jeepdude16

Ok well I had one of the rare winter occurrences in my ZJ this morning hit a little patch of ice while turning and slid sideways into a telephone pole.
Smashed the grill up pretty good sent the fog light right through it.
To make matters worse there was some real thick steel ( I think) cord looking like it was anchoring the pole to the ground. Well in order to get away from the pole I had to put it in reverse and back straight up well the cord took off the drivers side view and the body panels on the side door.
Since I know the sideview is mainly plastic I'm gonna superglue it on. Its likely that I'll be tearing off the rest of the body panels and putting rhinoliner in their place. My only problem is that where the panels attach there are these little nail like things sticking out to hold the panels on, should I just grind those of sand it then rhinoline over it.
I'm not sure about what to do with the grill. And I could really use a new set of tires mine don't seem to grip worth crap

Svrider

sorry to hear, thats not fun! Should just say you got onto a good trail and were bouncin off trees haha.

sorry for the damage no fun, but hey you can do some customizing now right? Not all is at a loss

jeepdude16

Ya I'm just wondering what route I should take on prepping for paint

jeepdude16

If anybody has torn their body panels off could you please post pics of how it looks and how you did it

Svrider

just get the whole thing redone. dont try and match it, sometimes its cheaper to do the whole thing a new color. Just dont rhino line your entire thing!

jeepdude16

Well I'm still trying to decide on what to go with haha

xjmuddigger

damn poles,they'll sneak up on ya haha
but im sorry to hear that,that really sux,hope u get it fixed

jeepdude16

Ya I know that pole popped up out of nowhere lol it was just like hey I'm here to smash you up hope you don't mind. but in all seriousness I'm gonna be a lot more careful next time around. Hoping to get it fixed soon

mrfajita

Go to junkyard to get parts. I hit a guardrail last month (same story, patch of ice) and broke some stuff. When it gets warmer I will reform the fender and build a bumper, but $20 at the junkyard fixed my broken light bezel and turn signal lenses (both sides were broken when I got the Jeep, replaced both)

jeepdude16

Ya thats what I'll probably end up doing, go with my grandpa to the junkyard and start digging for parts

xj922

that sucks bro.