Cargo Area Body Rippling

[lalalofsky]

On 3/2/22 my jeep was struck by my city’s road crews 2017 Ford F550.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ou-do-to-your-jeep-jl-today.3033/post-1851504 here is the post of the accident.

I have not had much time lately to get it checked out but with things dying down for now I spent the day getting 3 estimates from local body shops.

Today i broke down the cargo area and took some photos.

What I was looking for was body and top damage. For ReferEnce, the effected side of the vehicle, the side that was in the accident was the passenger rear. I did my best to compare that side to the Drivers side.

I apologize for my photo adding skills, ideally i would be able to type under them but could not figure out how to do so.

Basically the first 4 I am highlighting the part of the body that is molded for the upper shock mount. I noticed that there was a substantial amount of rippling metal, which led me to think that the floor there was not going to be flat. I used a straight edge to check the flatness comparing both sides.

I also noticed that there was a substantial amount of gapping on the passenger side of my hard top versus the drivers side.

Sorry for so much text, I’m just trying to document everything and get some serious help.

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[lalalofsky]

I checked my rear upper shock mounts and the drivers side is flat On the outboard side, and the passenger side is curved in substantially on the outboard side.

Can someone please verify their mounts for me? The body shops in my city suck, and cant seem to understand that damage could be there. They just want to take a quick one over and then write something up.