When you go to the extremes that you do to fix what you can’t see when complete speaks volumes on your attention to detail… another fantastic build…👏👏👏
I was doing heavy hits back in the early 70's at a Mercedes dealership. One day with the managers permission a coworker towed in his wrecked Toyota for repair. Amazing how much quality was built into that thing. My friends were working at Chevy dealers and had no clue what the hell a Toyota was or how to repair it. The whole concept of metric fasteners and the way panels were welded was just something they couldn't understand. Uni-body was like a foreign language to them. American car manufacturers struggled for years to catch up to the rest of the world in terms of quality and safety standards.
I recently found your channel. You are a true auto artist. At 63 yrs old I have seen a lot. But watching the complexity of just a Rav4 hatch is amazing. Please keep up the Copart/ Scammer videos. Best D.
I really appreciate your "Public Service Announcement" during this video!! Well spoken. I have the same philosophy as you do with how people think of how I do things. I learn a LOT from watching this channel. Thank you for your skills and UA-cam time.
Hey Victor... We are all happy to wait 3 months. We watch your videos for general learning not because we all have a wrecked Rav4 in our garage we need to get done! Theese are quality rebuilds. I wouldn't hesitate buying a vehicle from you Victor. I have had my car done in garage where bolts gets destroyed by machine over tiding clutch work with gear oil leakages. I took my car rear damage to a toyota workshop in denmark when I lived there.. the bumper fell off while driving out of the parking lot. Truth is quality work is very hard to find these days.
I think that was my friends car. Her and her daughter were in Texas looking for a house and were about to drive back to California when a kid texting and driving rear-ended her at about 60 miles per hour. The insurance company totalled it and she left it in Texas.
Best builds on the Tube! Technically he removes 100% of the damage and builds it back to OEM. Unbelievable how good it looks coming back together considering the damage it had. Keep up the Great Quality work Scott!!!
@@Cheepchipsable And HOW MANY shops go to the extent this guy does?? Not many, because time is money. Hence the reason he gets in lots of "previously rebuilt" cars because it was done by a hack that spends as little time and money as possible and loves self tapping screws and Bondo...
There are two kinds of lazy. The ones that don't want to do anything or something because they are unmotivated. The other are people who don't like doing things the hard way, hence lazy, and come up with innovative ways to achieve the same or best results with less effort. In my industry the best software developers are the "lazy" ones that come up with amazing solutions.
I love watching you and your attitude I'm 80 years young and I've been fixing things all my life I'm like you if you don't like the way I do it go away. Take your time do it right the first time then move on to a new one. Keep up the good work.
I would buy a rebuild if I knew it was repaired by someone with your skills. As your video's have shown, some repairs are not done correctly. Great channel with great content. Ps. Haters just gotta hate.... :)
one of the best rebuild ch's on youtube by far. dude has a school if people take advantage of it start out small and always remember if it looks to good to be true it is and if you luck out walk away next time b4 its more than you got to fix it.
6:30 It took 3 months for the new hatch to come in. Insurance company did not want to pay car rental for that long waiting for the vehicle to be repaired.
@@ImerzOnline At 50 bucks a day on average that was another 5 grand or so for the rental plus the time for the repairs. So it could get close to 6 grand for the rental alone. I know that recently one of my 3 cars hit a raccoon and it took over a month to get 2 pieces of trim for a Kia from Kia itself for a car still in production. A couple months ago my 2020 Trax blew it's turbo a common issue with that motor it took almost a month to get a replacement in from GM for that.
@@haroldbenton979 well here in Australia an "Australian made " Holden Commodore,took 6 months to replace a fuel injector in a 2020 model, it's getting ridiculous that was before covid started, all the best to you all
Wow! You must be really low on haters tears today. I have no idea why anyone would get upset about what someone they've never met did in a UA-cam video. Keep the shade coming. It's very entertaining.
I have been watching your videos for a couple of years and you do awesome work.I would buy one of your rebuilds and feel confident that it was done right.
