Recent content by summers

sign me up! Please add my name to the list. What info do you need? Name is Matt Summers, cruiser is '96. Thanks!

I settled the claim a few weeks back and I think what I ended up receiving will be surprising to many of you. I settled for $15,016.00 plus a sales tax waiver. I let them keep the mangled truck, which I am glad I did since when they started it to put it on a truck the engine dumped all its...

Interested - still available? Hello, I really like this truck! I'm in the market to replace my 94 that was totaled recently. Anyway, I'm beginning to look around. I dig the rig. Is it still available and is if in the condition I could safely drive it back to Missouri where I live? Thanks! summers

as a side note, you can remove the current antenna and solder on another on, just insure that its attenuated appropriately for the radio signal range you are expecting. Another option, as it occurs to me, is to acquire a conventional signal booster from your provider. T-Mobile has offered a free...

I didn't even get to that point with this setup. However, I assume you are talking about a 3G data signal off the radio and not the wifi signal. To get better 3G radio reception you would be better off with a dedicated PCI card and antenna versus messing with an android device like I did. The...

Heya, Yeah I think its likely true that $20K is high, but I plan to go after that anyway. For what its worth, I don't need another vehicle for now, that was more of a project/recreation vehicle than a daily. Also, I have an attorney already. Not quite the same as retainer, but effectively the...

Hey, thanks everyone for posting to this thread with handy advice. The thread has gone a tad bit cold, so I thought I would try to warn it up with some updates. The initial offer was ~$5200 due to it being a total loss. They offered to let me keep the vehicle with a non-salvage title by...

Yep, she ran a red without slowing doing about 40mpg and we collided. I was traveling around 25mpg or so. It hit right on the corner and buckled the ARB outside of the driver's side vertical. I will keep it most likely, is a hell of a truck, if I can get it straight cheap enough. Mainly I use it...

This is all good advice, and I share the general pessimism from previous dealings with insurance companies. That said, I have resolved that I shall not get the short end of the stick in this case. I do plan to leverage any and all means necessary to effect getting what that truck is worth, if it...

I have an attorney on retainer with my company (I'm a founding partner), so that is taken care of, and I have already talked with him and told the Ins co as much. I have little patience for this sort of nonsense so I had that lined out within 4 hours of the accident. You may have noticed that I...

Really, it doesn't look too bad, but the frame is tweaked at least 3 inches to the passenger side. It was not my fault, so its the other driver's insurance I am dealing with (State Farm). So far, I only know that its gone to the "Total Loss Unit". As far as parts I have around $7000 in...

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Insurance value for highly customized '94 FZJ80 - SETTLED Greeting! An old lady destroyed my Cruiser! Argh, it was perfect. So, now I have to wrangle with her insurance to get a fair value, since they think its totaled. The frame is bent pretty bad up front and the radiator is cracked, also...

MUD Parts Request Hi there, Do you still have the ECM computer? I might be interested in that and the wiring harness. I am in the process of converting my 94 to use a 96 computer so I can read all the data goodness in real time. I may need a few related parts as well, so please let me know...