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Old 10-28-2011, 08:05 PM
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Woke up one morning before work and there was a tree laying across it, It bent the side frame down some to where a new windshield wont fit, What can i do to go about fixing this..? Thanks
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Old 10-28-2011, 08:07 PM
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File an insurance claim and buy a new one
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Sell it to me for cheap and I will start a build thread and show you how its done.Lol.
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take it to a frame shop and they should tell you the best way to fix it. what i would do is take the seat out and use a jack and a 4x4 or 2x4 and jack it back up in place. then get a new windshield. That should work.
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Yeah, porta power and some body hammers will straighten it out then put some new glass in
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white91 has the best idea, it wont be perfect but itll be a hell of a lot better than it is now lol. Then if ya felt like it a 10 can of bondo and some sandpaper would make it look alot better.
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