Guess who's back...

[section525]

I've been gone a loooong @$$ time. Since March 23rd! Anyway, I leave and all hell breaks loose. How did James become a Mod?!

Anyway, I was at my Dad's shop bead-blasting some parts like I always do. I drove around back, opened the garage door, and parked my ass right in the driveway to work. I left my hatch open cause I was hauling parts back and forth to my truck.

So I'm standing there blasting away and I see out of the corner of my eye a big green dumpster coming my way. I thought it was a truck with the dumpster back just backing in to turn around. So I get back to work. I look over again and the thing is about a foot from my truck and it keeps on coming. Before I could do anything I see it hit my hatch and the whole truck lundges forward. ^%#@$@ It ended up being one of my Dad's employees hauling the thing with a forklift. It was so big he couldn't see in front of him and was just driving by brail.

So it done messed up my hatch good. Bent the hell out of the paneling (the hinges are fine!)

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So right now my truck is all jacked up. I have the front torn apart to put my bumper brackets in. The back is duct taped on. Theres no more hatch paneling on the inside.

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So has anyone ever messed with their hatch before? Either with an air chisel or replacing it all together?


Ahh.. its good to be back.

 

[XplorerKid]

ahhh that sux such a nice explorer gets hit NOOOOOOO =(

yea i cant believe hes a mod

hehe
j/k james =)


PEACE

 

[Black Magic]

Sorry to hear about your hatch. I would think it would be easier to replace it with one from a junk yard.

 

[section525]

Yeah... I think it's too mutilated now. I'm looking for a 98+ hatch right now.

 

[Alec]

Almost the same thing happened to mine: it got hit when it was open. I had to basically replace the whole thing except the glass and internals.

 

[section525]

Did you just get it from a yard or what? How much did it set you back? Oh, and how the heck did you get the door off (as far as the wire harness connecting the door to the body)? Know what I mean?

 

[Alec]

I had a local bodyshop do it in exchange for some favors. Using new parts it would have been about $1300 in parts and labor to replace the main metal and interior trim. Ended up being about $300 and some free medical help