Good evening Scott from Ireland, sitting waiting for the football to start (soccer to Americans) so I thought I’d see how the rebuild is going, I’m sure there’s plenty people on here realise that after you doing the repair they will get a much better auto than what left the factory, hope you never change your channel I’d be happy just listening to you explaining why you put so much effort into your job, for every troll there’s thousands who love your work and your humour, keep us entertained and educated please,
Sounds like you need a bottle for whiner's tears to go along with the hater's tears! I have the patience to wait otherwise I'd have stopped watching Project Binky on Bad Obsession Motorsports...that one started 8+ years ago! Great work as always and keep the videos coming!
I don't mind waiting for good repairs. I do enjoy the mustang project. Having restored my 66 when I was a kid it took 8 years to restore. Ill wait for your mustang. It's like a fine wine better with age. Keep up the awesome work
Make sure to use the original nuts on that heatshield because they are specifically designed to make it rust around them so the entire heatshield can fall onto the muffler and rattle like the car us coming apart. It’s an important feature on a Toyota.
Thank you. **** Parts shortage *****. I commented on your first video. I had a rear ended on my Rav4 Hyb yesterday. Not much cosmetic damage. I have more severe structural damage , I think. I haven't got any contact from the insurance nor final state police report yet.
I’m not in body repair business but like learning from what seems to a very skilled and ethical person. My son a I are wanting to start working on our 1975 K10. It’s going to need patch panels and I don’t have the experience. I keep watching Scott, but would you agree that lacking experience is too much to overcome. Anyway, really enjoy watching a pro work!!
Hello Scott. Been watching your channel for over 2 years, and I think that the reason I keep watching is your honesty and salcasum. Love it! Thanks for the wisdom you provide and of curse, for taking the time to make such wonderful videos.
I like the way this was done, replacing the entire panel. The last time I did something this involved was on a Hitachi 100 excavator. Some idiot hit the cab with a bucket, and bent up the right (machine side) A pillar. What I DIDN’T know was that there were 3 layers of formed sheet metal in there!!! I drilled all of the spot welds out, then stretched and banged for a couple days to get it all straight. Since it was in a level floor, and I had to make it perfectly straight for the windshield retract channel, I used a plumb bob while standing in front of the cab to check for straightness. When I was satisfied with the edge, I clamped it and ran the window up and down several times. The boss was more than satisfied with the results! Simply welding the spot weld holes from either side did the trick for the reassembly. A light coat of final steel body filler was all it needed, I was that close with the metal! We did a whole lot of work to the rest of the machine, and stripped really large sections of paint to make it perfect, and even better than off the line! A few days later, the machine was placed into service. Two days after that, on the job, it sustained a deep scratch on the tail weight! The boss was the operator, and he was not happy. I told him not to worry, it’s a badge of the highest honor. Wait, WHAT??? Yes, it tells the contractor that hired us that this guy was not afraid to take a bit of damage to get the job done without compromise. We worked for that contractor for better than a decade after that, because he knew we would DELIVER!
You did a great job of rebuilding this vehicle. As for waiting three months for a tailgate door I get that. I had bought a new Lexus RX450h and not even a month later someone rear ended me and totally punched big holes in the rear lift-gate door. It took four months to get a new one from the factory since they had not actually manufactured extra parts for repairs since they were still building the new line of cars. I was not happy but I could still drive it and since it was new it was hard for them to total a 60K vehicle. Still once they did get the door and got it into the shop to repair it when it came back out you would not know it had been crunched or replaced.
Well it does constitute a monetary loss for the insurance company when the parts aren't available. My mothers car has been in the shop since November 2021 and she's had a rental this entire 6 months.
I'm now much older, but as a child my mother worked in the car insurance industry for 25+ years and just the knowledge that gave us was insane. My 2003 Jeep WJ got in a wreck with a box truck that side swiped it. I came within a few hundred of it being totaled due to state laws. There was no frame damage and all that really had to be done was replace two doors. However, due to age it was almost totaled which ticked me off to no end.
Great job, as usual. Watching you maneuver the rear floor and side pans back into shape was interesting, and from limited personal experience, much more difficult than how you made it appear. Takes skill to get metal back to where it once was, and needs to be. Have you ever tried your hand a paintless dent repair? Watching your metal working skills I have to believe you'd be very successful at it.
Hey Scott. Do you remember big heavy STEEL bumpers all covered with chrome? Then, there was the 5 mph crash resistant bumpers with little shock absorbers. Now they are all "cool looking" cheap plastic and if you look cross eyed at them, they shatter. It's time to "pony-up" another $1000.
