This is what happened to my tahoe in May

[Fless]

I have come close to 2 different accidents because other people were on their phones. I could see the phones in their hands. I am sorry but your daughter was at fault for talking on the phone when she should have been PAYING ATTENTION.

She's innocent about the phone thing until proven guilty. We shouldn't jump to conclusions.

 

[OR VietVet]

Both times, ran red lights just as I started in to the intersection.

 

[th3 shifty]

Truck came back from the collision center today, only had enough time to get it off the tow truck and put on my RV PAD before I had to come to work. I’m on for the next 3 days so I will probably start the tear down Friday or Saturday.
1st item of business is to remove/cut out the old radiator support, remove the passenger fender. Then onto pressure washing the carriage so I can remove the steering box for a new one.

 

[shegarty]

Glad to hear your daughter is okay. If the airbags didn't deploy on a collision that caused that much damage you might want to go over the entire system and make sure all your impact sensors are functional. It's possible that the system was not functioning correctly but didn't throw any codes.

 

[GTRhino24]

I run a collision center. While our OBS are built like tanks, they don’t really stand up to today’s vehicles in a crash. Mild steel frames bend like butter compared to the ultra-high strength unibody structures of today. It takes a lot off of the felt impact, but typically does a LOT more damage to ours. Glad your daughter is safe and glad you found a shop to take that on. Luckily she squared it up which takes the diamond condition out of the equation usually. Good luck with the rest and let me know if you have any questions as this is literally all I do every day.

 

[th3 shifty]

Awesome info and thank you.

 

[th3 shifty]

So does anyone have a good source for a radiator core support that is NOT super thin metal? Or would I be better off going with a used factory piece?

 

[th3 shifty]

Found a local yard that had a good core support for $125… snapped that up. I got one from LKC which I deem. Good supplier, but was super thin metal..

 

[th3 shifty]

The radiator support I got from the bone yard, they pulled it for me

As the truck sits now


All the parts waiting to go on



And the powder coated items, front bumper and the tow hooks


You can see the satin black bumper in the pic above

 

[OR VietVet]

LMC and RA, great sources.