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2000 Mountaineer gets rear-ended again!
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koda2000
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No, no receiver hitch on this one. The bumper brackets bolt holes are slotted, so it doesn't take much to push the bumper down at an angle. It's just as well, the energy of getting hit has to go somewhere.
How are you doing health wise @allmyEXes?
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Nice...glad it was an easy repair! Mine was hit while parked on the street by a drunk driver going 40 who didn't notice that the road narrowed from 3 to 2 lanes at that spot. Luckily, most of the energy went into pushing the Explorer a good 30 feet up the road and into the next car up! Still looks amazingly good, though...All I had to do was re-shape the frame to get a new bracket to mount, put on a new bumper, and replace the front valence.
The drunk driver didn't get hurt either, but she did hit and run. Leaving her front license plate behind. She blew a 0.20 when the cops showed up at her doorstep!
The drunk driver didn't get hurt either, but she did hit and run. Leaving her front license plate behind. She blew a 0.20 when the cops showed up at her doorstep!
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Yeah, in my experience these old Gen II Expls/Mountaineers body-on-frame trucks are tough. They can take a lick'in and keep on tick'in.
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Mine too, I had a hitch and got hit last Fall. I had to stop for a tractor trailer off the road, and the driver spreading orange cones in the road. Someone behind me didn't react fast enough, and then backed up and rove around(four lane Hwy).
The hit pushed the hitch forward a bit, into the leaf shackles. It was dark and I checked it out at work. The ride was harsh with the hitch against the shackles, and the spare tire was squeezed a bunch. I let the air out of the spare at work, and after work I removed the hitch. No apparent damage to the hitch or frame, or bumper, or my neck etc. I was grateful and moved on, but no cash.
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So I had similar rear end damage last November with the big difference being I backed into a wooden light pole. Same things damaged but mine worse. My driver side rear quarter panel window also broke. Brought it to body shop and they worked out a quote to fix the vehicle- $5000. Why did they even waste my and their time on the quote....
Anyway, after this I went out an bought another 97 and I'm slowly getting the damaged one back so far on my own... But its slow.
Being rear ended is never a good thing but getting $1900 is certainly a huge help. God luck.
I've also just started playing with Forscan...
Anyway, after this I went out an bought another 97 and I'm slowly getting the damaged one back so far on my own... But its slow.
Being rear ended is never a good thing but getting $1900 is certainly a huge help. God luck.
I've also just started playing with Forscan...
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