I run a collision shop and it's unreal how long some cars are sitting around waiting for parts. It's not uncommon to have car's sitting here for 3-4 months or more and like you mentioned it comes to a point where the insurance company will just total a vehilce out due to rental costs.
Thats why I upped my per day allotment for rental. Easier to get a bigger çheck faster without a branded title (rental not applied to vehicle % deduction). 3 totals, kept the vehicles.
Is that a problem for any brand or just imported cars ? I have watch a lot of repair on youtube and I look at cars as a pain in the as^& to panel beat . I have seen lot of repair after and you can always tell it has had panel work ,
I used to do internal audits within the automotive industry. The skills needed to support the repair parts logistics networks, parts depots, international component sourcing and maintaining quality standards is very misunderstood by other elements of the corporate (and brand) executive management. Just observing.
When my ex ld Focus was written off by an 82 year old who rear ended it, it took over 2 months to sort the claim, as said old coot could not read or write, and never comtacted his insurers, I was in a rental the whole time, and in the end my insurers paid up, then sued the old giffer for their losses.
I hope they also contacted the state DMV where that 82 year old is licensed. In most states, senior drivers who are 70 or older typically get heightened scrutiny and more frequent examination. If their ability to operate a motor vehicle is noticeably impaired, they are supposed to have their license surrendered.
@@houseofno this was here in the UK, and he was reported to the police. i saw my car on Copart about 3 weeks after the accident listed for what they paid out, I had to laugh, as in the state it was in, reparing it would cost more than an undamaged car on a dealer lot
You had to bring up the Mustang. I had just forgotten about it and you had to bring it up just to remind me you weren’t working on it. At least in the mean time you are making sure every Terrain, Enclave/Acadia, and Sierra gets a new lease on life.
Thoroughly enjoyed this build. Can you explain how you know when you need to do stress release on panel repair and when you don’t? By the way, I thought your use of cardboard as masking for spraying primer was brilliant. I look at all the time you saved applying tape & masking paper everywhere, it’s a win-win. Thanks again for the continued progress videos. Also anything you post is timely. No one knows your schedule better than you do. Have a great weekend Scott!
Mustang! I don’t see a Mustang! Apparently I don’t listen…that’s what my wife says…I think that’s what she said anyways. 😆 Scott you keep doing what you do. I’ll watch regardless of what you’re fixing/repairing. Have a great and safe Memorial weekend!
I too have the lazymans masking system, it's quick and easy. I believe it's the same as the quick detailers window wiper arm restoration kit involving a old floor mat!
I have a 2013 RAV4, I like the lift struts on it better than the newer RAV's, I bet those newer struts cost s fortune when they go up. This job your doing is looking good, I wouldn't mind purchasing a salvaged car that you worked on.
Nicely done Scott! I am certain that is the most over stuffed hatch lid I have ever seen, I don't believe they could have physically fit anything else in it.
Surprised you say that after seeing this video. I find it pretty ridiculous just how flimsy and cheap looking the entire structure of this Toyota is. The "frame" is practically body-gauge metal. I'm surprised this thing can even drive down the road without being permanently warped. Its clear that Toyota spent as little as possible on steel when making this car.
@@melvinharris7859 haha good point. But no manufacturer cares about structure surviving crashes they only care about crupple zones that only save you at 45 mph and start collapsing too much and killing you over 55
Just remember,you can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time,thanks for another wisdom filled video🤗😎🤗😎
We've purchased a few totalled cars for that reason over the last year. It's a great way to get a late model, clean title car/truck forva big discount.
The problem with the state where I live is that this build would carry a prior-salvage title, killing the resale. That is unfortunate as this excellent repair makes it as good as new. There is no reason for the car to carry a scarlet letter.
Please keep bringing us videos of you doing things exactly how AND when you want to do them!!! I'm patiently waiting for and looking forward to videos of your work on the mustang.
Glad to see you wearing earmuffs and safety glasses while grinding. Jello-infused play-doh-nium! Too funny!!! Scott, you just do your work the way you do it and we'll watch! You teach me something new almost every video! My brother and sis in law might want to buy this one!
