Yeah, I rolled the Chili. Not a good day. Could have been much better, but much much worse for sure. I was able to drive it back home from Moab with good stability at normal highway speed, but it seemed like I touched every body panel, and pushed the rear of the body down on the frame such that the door panels had a wider gap at the top than the bottom.

I like a pristine vehicle, so I am not a candidate for 'just wheel the piss out of it, no worries about body damage now!' strategies. And I have good insurance (a stated value policy from Traveller's).

Carnage: A-pillar, crunched every body panel, squished the passenger door, dented the driver door. Broken wheel from a set no longer in production. Broken main leaf (!!!). Body tweaked and twisted a bit overall.

Here it is at the second body shop, the first one's owner had a stroke and though he thought he could still work it ain't looking good for him <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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The A-pillar is complicated to fix:
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Doesn't look so bad, does it? The side is pushed in though.
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-Bill
'87 4Runner w/ '96 5VZ-FE, 'Red Chili II'
'97 Taco XtraCab 3RZ-FE, 'BlackBean'
TLCA # 13257, Rising Sun 4x4 Club Land Use Coordinator
"He who stops being better stops being good." -Oliver Cromwell