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[MossLake]

Here ya go. Looks cheap. Fix her up and make you some money!

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*****WRECKED 2000 SILVERADO,RUNS***** - $950 (BROUSSARD,LA....)

Date: 2011-08-18, 8:45AM CDT
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Kid tested......5.3,4L60e.both air bags blown,new battery.....runs fine around yard...I have all parts located if interested.....DO NOT EMAIL ME AS I WILL NOT REPLY....CALL 337-837-4402...no low ball offers,bring trailer,

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[southern151]

Looks like it'd be an easy enough fix. Just too bad the truck isn't worth the airbags that need to be replaced.

[MossLake]

So, airbags ain't cheap huh?
Gotta have airbags?

[southern151]

Between the two, you're looking at $2500 +.

Ya don't HAVE to have airbags but, they were put there for a reason.

I'd also venture to guess that the frame rails are rolled down unless they were on the brakes real hard when they rearended whoever it was.

Hood, fenders, grille, core support, headlamps and bumper for sure. Likely gonna need an AC condenser and possibly a radiator/shroud and fan. A lot of variables but, again, I can't tell without better pics.

I wonder how much he found all the parts for? I'd bet around $3k. Just a hunch.

[jldsc]

the 950$ would be worth it for the motor tranny and rearend if you needed one but that truck is not worth fixing..looks like the frame is bowed between the bed and cab

[evidrine]

In all the wrecks i've been in not a single air bad deployed, and some were pretty rough. Not sayin you sholdnt have them, just figured i'd share.

[southern151]

Originally Posted by evidrine

In all the wrecks i've been in not a single air bad deployed, and some were pretty rough. Not sayin you sholdnt have them, just figured i'd share.

They're by no means an exact science. I've seen em deploy when ya wouldn't have thought they would and not when you just KNEW they should have.

The problem is, if I were to buy this vehicle or another one with blown bags and put dummy bags in their place or even used bags, the liability is high. If something were to happen and there were no bags in place or used bags "should have"(see above) deployed, I could be held partly if not completely liable for damages to the person. All the disclosures in the world won't do much for you today with the way our legal system works.

[evidrine]

I'm not sure about all that. You would'nt be held liable if you got in a wreck and the passenger air bad was turned off?

[southern151]

Originally Posted by evidrine

I'm not sure about all that. You would'nt be held liable if you got in a wreck and the passenger air bad was turned off?

Rebuilders to me, are a money pit anyway. Small cars that can be sold at "I've got the cash for it" levels do great during tax return season but, SUV's and trucks have never done me well. Had a dang nice dually for sale for MONTHS and wound up only getting a grand more than I had in it. Sounds alright unless you had to hang onto it for 6 months or so.

Call me picky but, factory parts on sensitive items is the way to go. If used/dummy airbags weren't a liability, insurance companies would be shoving them down our throats every time we turned around and, to date, I've yet to see a single used airbag from even the crappiest of insurance company.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by southern151

Looks like it'd be an easy enough fix. Just too bad the truck isn't worth the airbags that need to be replaced.

Airbags..............Airbags..................You don't need no stinking Airbags
Just put some MayWest life jackets on the dashboard,