Looks like you know what you're doing that's for sure I've done the same kind of work however you make it look easy hopefully someday I'll be able to find another Builder and do another one right now everybody wants some way worse than I do I hope your batteries and everything is all good with that hybrid
I love your attitude! I help my buddy out quite a bit a his body shop and I’ll tell you they are totaling vehicles left and right for bullshit. I saw a female adjuster open a hood on a vehicle one day and break the windshield, well that put her over the threshold I guess cause she totaled it. It had a light front end hit. We’ve been buying totaled cars and fixing them in one day and fixing them right I might add. Just nonsense what there doing to the jewelry as we call the cars that are out now.
Scott-always good to see that hammer work! It amazes me that the metal is such thin gauge. Oh well, I am from a different long ago generation. All those snaps etc- You do brilliant work, so nice to see how you follow up on your perfection. Rich
When you go to the extremes that you do to fix what you can’t see when complete speaks volumes on your attention to detail… another fantastic build…👏👏👏
I was doing heavy hits back in the early 70's at a Mercedes dealership. One day with the managers permission a coworker towed in his wrecked Toyota for repair. Amazing how much quality was built into that thing. My friends were working at Chevy dealers and had no clue what the hell a Toyota was or how to repair it. The whole concept of metric fasteners and the way panels were welded was just something they couldn't understand. Uni-body was like a foreign language to them. American car manufacturers struggled for years to catch up to the rest of the world in terms of quality and safety standards.
I recently found your channel. You are a true auto artist. At 63 yrs old I have seen a lot. But watching the complexity of just a Rav4 hatch is amazing. Please keep up the Copart/ Scammer videos. Best D.
I really appreciate your "Public Service Announcement" during this video!! Well spoken. I have the same philosophy as you do with how people think of how I do things. I learn a LOT from watching this channel. Thank you for your skills and UA-cam time.
I greatly appreciate your videos! I am a Veteran that uses your videos for anxiety relief. Thank you, and keep up the great work!
Thank you for your service sir!
You should go to the VA so they help you out yall guys need more help not helping Ukraine with 40 billions.
@@Tate.TopG. did not pass the vibe check
@@carsnbikes914 vibe check???
Scott, you do you. That's what people are here for. Edit: ME likey when you tell folks to move on if they don't like what you do!
This is art ! I admire people who can work miracles like this. I'm not stupid but I wouldn't know where to start ! Good job !
Hey Victor... We are all happy to wait 3 months. We watch your videos for general learning not because we all have a wrecked Rav4 in our garage we need to get done! Theese are quality rebuilds. I wouldn't hesitate buying a vehicle from you Victor. I have had my car done in garage where bolts gets destroyed by machine over tiding clutch work with gear oil leakages. I took my car rear damage to a toyota workshop in denmark when I lived there.. the bumper fell off while driving out of the parking lot. Truth is quality work is very hard to find these days.
Nice work, Scott! My sister has been working on the RAV4 Hybrid assembly line in Georgetown, Kentucky since 2020.
Scott thank you for taking the time always. Different than your norm. Have a great weekend. Stay safe and be well!
You do great work.
I have no complaints about how you do things.
You are funny as hell!
I think that was my friends car. Her and her daughter were in Texas looking for a house and were about to drive back to California when a kid texting and driving rear-ended her at about 60 miles per hour. The insurance company totalled it and she left it in Texas.
Are you going to send this video to her to show her her car's afterlife?
@@snoopdogie187 he should
@@snoopdogie187
Nice of you to think women care about these moving objects
@@dan_6915 does anyone really care for a rav 4?
I dout it
The award ceremony brought a little tear to my eye very touching thank you 😊
It’s your channel and people aren’t happy about having to wait for builds. Can’t please everyone and I love your videos!!!
Best builds on the Tube! Technically he removes 100% of the damage and builds it back to OEM. Unbelievable how good it looks coming back together considering the damage it had. Keep up the Great Quality work Scott!!!
It comes to us better than the factory when this guy fixes it.
LOL, it had relatively little damage, and repairing cars is kind of their business.
