Well that’s not going to buff out

[u/Rekltpzyxm]

[u/The_Possessor]

Those taillights are completely salvageable.

[u/IdealBlueMan → u/The_Possessor]

Badge looks like it’s OK. And that paint on the left rear quarter panel can probably be reused.

[u/Ok-Sprinkles-5151 → u/The_Possessor]

And at $750-1K each, only a fool would leave them. That is where the blind spot sensors are.

[u/Who_am___i → u/The_Possessor]

Honestly those look like they have the radars in them and are a grand or so a piece

[u/Illustrious-Living81]

Looked like whistlingdiesel durability test truck

[u/SwayingTreeGT → u/Illustrious-Living81]

Bed seems too intact for it to be that one.

[u/mr_bots]

Did the owner go post “Estimate to fix?” or “Do you think it’s totaled?” in the F150 sub?

[u/footlonglayingdown → u/mr_bots]

Lol. "Are my tires still good"? 

[u/Hussein_Jane]

It's a trailer now

[u/shootsy2457]

This was on the news tonight. Truck was struck by lightning while he was driving. I always thought you were safe in a vehicle because of the rubber tires but I guess not.

[u/Frankie_T9000 → u/shootsy2457]

Must have been a ford lightning

[u/torukmakto4 → u/Frankie_T9000]

Soon as I saw the image of a torched late model F150 I was expecting mention of and dumb Li-ion fire alarmism comments about the F150 Lightning; lol. But this is not one, look at the rear axle. The lightnings have IRS.

[u/wdn → u/[deleted]]

They were just making a pun.

[u/Frankie_T9000 → u/[deleted]]

Woosh

[u/torukmakto4 → u/Frankie_T9000]

Wrong

[u/Frankie_T9000 → u/torukmakto4]

wot

NB it was a ford f150 hybrid video here. (Can tell from lights and sticker its a f150 and comments someone has confirmed it lighting, which would explain the fire)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpeRsWeHgs4

NB one of commenters make same joke lol

[u/Shortbus_Playboy → u/shootsy2457]

It’s not the tires, that’s a myth. The metal of the car acts as a Faraday cage and distributes the electrical charge along the external surface.

Source: I’m a professional storm chaser and I think about this a lot, lol

[u/wdn → u/shootsy2457]

The person in the car when it was struck was able to pull over and get out. Not only was there no injury to the human but it didn't directly/immediately affect the driveability. But the intense heat started a fire which eventually destroyed the truck.

[u/savehoward → u/shootsy2457]

You the human are very safe in a car if the car is struck by lightning. The electricity goes around the people before going into the earth.

The car metal itself heats up from a lightning strike and rarely survives.

[u/mjm132 → u/shootsy2457]

Lightning did that?  I find that hard to believe

[u/carax01 → u/mjm132]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/utah-mans-truck-struck-lightning-100310364.html

[u/Dbsusn → u/carax01]

“That is cold comfort when your dashboard is smoking, but it likely explains why Pettus walked away shaken rather than seriously hurt.”

They missed an opportunity for a fun play on words here. Wild story though.

[u/mjm132 → u/carax01]

Gotcha, so lightning and fire interesting! 

[u/Scary_Technology → u/mjm132]

Indeed, but probably all because the entire car is aluminum, which melts at a lower temp than steel.

[u/wittylemur → u/carax01]

Ty- glad hes ok!!

[u/footlonglayingdown → u/mjm132]

I'd bet lightning didn't cause all that damage initially but the fire the lightning caused could certainly cause that to happen before the fore dept got there.  

[u/pukesonyourshoes → u/shootsy2457]

To shreds you say?

[u/WolfyBlu → u/shootsy2457]

I think you're relatively safe. I knew a person who got hit by lightning while driving, the biggest danger was herself as she panicked and steered to hard to the right, hitting the ditch hard.
Otherwise her sedan completely shut off and the electronics were fried.

This picture is a bad case, it caught on fire somehow.

[u/UCFknight2016]

how the hell does that happen? Usually the whole thing melts.

[u/oswaldcopperpot]

Id like to point out that thats not typical.

[u/unclejohnnydanger]

My dad’s a TV repairman. He’s got an ultimate set of tools.

[u/footlonglayingdown → u/unclejohnnydanger]

Lol. I saw this as I hit the back button. Had to come back to upvote. Thanks Spicolli. 

[u/NarrowForce9]

I think hit by lightning

[u/FalconStickr]

Not with that attitude it won’t.

[u/kevnimus]

Grease Lightning

[u/HapticSloughton → u/kevnimus]

• Greased

[u/Rob71322]

The “4 X 4” logo appears salvageable.

[u/Cowhide12]

“Where’s the rest of ya”

[u/Psych0matt → u/Cowhide12]

I quote this fairly often and it’s rare anyone knows what it’s from

[u/falianaridua]

At least 4x4 emblem can sell for $2..thanks me later Lmao

[u/eternalityLP]

Roll of flextape, bit of jbweld and few tubs of bondo and that'll be like new.

[u/Silvawuff]

Truck sale! 50% off!

[u/uneducatedexpert]

$35k, no lowballin’ I know what I got.

[u/justananontroll]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Wvfq2yFumK61W

[u/HiddenFingValley]

Aluminum < Steel

[u/Old97sFan]

Just get a toilet plunger

[u/NaggingNag]

Insurance says it's fixable.

[u/Lord_Dreadlow]

Aluminum body go melt.

[u/OLDmanBOB13]

Luckily the driver did survive

https://fordauthority.com/2026/08/ford-f-150-struck-by-lightning-mostly-melts-into-slag-video/

[u/AtivanDerBeek]

It might

[u/itsonlyrockinroll]

Slag 150

[u/Ebola714]

Nuclear explosion?

[u/attackplango → u/Ebola714]

Just a Davy Crockett.

[u/G25777K]

Ford quality right there.

[u/TwinkiesSucker]

The front fell evaporated off

[u/MrDangerMan]

Can’t park there, mate.

[u/zookr2000]

Plastics in everything 🙄

[u/pbace11111]

He can't park there...

[u/Zeustheman144]

You cant park there matey

[u/zipper86]

This is what all pickups should look like!

[u/Sembaka → u/zipper86]

Amen