Has anyone bought a rebuilt or flood damaged vehicle? Would an suv be ok if it flooded just up to the wheel hubs?

Has anyone bought a rebuilt or flood damaged vehicle? Would an suv be ok if it flooded just up to the wheel hubs?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >flooded just up to the wheel hubs
    Now, it might be a really weirdly built car but that would mean the floorplate rails were submerged, and those are the rails which pretty much keep the car from folding in on itself. You probably don't want to risk having a case of rabid rust in those.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >mean the floorplate rails were submerged
      What, I don’t think that gauge of steel is going to be compromised from some (non-salt) water. Ive driven mine through brackish water over the frame to the body often over the past 10 years and have no evidence of it.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >I've driven mine through water
        What about letting it sit submerged?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Get some eastwoods shit for inside frame rails and you'll be golden. It'll stop all rust and prevent anymore.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          A flood typically shouldn’t last more than what, 3 days? A frame is expected to go 20-40 years (excluding the north) with constant humidity changes and driving through rain.

          I don’t think my frame, if submerged for 3 days would fair any worse to be honest.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No, Any car with any water damage is a fricking ticking time bomb of electrical issues. You'll get the strangest of issues caused by one of many circuits shorting and you'll NEVER be able to find it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What about a 2015 rubicon that only got flooded to the bottom of the doors? I’ve been finding lots of flooded vehicles from central Florida

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        They say it only got flooded to the bottom of the doors but theres a reason why the whole vehicle got totaled.
        >I've been seeing a lot of flood cars from central florida
        Its always florida and sometimes texas whenever a hurricane comes through. This was the danger when Texas got hit by a massive hurricane a number of years ago. Suddenly a ton of mustangs entered the market in New England all originating from Texas. They were either flood cars or were cars that people hadn't reported to insurance but were absolutely flood cars too.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I have been searching vins. I find auction sites sometimes.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I'm not even memeing, everytime one of these states gets nailed by a hurricane a ton of flood cars show up. People report it to insurance, get paid out and insurance sells the car at auction. The people who continue owning these flood cars are basically owners who didn't have proper insurance and BHPH dealers that offload them to morons elsewhere.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >What about a 2015 rubicon
        How much? Even flooded they still probably want 75% msrp

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          21900

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Final bid was 12525

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I think MSRP was about 36 on those......

            Final bid was 12525

            If that's true, it may be worth taking a flier on. You could probably part it out for about that much. I think JKU tops go about $1500-$2000 and the doors around me are like $1000/pair.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Flier? I like having this kind of info. Why can’t the average consumer have easy access to this type of info?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Sorry man...it's a saying. Take a flier on is a term I picked up watching baseball. It's like signing a free agent on the cheap and hoping he ends up being good.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            That’s fine. I assumed that’s what it meant but wasn’t 100% sure

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Why do you think wranglers have drain plugs in the floorboards?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        LOL do you even know how high Wrangler's are rated for water depth?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That’s why it’s so funny that it’s been totaled

  3. 1 year ago
    Greased Geese

    pretty sure my new f350 has driven off into a pond
    it really should not matter as long as you inspect everything, I wouldn't just gamble on it.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >SUV
    >water to wheelhubs
    Isn’t that normal use? I’ve put my land rover through water nearly twice as deep with no issue

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I’m originally from New Orleans. Every car on the road that’s three or four years old has been in water up to the floorboards. Not inside the car, but close. Localized street flooding happens all the time, especially in the spring. If you buy a used car here, it’s been in water that deep. It’s not an issue.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Not in No Black person Ridge, bud.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    That doesn't sound bad to me at all. I'm sure there are some flood cars that are electrical basket cases, but I am also very sure that a lot of flood-damage titled vehicles are absolutely fine. I think in a lot of cases the insurance companies just total everything in a general area just because they don't want to take any chances. They're definitely not taking the cars apart and inspecting anything to know if it's actually been badly damaged or not.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It’s more expensive to get full coverage on a flood car

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