@@Cheepchipsable And HOW MANY shops go to the extent this guy does?? Not many, because time is money. Hence the reason he gets in lots of "previously rebuilt" cars because it was done by a hack that spends as little time and money as possible and loves self tapping screws and Bondo...
check out this youtube channel : the car care nut this is an excellent excellent toyota topics channel
@David Alder. I would argue that they are built to a standard better than new.
I don't know why your channel doesn't have over a million subs. The commentary alone is worth a fallow.
6:52 TBH, I came for the Mustang Project, and stayed for the talent. Thanks, dude.
You know, you keep calling yourself lazy but you're a pretty hard-working dude. Always enjoy the content, thanks for taking the time to share it.
There are two kinds of lazy. The ones that don't want to do anything or something because they are unmotivated. The other are people who don't like doing things the hard way, hence lazy, and come up with innovative ways to achieve the same or best results with less effort. In my industry the best software developers are the "lazy" ones that come up with amazing solutions.
I love watching you and your attitude I'm 80 years young and I've been fixing things all my life I'm like you if you don't like the way I do it go away. Take your time do it right the first time then move on to a new one. Keep up the good work.
7 minutes in ,,, an award ceremony and a PSA !! You kill mr Scott. Great stuff brother.
probably the only rebuild channel that repairs correctly keep up the good work
Before watching these two videos, I thought auto body repair was magic. After watching these two videos, I still do.
Don’t care when you put out your builds. More than worth waiting for. Love your content.
I would buy a rebuild if I knew it was repaired by someone with your skills. As your video's have shown, some repairs are not done correctly. Great channel with great content. Ps. Haters just gotta hate.... :)
one of the best rebuild ch's on youtube by far. dude has a school if people take advantage of it start out small and always remember if it looks to good to be true it is and if you luck out walk away next time b4 its more than you got to fix it.
Watching for “THE REASON”, and also because I appreciate Scott’s work.
6:30 It took 3 months for the new hatch to come in. Insurance company did not want to pay car rental for that long waiting for the vehicle to be repaired.
@@ImerzOnline At 50 bucks a day on average that was another 5 grand or so for the rental plus the time for the repairs. So it could get close to 6 grand for the rental alone. I know that recently one of my 3 cars hit a raccoon and it took over a month to get 2 pieces of trim for a Kia from Kia itself for a car still in production. A couple months ago my 2020 Trax blew it's turbo a common issue with that motor it took almost a month to get a replacement in from GM for that.
@@haroldbenton979 well here in Australia an "Australian made " Holden Commodore,took 6 months to replace a fuel injector in a 2020 model, it's getting ridiculous that was before covid started, all the best to you all
@@haroldbenton979
I'm closing in on four months waiting on a replacement front axle for my 21 Gladiator.
Definitely tired of this crap
Trash it was at the end and it’s so lame
Wow! You must be really low on haters tears today. I have no idea why anyone would get upset about what someone they've never met did in a UA-cam video. Keep the shade coming. It's very entertaining.
Love the Sarcasm & the Public Service Announcement which was so thoughtful of you, keep up the good work Scott to keep us all entertained 👍
So nice of you to hold off 3 months on the release of this video just for my attention span. Such nice work.
Take no notice of div’s you do great job dude love it,respect from Waterville Ireland 🇮🇪
I have been watching your videos for a couple of years and you do awesome work.I would buy one of your rebuilds
and feel confident that it was done right.
Love your PSA's. You can't please everyone, so why they. Also appreciate your sarcastic humor. Keep up the good work!
Great video, I love the dry wit in the commentary, e.g. the impact driver that identifies as a torque wrench :)
I agree your attention to detail is amazing and as I said in the past id never hesitate buying a car you repaired, that said the sarcasm is the best
You doing what you want with your videos makes me happy. So keep doing what you want please!
I like that there's a lot of screws in that shield.. so it doesn't fly off at the first little thing you scrape it on.
Good evening Scott from Ireland, sitting waiting for the football to start (soccer to Americans) so I thought I’d see how the rebuild is going, I’m sure there’s plenty people on here realise that after you doing the repair they will get a much better auto than what left the factory, hope you never change your channel I’d be happy just listening to you explaining why you put so much effort into your job, for every troll there’s thousands who love your work and your humour, keep us entertained and educated please,
Favorite part of the week is boring build Friday
Sounds like you need a bottle for whiner's tears to go along with the hater's tears! I have the patience to wait otherwise I'd have stopped watching Project Binky on Bad Obsession Motorsports...that one started 8+ years ago! Great work as always and keep the videos coming!
