So yesterday I was at a Chuy's mexican resturant FRONT ROW parking in BROAD DAYLIGHT and come back out to find my truck messed up. They punched in the lock, broke/cracked the frame around the handle, the keypad was sunken in, under the key pad the door is all dented up, Couldnt even open my door from the outside.


Now my question is....what do I do?
Repair myself?? Have the dealer fix it? Insurance? Body shop?

I want to go whatever route will look the best and fix the entire problem.


Any help or tips here would be appreciated!

 

Where do you live? Not going there any time soon.

I would take it to a body shop and get a quote and go through insurance if significantly over your deductible. It probably is from how it is described.... Going to need new parts, paint, etc...

 

Spring, TX but I was in The Woodlands, TX (SUPPOSED to be the nicer/rich side of town) clearly theives are everywhere, or just travel to the rich side of town for that purpose. Either way im pissed and its a pain in the ***. Im dropping it off today for an alarm system so once I get it back (probably a few days) Ill have to start looking around at body shops and such, just thought Id see what I should do in the mean time. My friend had a King Ranch F150 and warned me about this crap. He sold his truck just because of this, his was broken into 3 times!!!

 

I thought in Texas you could shoot the thief. Next time I would wait outside and fire a few rounds over his head to let him know to stay away. Would love to have a pic of his face after that encounter....

 

Somebody get a rope....

 

S***w the rope...get a permit to carry and do as I said above.

 

If I saw who it was trust me they wouldnt have gotten away basterds

Hopefully there is no 'next time'

 

I feel your pain. When you do put an Alarm System in place the sticker for it on the driver's door on the bottom right side so they see it when or if they try to punch the lock through again this way they know the sounding of the alarm will give them away.

Good luck to you.

Bob

 

Oh I plan on it I already thought about that, great minds think alike. Ill probably put a small one on the back window too although I hate stickers. If it will help deter them might as well.

 

Anyone have any idea where to find the drivers side door handle for a 2010 Oxford White f150 at a fair price? Either painted to match, primered or solid black? I have the keycode pad also...Any help I'd greatly appreciate it.