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David Haile · 2004-04-23T09:24:57-06:00

I did a bonehead thing last weekend. I had 3000 lbs of brick on a pallet loaded right on top of the axles on my trailer instead of slightly ahead of the axles where it should have been. All would have been fine except that I also had not quite clipped the ball lock down on the tongue of the trailer. Wouldn't you know it, I pull into my downhill driveway and the hitch comes off and the tongue of the trailer pokes through the fiberglass door! The damage estimate is $1300 which I think is stupid and outrageous. It is only a 6" diameter hole through the back panel. The door still works fine and no other damage was done to the window or the interior panel. This is the driver side rear door. Much to my wife's dismay, I may try to fix it myself. It's just fiberglass, right? I'll be danged if I can't fix it and sand it so smooth that nobody would notice a problem. I would have a professional do the painting because I've tried that before and it takes a lot of practice. I'll also be running by a cheaper body shop and tell them that I'm paying for it, not insurance, and see how that changes the story. I could bypass this whole problem if I could find a replacement door. Too bad we don't have a commonly available vehicle.

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Poked a hole in a rear barn door - help!

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Dave Sullivan

• Kitchener, XX, Canada

• Registered on 2/27/2003

• 199 posts

Posted:5/7/2004 17:41

Anyone who knows how to handle fiberglass can fix that one for you.
Seems to me that ford uses a composite. Perhaps you could find a big band aid to cover it till you get it fixed.

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