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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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What do you think? Full of crap?

Found this truck on E-bay. It caught my eye just because I wanted to see what it had done and all. I have no intention of buying it, I was looking at Megacabs.
Anyhow, it's been wrecked but supposedly it didn't have a lick of frame damage. Here are before pictures.
http://www.drjemini.com/06grayram/damage/

Perhaps it didn't have frame damage...and if it did perhaps it was repaired. But man, that just looks nasty to me.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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No way that didn't have frame damage....
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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I'm not a body guy by any means, but if you are considering it, just crawl underneath it at look at the frame. I don't know if i would drive anything that had that much axle twisting damage. When you drive it through a puddle, you'll probably get four individual tire marks leaving it.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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adam I would be careful on that deal. for what they want you could put a couple thousand with that and get a clean title truck thats never been wrecked or find a nice 03-05 again like what you had. plus if you bought and wanted to resale it the salvage title would be a pain to unload I think
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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Full of crap? Not just full, but buried under a huge pile.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 02:56 AM
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Junk, stay away. Not many insurance companies will insure a salvage vehicle.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 05:51 AM
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The way the wheels are angled in ways they aren't supposed to be, it seems to me this thing has been in a wreck that involved more than just body metal bending forces...

I wouldn't touch it, but at least the seller disclosed the previous damage, with photos even...
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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no way that frame is good, friend of mine hit a concrete base for a lightpole at 10 mph, had the frame replaced completely through insurance due to it being bent. Put your money back in your pocket and RUN !
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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adam I would be careful on that deal. for what they want you could put a couple thousand with that and get a clean title truck thats never been wrecked or find a nice 03-05 again like what you had. plus if you bought and wanted to resale it the salvage title would be a pain to unload I think
Jesse I don't have any interest in that thing! It looks nice, but I just wondered why the price was low on a truck that appeared lifted/modded in the little e-bay pic as I was browsing the list. As I read about it I thought there's just no way that thing didn't have frame damage, and decided to see who here agreed.

I'm shopping for a Mega anyway!
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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That thing has been wailed on for only 15K....

Must of been that "sexy" sticker on the tailgate...
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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If that frame is not bent, I'm a monkeys uncle.............
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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look at pictures two and three.
the back axle got bent.
granted, it might have all been suspension damage, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 03qclb5spd
Jesse I don't have any interest in that thing! It looks nice, but I just wondered why the price was low on a truck that appeared lifted/modded in the little e-bay pic as I was browsing the list. As I read about it I thought there's just no way that thing didn't have frame damage, and decided to see who here agreed.

I'm shopping for a Mega anyway!
oh it would find it hard to believe that it didnt have frame damage the rear axle was shifted a couple feet
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