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The front of my truck only looks like the lower bumper is damaged and there car is crushed since my truck hit were my tow hook is.  I thought mine wasn't bad till I turned into the parking lot and steering was binding and heard some strange groaning,  I looked underneath and the BDS crossmember is bent along with the frame where it is bolted to the frame.   Anyone ever have to have a frame replaced?  

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I havent but my brother works at a good body shop and he told me they have literally put a truck piece by piece onto another new frame. They do it often.

Sounds like lots of work but if the trucks value is more than the damage, it may have to be the way to go for insurance. 

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3 hours ago, Payton34 said:

The front of my truck only looks like the lower bumper is damaged and there car is crushed since my truck hit were my tow hook is.  I thought mine wasn't bad till I turned into the parking lot and steering was binding and heard some strange groaning,  I looked underneath and the BDS crossmember is bent along with the frame where it is bolted to the frame.   Anyone ever have to have a frame replaced?  

They can straighten a stock frame  But not with aftermarket  stuff installed,  did the bds require to cut out the original cross member ?

frame straightening is an art the  right guy can fix it, but if  it is too out of spec may be deemed totaled ,. Someone in here got rear ended  with his tow hook in the hitch mount ,truck looked fine but when the body shop inspected it the frame was bent beyond repair !

 

good luck get a few shops to look at it 

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Make sure you get a laser read out on your frame as soon as it’s done. Using a laser measures the exact dimensions your frame should be as it was when you bought it new. I had my 14 1500 rear ended once and my insurance agent recommended to request it be done.


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Hopefully you are ok. Look into submitting a diminished value claim. If they do decided to fix the truck it’s going to lose value because the accident will be on the car fax. I got rearended in my moms Honda in December and 30 mins after I mentioned a diminished value claim they called to total it. 

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I went to my body shop I want to use and they said my frame is fine.  The noises I get over uneven pavement is tire rubbing.  The bumper is pushed back on driver side and im rubbing the inner liner and the edge of the chrome bumper.  I was concerned about frame damage because when I hit the car the main impact was at the tow hook end of frame rail and i rode up over the cars fender. Im going to a second body shop for state farms authorized estimate monday. My truck only damaged the bumper, top bumper pad and grill 

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I went to my body shop I want to use and they said my frame is fine.  The noises I get over uneven pavement is tire rubbing.  The bumper is pushed back on driver side and im rubbing the inner liner and the edge of the chrome bumper.  I was concerned about frame damage because when I hit the car the main impact was at the tow hook end of frame rail and i rode up over the cars fender. Im going to a second body shop for state farms authorized estimate monday. My truck only damaged the bumper, top bumper pad and grill 

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Sorry about your accident.  I hope repairs and all related tasks are dealt with quickly so that you can move forward and put this all in the past.

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4 hours ago, BrightWhiteDC said:

Off topic... How do you like those rigid fog lights?!


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Love the fog lights well worth it and trouble free for 3 years. Color matches Led headlights perfect 

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