Your attention to detail is amazing.
I don't mind waiting for good repairs. I do enjoy the mustang project. Having restored my 66 when I was a kid it took 8 years to restore. Ill wait for your mustang. It's like a fine wine better with age. Keep up the awesome work
Make sure to use the original nuts on that heatshield because they are specifically designed to make it rust around them so the entire heatshield can fall onto the muffler and rattle like the car us coming apart. It’s an important feature on a Toyota.
True!!
Thank you. **** Parts shortage *****. I commented on your first video. I had a rear ended on my Rav4 Hyb yesterday. Not much cosmetic damage. I have more severe structural damage , I think. I haven't got any contact from the insurance nor final state police report yet.
I’m not in body repair business but like learning from what seems to a very skilled and ethical person. My son a I are wanting to start working on our 1975 K10. It’s going to need patch panels and I don’t have the experience. I keep watching Scott, but would you agree that lacking experience is too much to overcome.
Anyway, really enjoy watching a pro work!!
Hello Scott. Been watching your channel for over 2 years, and I think that the reason I keep watching is your honesty and salcasum. Love it! Thanks for the wisdom you provide and of curse, for taking the time to make such wonderful videos.
Love all the work you do, and the Master of ceremony for body work. I have patience anything worth watching is worth waiting for cheers
I like the way this was done, replacing the entire panel.
The last time I did something this involved was on a Hitachi 100 excavator.
Some idiot hit the cab with a bucket, and bent up the right (machine side) A pillar.
What I DIDN’T know was that there were 3 layers of formed sheet metal in there!!!
I drilled all of the spot welds out, then stretched and banged for a couple days to get it all straight.
Since it was in a level floor, and I had to make it perfectly straight for the windshield retract channel, I used a plumb bob while standing in front of the cab to check for straightness.
When I was satisfied with the edge, I clamped it and ran the window up and down several times.
The boss was more than satisfied with the results!
Simply welding the spot weld holes from either side did the trick for the reassembly.
A light coat of final steel body filler was all it needed, I was that close with the metal!
We did a whole lot of work to the rest of the machine, and stripped really large sections of paint to make it perfect, and even better than off the line!
A few days later, the machine was placed into service.
Two days after that, on the job, it sustained a deep scratch on the tail weight!
The boss was the operator, and he was not happy.
I told him not to worry, it’s a badge of the highest honor.
Wait, WHAT???
Yes, it tells the contractor that hired us that this guy was not afraid to take a bit of damage to get the job done without compromise.
We worked for that contractor for better than a decade after that, because he knew we would DELIVER!
You can never make everybody happy. Do what you do. Better than watching regular channels.
Beast part of this channel, no namby pamby B.S.!!! Just straight forward...
get it done and let's move on with life. 👍💪
I have a drill bit the size of most spot welds,flatten the angle and drill the top sheet, all the best to you and your loved ones
You did a great job of rebuilding this vehicle. As for waiting three months for a tailgate door I get that. I had bought a new Lexus RX450h and not even a month later someone rear ended me and totally punched big holes in the rear lift-gate door. It took four months to get a new one from the factory since they had not actually manufactured extra parts for repairs since they were still building the new line of cars. I was not happy but I could still drive it and since it was new it was hard for them to total a 60K vehicle. Still once they did get the door and got it into the shop to repair it when it came back out you would not know it had been crunched or replaced.
Well it does constitute a monetary loss for the insurance company when the parts aren't available. My mothers car has been in the shop since November 2021 and she's had a rental this entire 6 months.
I'm now much older, but as a child my mother worked in the car insurance industry for 25+ years and just the knowledge that gave us was insane. My 2003 Jeep WJ got in a wreck with a box truck that side swiped it. I came within a few hundred of it being totaled due to state laws. There was no frame damage and all that really had to be done was replace two doors. However, due to age it was almost totaled which ticked me off to no end.
Hi Scott, Relax about the haters! Most who criticise can't do it themselves, that's why they hate. .... Love your work.
Great video, with a Mustang mention as a bonus! Keeping our Mustang hopes alive.
