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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I have never seen an estimate where you put two cars together. I don't even think most of the standardized estimating software has that as an option. Every word of this is wrong.
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xzzy posted:But that doesn't look like a car, it looks like an old dryer. I had to go back and check that it wasn't a Land Rover.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:
This is so ridiculous I can't believe you even posted it. Oh, no! I rear ended a car! Where ever will I be able to find a vehicle that's been rear-ended?
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Dec 16, 2016 18:43
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Cars damaged enough to be totaled don't sit around in lots just waiting for it's opposite number.
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Time to warm up the ol' ignore button.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Cars damaged enough to be totaled don't sit around in lots just waiting for it's opposite number. You're absolutely right no one would ever do such a silly thing. 
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I'm pretty sure it was in this very thread that someone posted a link to a Russian body shop that like specialized in clip jobs, had pictures of tons of cars that they stapled back together. Granted that is Russia where anything goes so I suppose it might not happen in the US, or at least if it does happen here the car is probably sold to some 3rd world country.
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Crotch Fruit posted:I'm pretty sure it was in this very thread that someone posted a link to a Russian body shop that like specialized in clip jobs, had pictures of tons of cars that they stapled back together. Granted that is Russia where anything goes so I suppose it might not happen in the US, or at least if it does happen here the car is probably sold to some 3rd world country. This is something awful. If you say absolutely anything at all, someone will argue that you are wrong forever.
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Crotch Fruit posted:I'm pretty sure it was in this very thread that someone posted a link to a Russian body shop that like specialized in clip jobs, had pictures of tons of cars that they stapled back together. Granted that is Russia where anything goes so I suppose it might not happen in the US, or at least if it does happen here the car is probably sold to some 3rd world country. Hell, I remember an episode of "Pimp My Ride" where some guy had a Ford Escort that was 2 different halves stitched together. It was seen as such a safety issue, they just junked the car and, instead, pimped out a brand new Scion xB.
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Cojawfee posted:This is something awful. If you say absolutely anything at all, someone will argue that you are wrong forever. No way, no one would ever do that here.
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Cojawfee posted:This is something awful. If you say absolutely anything at all, someone will argue that you are wrong forever. No they won't, this is loving bullshit. Typical  . There's actually some very tolerant and reasonable posters on here who won't jump down your throat just because you've uttered a single syllable which might be mistaken. So gently caress you, hope your entire family explodes after being attacked by snakes.
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Ola posted:No they won't, this is loving bullshit. Typical Oh wow, some typical  supremacy nonsense.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Cars damaged enough to be totaled don't sit around in lots just waiting for it's opposite number. Better than the KFC DoubleDown
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Guys, guys, everyone knows that  is the best reg year. We're basically '04s without the pedophilia.
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Lol imagine having a reg date slap fight these days on the internet's most troll-free forums
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09 is bigger and has the best emote  E: wait gently caress i forgot about  ignore my dumb rear end
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fridge corn posted:Lol imagine having a reg date slap fight these days on the internet's most troll-free forums fite me you dirty 03.
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Crotch Fruit posted:I'm pretty sure it was in this very thread that someone posted a link to a Russian body shop that like specialized in clip jobs, had pictures of tons of cars that they stapled back together. Granted that is Russia where anything goes so I suppose it might not happen in the US, or at least if it does happen here the car is probably sold to some 3rd world country. http://autobotanik.livejournal.com/
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Enourmo posted:09 is bigger and has the best emote Can confirm '10s are the best posters Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Dec 18, 2016 |
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Thank you, those men are auto body wizards and I feel very sorry for anyone who receives one of those cars.
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Crotch Fruit posted:Thank you, those men are auto body wizards and I feel very sorry for anyone who receives one of those cars. On yaplakal, some people have tracked down some of the cars they rebuilt listed for sale with no mention of damage. You could be driving one of their cars right now 
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karma looking' at a 2 for 1 on the river
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Nononononononono
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Oh, hey, cheap BRZ, just drive through some puddles to wash the idiot off of the undercarriage.
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B4Ctom1 posted:karma looking' at a 2 for 1 on the river Suicide jacks.
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Are these the Widowmaker jacks I've heard about?
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The Door Frame posted:Are these the Widowmaker jacks I've heard about? Lol, no, that one obviously has 4 arms. This is a widowmaker.  
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Powershift posted:Lol, no, that one obviously has 4 arms.  Jesus Christ.
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I...think I win?  Tab A goes into slot B, and there aren't even any notches, only friction. Also, even in the best-case scenario, the ground point is three inches outboard from the edge of the vehicle. A canilevered friction jack. Queen_Combat fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Dec 18, 2016 |
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There's also the slight issue where the jack point is under the point of the vehicle most notorious for being a candy shell of paint surrounding several pounds of rust. The photo is pretty representative of how bad it gets.. that's not a unique state. Standard test when buying an acvw is to stab the heater channel with a screw driver, if it goes straight through don't buy it. 
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Even though my heater channels are just fine, the entire "frame" arm that supports that point on my beetle is also extremely weak, even with what appears to be only surface rust. I tried using it just once. After the driver's side deflected about an inch and a half before I noticed, I switched to a standard jack on the torsion tube mount, and pounded the stock point back down with a mallet 
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This isn't some hyperbolic or tongue in cheek statement, I have never once had issue with a stock jack and jack point on any air cooled vehicle I have ever owned. Plenty of other issues, just not that.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I...think I win? I was wondering what those weird tubes under my door jam are for! Jesus christ, those things are so horribly bent, and exposed to so much corrosion... who would trust their life that a 1" square pipe and a jack that doesn't have a lock mechanism will hold a literal ton of steel over their heads? E: perfect timing
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The Door Frame posted:I was wondering what those weird tubes under my door jam are for! Jesus christ, those things are so horribly bent, and exposed to so much corrosion... who would trust their life that a 1" square pipe and a jack that doesn't have a lock mechanism will hold a literal ton of steel over their heads? The earliest obes were a round hole 
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The Door Frame posted:who would trust their life that a 1" square pipe and a jack that doesn't have a lock mechanism will hold a literal ton of steel over their heads? Well, it was meant to be used for changing the tire in an emergency. You weren't supposed to climb under there and bleed the brakes.
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Weird thing is that those VW jacks are kind of the standard old school rally car jack.
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Can't say I wouldn't do the same just for shits and giggles. http://i.imgur.com/HPzvma8.mp4
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Bajaha posted:Can't say I wouldn't do the same just for shits and giggles. Already posted in the awesome thread
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Bajaha posted:Can't say I wouldn't do the same just for shits and giggles. gifv isn't actually an image like a gif was, it's an mp4 movie. So just post the link and it gets embedded automatically.
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