Ughh... The only crappy thing about owning XJs... They're worth almost nothing as far as insurance is concerned and it takes very little damage to total them.
Took my all of 20 minutes to remove all of the tape and plastic pieces. Do yourself a favor and buy an eraser wheel. I attached it to a regular cordless drill like a drill bit and it worked perfect. I've done it this way on two different jeeps now.
Im getting ready to go do my brake lines in a few. The ones on the jeep now are Rugged Ridge.
They have no rubber over the braided steel and they are shot. I went with Iron Rock ones with the extra rubber outside. The Iron rock ones are much nicer. I hated my RR ones, they look cheap.
Be careful putting that through insurance - most every rear-ender i've seen come though here with frame damage like that ended up being a total
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Ughh... The only crappy thing about owning XJs... They're worth almost nothing as far as insurance is concerned and it takes very little damage to total them.
Try to find out beforehand if you'll have the option to buy it back for scrap value... I did that with my pickup when it got hit by a semi, (damage was all cosmetic, just a lot of it.)
Uhhh so when i go to the collision place to get a quote for my insurance company, if they tell me its totaled, will i not be able to drive it anymore? Should i just cancel the claim?
Finished plastidipping today. Going to rock this until the summer when I can weld on new rockers and paint the entire thing.
Top left is how I bought it, has new unpainted fenders. Top right, dipped the rims and rear quarters and drove around police cherokee style for a couple weeks until it was warm enough to finish the whole thing.
I'm not a big plasti-dipper, but I do like the way the paint lies. Makes a very nice finish - even, smooth, no runs, drips, no path marks. Seems to usually turn out very good.
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Bought it. Seafoamed it. Changed the oil. Install new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. Cleaned the throttle body. Replaced the air filter. Removed the plastic door trim and tape. Figured out all the tie rod ends are trash. Cleaned the interior.
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Shirley owns a Jeep again!
w00t!!!!!
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Strapped my kayak to it and made for the carwash... Someone said spring is coming and I didn't get on the water once last year.
Uhhh so when i go to the collision place to get a quote for my insurance company, if they tell me its totaled, will i not be able to drive it anymore? Should i just cancel the claim?
The collision shop can't tell you it's actually totaled or not, although they'll have a pretty good idea. Frame damage on a unibody vehicle (especially one this old) almost always equals total loss. The insurance company is who makes that decision. Contact your agent and ask them what the deal is and what your options are once that determination has been reached. It is your right to ask these questions.
To get larger estimates, go to dealership collision centers. For my truck, the estimates from the dealerships were about $2k more than the independents, which the company paid. I retained ownership of the truck and the insurance co. docked the payment for the amount of the scrap value, which was like three or four hundred bucks. Bear in mind, though, that this was an insurer of a large trucking company that was eager for me to sign the paperwork stating that I would not pursue any further legal action against them for the gross negligence of their driver.
The collision shop can't tell you it's actually totaled or not, although they'll have a pretty good idea. Frame damage on a unibody vehicle (especially one this old) almost always equals total loss. The insurance company is who makes that decision. Contact your agent and ask them what the deal is and what your options are once that determination has been reached. It is your right to ask these questions.
To get larger estimates, go to dealership collision centers. For my truck, the estimates from the dealerships were about $2k more than the independents, which the company paid. I retained ownership of the truck and the insurance co. docked the payment for the amount of the scrap value, which was like three or four hundred bucks. Bear in mind, though, that this was an insurer of a large trucking company that was eager for me to sign the paperwork stating that I would not pursue any further legal action against them for the gross negligence of their driver.
Good luck!
So worst case scenario they total my jeep. Once i buy it back for what its worth in scrap, will i be able to drive it at all? or will that not be allowed under my insurance since they totaled it?
Going to rock this until the summer when I can weld on new rockers and paint the entire thing.
Trying to decide if I want to invest in those or just wait and find myself a little trailer that I can modify.