Great job, as usual. Watching you maneuver the rear floor and side pans back into shape was interesting, and from limited personal experience, much more difficult than how you made it appear. Takes skill to get metal back to where it once was, and needs to be. Have you ever tried your hand a paintless dent repair? Watching your metal working skills I have to believe you'd be very successful at it.
Hey Scott. Do you remember big heavy STEEL bumpers all covered with chrome? Then, there was the 5 mph crash resistant bumpers with little shock absorbers. Now they are all "cool looking" cheap plastic and if you look cross eyed at them, they shatter. It's time to "pony-up" another $1000.
“You can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself.” From my favorite Rick Nelson song Garden Party.
Great video again Scott. The lead times just keeps increasing. Soon we will all need to print our parts using 3D-printers or something..
I haven’t been able to see a couple of your latest vids. Sorry about that, but now I’m binge watching!
As always you do a great job Scott! Who cares wh what other are upset about, they can try an do what you do lol, keep up that awesome work!
Scott, whenever you explain your procedure and identity the different parts it helps me be aware of all your builds. well done
I run a collision shop and it's unreal how long some cars are sitting around waiting for parts. It's not uncommon to have car's sitting here for 3-4 months or more and like you mentioned it comes to a point where the insurance company will just total a vehilce out due to rental costs.
Thats why I upped my per day allotment for rental. Easier to get a bigger çheck faster without a branded title (rental not applied to vehicle % deduction). 3 totals, kept the vehicles.
Is that a problem for any brand or just imported cars ? I have watch a lot of repair on youtube and I look at cars as a pain in the as^& to panel beat . I have seen lot of repair after and you can always tell it has had panel work ,
@@Imagineering100 Problem with every brand, from AMC's to Yugo's. Had to go 3 places to get 3/4 heater hose!
I used to do internal audits within the automotive industry. The skills needed to support the repair parts logistics networks, parts depots, international component sourcing and maintaining quality standards is very misunderstood by other elements of the corporate (and brand) executive management. Just observing.
When my ex ld Focus was written off by an 82 year old who rear ended it, it took over 2 months to sort the claim, as said old coot could not read or write, and never comtacted his insurers, I was in a rental the whole time, and in the end my insurers paid up, then sued the old giffer for their losses.
I hope they also contacted the state DMV where that 82 year old is licensed. In most states, senior drivers who are 70 or older typically get heightened scrutiny and more frequent examination. If their ability to operate a motor vehicle is noticeably impaired, they are supposed to have their license surrendered.
@@houseofno this was here in the UK, and he was reported to the police. i saw my car on Copart about 3 weeks after the accident listed for what they paid out, I had to laugh, as in the state it was in, reparing it would cost more than an undamaged car on a dealer lot
@@houseofno Unless they are really bad the state won’t do anything. Everyone makes mistakes.
The PSA was appreciated. I didn't know, nor did most of the 'experts", I'm sure.
You had to bring up the Mustang. I had just forgotten about it and you had to bring it up just to remind me you weren’t working on it. At least in the mean time you are making sure every Terrain, Enclave/Acadia, and Sierra gets a new lease on life.
Thoroughly enjoyed this build. Can you explain how you know when you need to do stress release on panel repair and when you don’t? By the way, I thought your use of cardboard as masking for spraying primer was brilliant. I look at all the time you saved applying tape & masking paper everywhere, it’s a win-win. Thanks again for the continued progress videos. Also anything you post is timely. No one knows your schedule better than you do. Have a great weekend Scott!
Mustang! I don’t see a Mustang! Apparently I don’t listen…that’s what my wife says…I think that’s what she said anyways. 😆
Scott you keep doing what you do. I’ll watch regardless of what you’re fixing/repairing.
Have a great and safe Memorial weekend!
I too have the lazymans masking system, it's quick and easy. I believe it's the same as the quick detailers window wiper arm restoration kit involving a old floor mat!
I have a 2013 RAV4, I like the lift struts on it better than the newer RAV's, I bet those newer struts cost s fortune when they go up. This job your doing is looking good, I wouldn't mind purchasing a salvaged car that you worked on.
About at 7:15. I’m happy with how you work.
