2011 Reg Cab Short box with a rebuilt title

[SnMMan]

So I found a sweet looking truck at a local dealership that specializes in rebuilding wrecked trucks. The one I like is a short box Silverado Z71 with the 5.3 and auto Trans. They put a 7.5" rough country lift kit and giant 35" cooper m/t tires. It's a sweet looking rig but the rebuilt title scares me a little.

 

They showed me before pics and it looked pretty bad. It was in a front end collision and the passenger door was ding badly. They did a good job cosmetically, all the body lines match up but I'm worried about the mechanical side it.

 

What's your thoughts ? Should I run and look else where or is there something I should be looking for?

[GeorgiaBII]

Why buy a truck that has been damaged like that?

 

Resale value is going to suck down the road. That rebuild title will haunt it for all time.

[SnMMan]

It's a decent price..22,000 and the short box's are hard to find up here

[sledog]

Installing different sheet metal is pretty straight forward (door, front clip ect.) I would be more concerned with the frame and making sure suspension and steering are back in spec. Check for marks on the frame where it might have had damage or pull marks from straightening. The factory black "paint"/undercoating" is dam near impossible to replicate so you should be able to see if there has been any alteration to it. Look at the weld points on cross members to frame rails for any cracks in the factory paint/undercoating. If it has gone through all the proper processes, and all the right work was done to it, it might be worth buying.

 

Do they have a copy of any frame work? any receipts from the parts that were used? I would have had to go through some sort of inspection to be put back on the road, do they have a copy of that?

[2018GMC]

^ This.

 

 

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[SnMMan]

Ya they said they have the rebuild well documented. Next time I go back I'll take a better look at the frame

[Duelin]

If you only look at that truck then you don't know what else is out there.

[intheburbs]

Check with your insurance agent. Have them run the VIN. Many insurance companies offer limited coverage or flat out won't insure salvage/rebuilt titles.

[Explorer]

Check with your insurance agent. Have them run the VIN. Many insurance companies offer limited coverage or flat out won't insure salvage/rebuilt titles.

 

As you should have noticed, most people shy away from such vehicles. This means something only if you plan to resell/trade down the road. It should also reflect in the price you pay for it now. A lengthy test drive with someone following you to see if it goes down the road sideways would be a good start. The lift and 35" tires raises as many flags for me as the title. Common mods, but not always done properly. Unless you can purchase it for well below book and plan on driving it till it turns to dust, I'd keep looking.

[diyer2]

No Way, Nada. Lip Stick on a pig.

[SnMMan]

Thanks for all the feed back everyone! Defiantly a few points I forgot about.

 

One final question, it may be we thy of it own post. How difficult would it be to return a lifted truck back to stock? Or maybe even a little lower then stock?

[BlackZ71Silverado]

You would really be wasting money buying that truck and then wanting to remove the lift.

You would need the factory parts and depending on what brand lift kit, they may have done some cutting and grinding on the truck. Things like that can not be returned to stock really.

 

 

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