Posted: 4/18/2006 5:45:57 PM EDT
| I've got a 2000 Chevy Z71 pickup and today while at work someone sideswiped the left part of my truck bed leaving a nice 2 ft long damage trail of scratches and various dents/crinkles...The bad part is I never saw who did it so my insurance company has to pay or I'll to pay myself. I've gotten 3 estimates and all 3 shops put the cost at $2000. Well the truck is in great shape (except for this mishap) but I do have over 170,000 miles on it. I only paid $9000 for the truck. Would you pay to fix this or take that $2000 and use it for other things . My deductible is $1000 for my insurance so if I use it I'll still have to pay $1000 out of pocket.........???? what would you do? Oh and my work says I'm SOL so they're not paying for it |
| No cameras unfortunately...oh and i'm such a perfectionist when it comes to my vehicles so it does bother me but I can't bring myself spend $1000 for body work on a truck with 172,000 miles...hell my luck i'll pay to fix it and the damn tranny or engine will go out |
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Can you find another bed at a local 'pick-a-part'? A few bolts and a couple of friends to help lift, just replace the whole thing. Might not be a Z-71, but you might get lucky and find one the same color or does it really matter? I built a flatbed on a pickup I had, in my driveway, in a weekend. I have seen new 'takeoffs' from commercial fleet pickups for as low as $500. Note: not around here, not recently and not Z-71 badged. Choices, choices, choices 
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