ridgerunner13

Welp got screwed over by a fellow cherokee owner, never thought id see the day! Was driving home and had to stop for a school bus and this guy was riding my a$$ to begin with and hit me going about 40



I had my deer rack on the back too and it has seen better days as well



Pieces of the deer rack broke off and three huge pieces went through this guys radiator and really screwed up his jeep, found out today the guy had no insurance so idk what I'm gonna do, is it worth it to try and fix or go get a new back hatch from the gy and paint it. If so anyone got a write up on how to remove and reattach, looks pretty straight forward just wanting any tips and advice there is!!

1976Mustang

Wow that sucks, at least your back window didn't bust out.
Hehe, for me getting the jacka**'s radiator would've been enough payment.

zimdogg

If it was me, I'd claim unisured motorist through my insurance... then I'd take the douche to court. If he can't pay to fix the car, maybe he's got a big screen or something you can take from him. F people without insurance. Did you file a police report?

Check around on craiglist for people parting out their jeeps. You might get lucky and find one thats the same color... go snag their hatch.

sthon

What year is his? I would take his hatch.

MonacaYankee

There are always some nice rear hatches in the pull a part near me. Pre and post 97 hatches
Check your local junkyard.

dogger15

That doesn't even look bad. Should take about 5 min to get that dent out.

Wouldn't even have to take it off either

sthon

No doubt. Take off the inside trim and pound out the dent as best as you can, it'll probably take a little bit of bondo work to fix the crinkle, but it's easily fixable.

motorcharge

Pfft, obviously it's totaled and he's screwed.

ridgerunner13

Yea I'm glad the window didn't break and at first I thought watching him trying to limp it home would be good but now every time looks at it pisses me off!!

ridgerunner13

That's what my friends tell me to do is go to court but I think the guy was living in his jeep and yea I got the report and I'm working on the uninsured driver thing but I still have to pay a 300 dollar deductible, ought to go ring it out of his hide lol

ridgerunner13

He offered but it was in worse shape than mine lol

ridgerunner13

It's actually pretty bad and I'm no body work expert lol I'm sure I could but I am a perfectionist and I want it the way it was!

TheKrazyRaven

Hahahahahahahaha i do body work for a living, that's easily a 6-8 hour dent by insurance standards.....might be able to get it in 4

Looking at the pic, the inner structure is prob bent. It looks pushed in so much under the plate along the bottom the right side next to the trail light bent out as a result....just replace it, it will never be perfect or straight if you fix it

ridgerunner13

Thanks for the advice!! I didn't think it could be straightened either lol

cherokee90

i just bought one from the jy last weekend, the stupid bolts keep stripping... I ended up just folding it up on to the roof after removing the struts and it snapped the hinges much faster