I am saving my wrecked 2014 f150 ( front end ) to repair . I hope you get one soon so I can some knowledge .Thx for the vid. - Ken
Nicely done Scott! I am certain that is the most over stuffed hatch lid I have ever seen, I don't believe they could have physically fit anything else in it.
Too much junk in it, rats nest harness even.
have you see the ones in the newer range rovers/x5s?? toyota is a minimalist comparing to those electronic split tailage disasters
I have a 2020 RAV4 Non-Hybrid, but this video was interesting to see what it took to repair this wreck.
That repair was worth the wait for most of us. Nice job.
Awesome job as usual, love the videos, take all the time you need, enjoy watching the videos and seeing the repair process.
I'm happy just to see it because you make a good job of what you work on along with your gnomes.
So happy to see an amazing and reliable Toyota being restored. Everything else is just a waste
Surprised you say that after seeing this video. I find it pretty ridiculous just how flimsy and cheap looking the entire structure of this Toyota is. The "frame" is practically body-gauge metal. I'm surprised this thing can even drive down the road without being permanently warped. Its clear that Toyota spent as little as possible on steel when making this car.
@@melvinharris7859 it’s all about the engine and transmission. Toyotas is the world most reliable and profitable automaker next to honda.
@@armenmed122 if it was just about the engine and transmission, I'd go buy myself a tractor and drive it to work.
@@melvinharris7859 haha good point. But no manufacturer cares about structure surviving crashes they only care about crupple zones that only save you at 45 mph and start collapsing too much and killing you over 55
Just remember,you can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time,thanks for another wisdom filled video🤗😎🤗😎
We delivered a 19 Titan yesterday, 6/3. Scanned in 11/17. Waited on right cab corner.
Another great video to kick off the Holiday Weekend! Love all the snarky digs!
Sad to see that this Hybrid was salvaged, but based on all the time lost in repairs and waiting for parts I understand.
For the Memorial Day weekend, the bumper installation tool will be on sale. Well, not really. 👍. Excellent video as always.
We've purchased a few totalled cars for that reason over the last year. It's a great way to get a late model, clean title car/truck forva big discount.
Multi-dimensional entertainment, bit of everything, thanks again Scott!
Awesome work!!!! It is great to see the details you so eloquently explain. Love your videos keep them coming.
The problem with the state where I live is that this build would carry a prior-salvage title, killing the resale. That is unfortunate as this excellent repair makes it as good as new. There is no reason for the car to carry a scarlet letter.
The problem is many don't do repairs correctly.
I'm very happy that you're making yourself happy!!
It amasses me how you remember where every thing goes great jod sa always.
@6:30 he says why car was totalled, because hatch took 3 months to ship and rental fees would total it
We are happy happy happy thanks Scott!
Please keep bringing us videos of you doing things exactly how AND when you want to do them!!! I'm patiently waiting for and looking forward to videos of your work on the mustang.
What great talent you have. True artisan.
Thank you for sharing.
Glad to see you wearing earmuffs and safety glasses while grinding. Jello-infused play-doh-nium! Too funny!!! Scott, you just do your work the way you do it and we'll watch!
You teach me something new almost every video! My brother and sis in law might want to buy this one!
I agree. An eyepatch to protect an eye injury would not be a good look for anyone.
That’s awesome about just doing what you want…and you are 100% correct. Great video.
Looks like you know what you're doing that's for sure I've done the same kind of work however you make it look easy hopefully someday I'll be able to find another Builder and do another one right now everybody wants some way worse than I do I hope your batteries and everything is all good with that hybrid
I love your attitude! I help my buddy out quite a bit a his body shop and I’ll tell you they are totaling vehicles left and right for bullshit. I saw a female adjuster open a hood on a vehicle one day and break the windshield, well that put her over the threshold I guess cause she totaled it. It had a light front end hit. We’ve been buying totaled cars and fixing them in one day and fixing them right I might add. Just nonsense what there doing to the jewelry as we call the cars that are out now.
More solid progress!!!
Very nice job I love to see people like you doing super job I lot to learn I want to see video like this thanks
Scott-always good to see that hammer work! It amazes me that the metal is such thin gauge. Oh well, I am from a different
long ago generation. All those snaps etc- You do brilliant work, so nice to see how you follow up on your perfection. Rich