in half. along with the drivers side spring perch ripped outta the frame the tcase smashed i think the trans ****ed up. motor still runs tho. honestly im just happy to be alive and to have walked away from that with just being sore. here are bad pictures, ill have better ones morrow, im also gonna start to strip it morow b4 insurance sees it. thats if im not to sore.
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Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: Jeffy on November 23, 2007, 06:50:57 PM: Wow, glad your OK. When you get a chance to sit down and pick the seat out of your butt, could you take some better pictures? I'd like to see what happened. It doesn't look like it would be totaled. Went a new front perch and swap in a new front axle and transfer case. The transmission should be OK. The transfer case took damage as the driveshaft bottomed out.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: dexetr30 on November 23, 2007, 08:11:36 PM: Glad to see you made it through that with nothing more than being sore. Looks like it was a hell of a ride. Like Jeffy said...some better photos would be nice.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: might4banger on November 24, 2007, 06:56:36 AM: Glad ur OK... WOW.

If you get it totaled out... ask about buying it back. Then you get a check and can fix it up or part it out.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: Mozman68 on November 24, 2007, 07:47:42 AM: Glad you're okay! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: Rokcrwln on November 24, 2007, 11:34:17 AM: WOW!
Glad you're okay.
Like Bill Cosby says..."First you say it, then you do it ($h!t)
Dig out the receipts for any recent upgrades you made so your isurance company will compensate you, if they total it.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: neale_rs on November 24, 2007, 01:40:33 PM: Glad you are OK. Sorry about the jeep, I hope the insurance covers all the damage.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: chardrc on November 24, 2007, 07:31:53 PM: glad your ok.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: lanulos89 on November 24, 2007, 07:50:37 PM: got better pictures nd figured out wht happened. brake rotor cracked took out a nice chunk of the pad and locked up that wheel, causing worlds biggest brake pull. hitting the rail broke the steering knuckle nd the tire well thats obv damage. the frame is quite twisted, springs rearced tcase gone and so on and so fourth. i got collision and im bout to go searching for recipts.
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Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: aw12345 on November 24, 2007, 08:19:15 PM: Poor Jeep looks pretty sad, You are a very lucky young man to have walked away wihout bodily harm. The Jeep can be replaced. Glad you are ok. I guess a thorough check before a trip would not hurt since we do tend to abuse our Jeeps. Cracked rotors is something that can be spotted fairly easily Stuff happens but never hurts to try and keep trouble to a minimum. Not saying it was avoidable but could have been spotted and avoided a lot of hurt
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: Jeffy on November 24, 2007, 10:41:22 PM: Wow, those picts aren't much better. :wall:

Since the frame is twisted, they will probably total it. Hope you have full coverage.

I'm sure you can recoupe a lot of it by parting it out.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: lanulos89 on November 24, 2007, 10:50:09 PM: i couldnt get good pictures of it but trust me the frame is twisted, nd kinked in a spot as well. its a goner. i do have full nd i will prob buy it back depending on how much they ask. i wasn't over exaderating last night nd the pictures do not do it justice
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: Jesse-James on November 24, 2007, 11:20:36 PM: That is a miracle for you to be typing this right now. Wow.

Get another YJ steal the parts you want, part out what you can, and scrap the rest at the steel recy.

Good luck dealing with ins. They're your best friend until you need them.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: YjMike on November 25, 2007, 03:07:07 AM: Dude...... Glad you're OK....
I hit a sunfire head-on a few years ago, Ins. totaled my vehicle and let me buy it back, but fonked the title all up, I got 4 tickets for no registration and kept sending them to the ins. co., then one day they sent me the title(4 years later)....
It sonks and you HAVE to stay on them about the title if you buy it back from them.

On the lighter side of things, hitting a car head on was fun untill I landed... Sunfire's make good ramps, If you get a choice next time, go for a small car, not a guard rail.
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: YJmechanic on November 26, 2007, 05:17:01 AM: glad you're ok man
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: jeepheap on November 26, 2007, 06:32:32 AM: glad to here your ok.... but damn! amazed by those photos. thank god for real frames, if was a xj you'd probably been sheared. :eek:
Title: Re: totalled it
Post by: gomi on November 26, 2007, 06:37:01 AM: ouch! Poor Jeep :'(