2000 Silverado – Cheap Body
Question:
On my ‘00 I was washing it and put my knee on the bed rail and put a nice dent in it. Then when surveying the damage in the garage under flourescents I pushed down next to the dent with 1 thumb and put a second equal size dent in it. Also i noticed a dent on the fender from leaning over it to retreive a gas can from the bed!!! I complained to GM and they admit the problem and say to buy bed rail covers. ORVRider
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Yep with price up in the $30,000 seem like you would get some decent STEEL materials. I hit a deer with my old 70 Chevy work truck at about 35mph and not a single dent except the plastic in the grille Thinking of putting together one of the 70 -72 model body on a late model frame with all the new Electronics
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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Yup, got a 200 GMC Sierra and a stone hit my hood, small enough that I did not notice the hit, it put a dent about 3/4" deep, looks real ugly. I took to body shop and they say they can fix but should repaint the whole hood to look like new or blow it in and put a bug deflector on, nice choice.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Yep with price up in the $30,000 seem like you would get some decent STEEL > materials. > I hit a deer with my old 70 Chevy work truck at about 35mph and not a single > dent except the plastic in the grille > Thinking of putting together one of the 70 -72 model body on a late model > frame with all the new Electronics > I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding > on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, > I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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One other bit of advice, DO NOT I repeat DO NOT stand or kneel on the bed rails….you WILL dent it. I am 6′ 4” and weigh about 230 lbs and I did dent mine when I gently rested my knee on the rails for a second. The metal on all the manufacturers are getting thinner each year, pretty soon they will be translucent. LOL
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> All these comments fascinate me. My 2000 K2500 ext. cab sat out uncovered > in a hellacious hail storm last year and did not receive any dents. The > hail was larger than golf ball sized. We kept one in our freezer until > recently because we were so amazed that the truck was dentless. > I stood in my garage and watched the hail pummel the truck for over 5 > minutes thinking, Oh, sh*t! It’ll have to be repaired all over. When the > hail stopped, the truck was as new. > I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding > on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, > I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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All these comments fascinate me. My 2000 K2500 ext. cab sat out uncovered in a hellacious hail storm last year and did not receive any dents. The hail was larger than golf ball sized. We kept one in our freezer until recently because we were so amazed that the truck was dentless. I stood in my garage and watched the hail pummel the truck for over 5 minutes thinking, Oh, sh*t! It’ll have to be repaired all over. When the hail stopped, the truck was as new.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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I think all manufacturers are lightening up the weight of the metals now a days, but I do know what you mean for example my neighbor was out cutting her lawn and a small pebble flew out and hit my truck. This pebble would have probably just chipped the paint on my old 94 Chevy p/u, but it did put a small dent in my new Silverado…go figure.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> sounds like you got a future all star quarterback there! > I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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jeah. i was working on my mom’s 71 chevelle malibu ss a while ago (it’s been in the garage since she bought it about ten years ago) and i got to noticing the sheetmetal. talking about monster thickness, it looked like 14 gauge. i’ve been noticing that sheetmetal thickness varies over the years, it’s been getting exceptionally thin again like it did in the mid-eighties. the 88-98 style chevy truck had thin sheetmetal too, but it was in such a shape that it didn’t dent easy (the whole panel took the hit). i’ve noticed that the new sheetmetal is about the same grade as white appliances (washers, dryers, ranges). i wonder what gives? probably some damn cheap-assed mechanical engineer was told to cut costs and instead cut corners. anyway, i’ve seen a lot of trucks in the dealerships with little dents in them. they look like a golfball hit them. then you also see the little spots that look like creases, like when someone leans up against a vehicle and the fender caves in. if i were anxious, i’d get myself a wooden hammer, a chamois, and a block of wood to see if i could get the dent out. -Brian
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
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I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m glad my other car is a Saturn.
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sounds like you got a future all star quarterback there! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I own a 2000 Silverado 4 door z71. Today my 4 yr old son threw a little > plastic beach pail at the truck and actually put a pretty good size ding on > it!! Talk about flimsy sheet metal. getting dented by plastic!!! boy, I’m > glad my other car is a Saturn.
