Looks like we can use my 95' for a crash test dummy!

[Kyle0614]

Well, day after valentines day which was yesterday is now judgement day for my beloved 95' EX xlt. Sitting at the stoplight in the intersection waiting to turn left, there light is yellow mine is yellow also so as the norm 95 % of the time i figure there going to stop RIGHT? WRONG!!! Silverado comes blazing through the light and BAM....we now have a t-bone rear pass quarter....i'm trying to think of something positive from this i have now come up with two conclusions. He amazingly hit the side that already had two golf ball sized dents in that same quarter panel and explorers can hold there own in a crash...damn thing is rock solid and still runs like a beast, thats what i love about that good ol' mid 90's detroit steel!: anyway tell me ur opinions and look at the now sad X. my first wreck in like 6 years in case anyone was wondering.

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[Burns]

It does not look to bad....Time for sas....

 

[ExploringNC]

If he got the ticket make his insurance pay. Damage doesn't look that bad to me.

 

[Fish Man]

doesnt look too bad, hopefully youll come out of this ok, let us know how it turns out!

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

that does not look to bad.

 

[410Fortune]

it'll pull right out!

 

[OldRedB2_84]

ex's are very hard in that spot, i love it

anywho sorry about your ex, that sux

 

[version4pointOH]

it'll pull right out!

**** that will buff out with some good ol rubbin compound!

 

[Nocturnall]

This was mine, tried buffing it out but didn't happen.

 

[Burns]

What the heck did you do?

 

[Nocturnall]

95 - 97ish chevy 1500 hit me doing 50+ while I was making a left hand turn. Spun me twice, I landed in a ditch. Windshield was smashed, hatch was all messed up, my face was burned and cut from the air bag and the center console bruised my ribs from hitting me in the side. He hit me so hard he knocked my spare tire off and sent it down the road, the brake rotor and caliper somehow landed in the bed of his truck. My best guess is he was doing around 50, probably more from the damage and how he spun me. I was turning into work when it happened, he came up and over a hill which is also a corner in a black truck. He wasn't there when I started turning I got blamed for the accident though because I "turned into his lane." I only had that car for 40 days, insurance company gave me $4k for it, kelly bluebooked at $7600......

 

[VDub2625]

Insurance always lowballs. You never accept the first offer they give you, when totalling, or when getting it fixed.

 

[Cleetis]

Doesn't look to bad, you could probually pound it back into place.

let us know what you decide to do.

 

[matt987]

that does not look to bad.

i dont know about that.. my dad backed into me with a trailer and damaged my left rear quarter panel..from tail light to past the gas cap.. creased the metal, scratched to bare metal about a foot long by 1.5 inches tall.. quote to fix was 1,600$.

i was rearended.. bent my bumper, scratched and dented the reat hatch underneath the explorer emblem...(dent the size of the emblem itself)
the price of that fixup was estimated at 1,000$.. thats including replacement of bumper and bumper covers..
(price of repair will vary between states and such due to labor rate)
betwen the two of those accidents its a total of 2600$ in repairs.. and my damages were not nearly as bad as yours.
Be careful because the insurance company may try to total it out..

 

[VDub2625]

If it's something simple like replacing a bumper or the hatch, I'd definitely do it myself, with junkyard parts. Much cheaper then paying someone else to do it with new parts, and you get the satisfaction of doing it yourself

Even the quarter panel, you could try and do as much work as possible yourself, like removing the plastic trim so the piece can be painted easier, or sanding, or something. Talk it out with the body shop.

$1600 for a quarter panel scratch is ludacrious. I got quoted $1100 to do damn near half a car, with tiny scratches and dents all over.

 

[MarineSNiper217]

That, or if your like me, which alot arent, but theres an automotive school around here called CACC, lots of teenage guys trying to fix anything and everything automotive. They would pop a dent out for free, and charge you just for paint and maby $10 labor to fix stuff... Im getting a paintjob for $300! lol

 

[Kyle0614]

Finally getting another X hopefully !

hey guys it's been a while since my 95' xlt was first posted in the thread...no i did not get low bald by the insurance ... i just sold to a body shop guy ,,,he paid $1,400 for it not bad considering quoted $2,500 dollars at local body shop if any of u guys were wondering what the cost was to fix something of that nature... but anyway me and my mom i know , i know i'm a mommas boy lol oh well,,, were going to look at (if they still have) a 98' sport 4wd leather sunroof RED , a 2000 xls 4wd GOLD, a 2001 xlt BLUE all of them at a bargain , i am so happy i can hardly contain myself (is this a normal looking for a X in good condition lol) anyway what would everyones pick be of the three if u could choose... just making this a new fun thread since my 95 is gone and i am picking up another in a week and a half or so...BTW i was driving a car in spring/summer and into october...couldn't stand it no more i got to have my trucks back (thank you god for Henry Ford, Carroll Shelby, and all others who are incorperated with the blue oval industries...you guys make great cars) reliable , safe, affordable, some of them fast, some of them grocery getters , some of them street beaters, some of them gas guzzlers, lol thought i through that one in , hail to the 289, 302, 351, 390, 427SC 66' : 428 cobra jet, 429 , the 5.4, 4.6, diesal/turbo engines in the big dogs...and last but not least the drag/big blocks who kick ass in bracket racing...u are americas right arm when it comes to cars/trucks (on par in my opinion when it comes to the automoblie) no one else does it better than Henry Ford , after all his first car was $500 dollars the infamous Model-T....lol sorry i started rambling anyway i'm very happy that might possibly be getting another X all they got to do is have one in stock next week and that sucker is mine....PEACE out everyone...(bring the troops home to there family and children) i don't think i'd ever have the balls/guts to do what u guys do every day in defending our country) GOOD DAY EXPLORER FORUM.....Kyle0614

 

[greenbeer]

What motors and trannys are in these choices?

 

[Kyle0614]

GREENBEER : !! there all v6 ohv's if i recall and as for the tranny i can't remember the year the 4r55 stopped are is that only in 2wd's does the 4x4's have the 5r55's for better pulling i assume... my 95' was a 2wd xlt btw and i think it had a 4r55 but the engine 160 ohv v6