Tire tread flew off.

[joeynbgky]

Tread on the back tire of one of the vans flew off on the freeway....hmm
Anyways......so I bought 4 new tires just to be safe.
It did some damage to the van. Doesn't look to bad....but deciding if I should send it to the body shop.

What do you guys think?

Back clip on bumber is gone

Tail pipe bent the fender well up

Weld on tail pipe broke lose,so a small hole

Fender well bent and plastic guard missing

Doesnt look to bad.. But....what do u think?

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[joey895]

I had the same thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. It knocked the tailpipe up into the fender and jammed it up there. The muffler shop had to cut out the old tailpipe and weld in a new one. They pulled the dent out of the fender the best they could while they had it in the air. You can still see it but barely. I plan to get my van wrapped later this year so I am going to wait and see if the company doing the wrap thinks I need to get repaired better.

Interestingly enough, I didn't even lose air pressure when it happened to me. I was able to cut the chunk of tire off and then drive to the tire shop to get them changed, the whole thing only cost me about an hour and I was running ahead anyway.

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[joeynbgky]

Yup.....drove ours to tire shop to.. makes me feel better I accused the tech of hitting something and I didn't think the tread could cause that damage

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[ACE]

I had the same thing a year ago on my box truck. It took out the mud flap and fill hose to the gas tank.

Your van looks fine. It's a service truck and a few dings are no big deal. I might take it to a exhaust shop for a quick weld

 

[Becker]

Lets see a pic at a distance..

Looks like it would hardly get noticed..

How many miles on the van, not worth a insurance claim..

So just live with it..

Unless you get a good deal on repair, but still that means down time.

 

[joeynbgky]

I will try to just buy a bumper cap for it. My neighbor does ding repair... so no ither dings its an 05 express 6.0 v8 168,000 miles. Guess I can live with it lol I forgot its getting old haha.

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[Desk Jockey]

05 express 6.0 v8 168,000 miles.

:shock:
I wouldn't worry about the ding, it's hardly noticable. I'd start saving a little back as down payment on your next van.