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Should not be leaking when it was packaged so no, that is not normal out of the box. Since it's already installed hose it down with brake clean and inspect once a week for any other seeps, weeps, leaks. None of those hoses or sensors are serviced separately so the rack would need to be...

If water if flowing out of the drains and reservoir is draining, no water coming out of A pillar, then they are probably clear and flowing as much as they can. Now, the point you are getting to, is if the panels are properly positioned and seals are directing water to or away from the header...

The leaks I've seen usually involve vehicle with the nose pointed down at a slight angle and very heavy rain. A lot more water will be running over the front seal and filling trough faster than the drains can keep up. Of those, two were early builds that fell under a service message and the...

Did the warranty invoice say anything about checking the drains? There are circumstances depending on how the vehicle was parked (uphill, downhill, leaning, etc.) along with rain volume, that can cause water overload on the drains, fill the trough and well, you know the rest of the story...

A factory just across the road from us was purchased by First Brands a few years ago after being privately owned for decades, just shut down. I think they did extrusions and other rubber products like o-rings for filters. 100+ jobs just gone overnight and they hung us with a couple thousand in...

What was the total damage estimate the shop submitted to insurance? If you got one, was interested to see if you wouldn't mind DM'ing me a copy. Not a big deal, just like seeing what other shops write to help improve how we do things in ours.

What was the total damage?

Frame is about $6K, there should be a ton of one time use hardware that needs to be replaced and likely another 30+ hours to do the swap, not to mention the existing damage. Would like to see what the estimate comes to considering it's a '23 2D it's probably getting really close to total loss...

It's possible that nothing behind the front brackets got damaged but standard practice is to put it on a frame rack, hang targets, get measurements and compare to OE. If the front horns do need replaced the "correct" way is hanging targets after disassembly and the horns are tacked in place...

Cut and weld.

Frame horns the bumper brackets bolt to. They have a front repair section but the body shop will need to put it on a frame rack and take some measurements to make sure the frame isn't tweaked. Procedure manual says frame can't be straightened and requires replacement, some shops would just...

If it didn't get the front frame section I'm going with a $19.5K estimate before supplement.

Get the title signed and ready to turn over, it's done.

My .02.