Mother Effer!!!!!
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Mountain Pass
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Mother Effer!!!!!
Backed in to my truck with my work van in my driveway on Friday. 🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️ Hit the corner of the bumper at about 2 mph. I pulled the bumper back out by hand. $4000 later. Needs a whole new bed side. The body shop told me that it ripped the aluminum where the plastic piece clips on. My buddy works there and said they could probably weld it but no guarantees. Defiantly going to be looking for a beefier rear bumper.
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No way I’d put a box side on for that. Are you claiming against your insurance? If it was me I would try to keep the work below the two tone line and find a takeoff bumper or the heavy duty one you want. If the tear concerns you drill the ends of the tear before bodyworking it.
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For that small of damage i would not replace the side. I would stop drill the crack and then have them repair the damage and repaint. We stop drill cracks on airplanes all the time. After repair you would never know its there
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Man, isnt that the worst when you self inflict the damage.
Hope it comes out alright. I agree with the above, I would fix that corner, you'll never know. FabFours makes a great rear bumper that would probably hide most of that anyways.
Hope it comes out alright. I agree with the above, I would fix that corner, you'll never know. FabFours makes a great rear bumper that would probably hide most of that anyways.
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guess your never flying anywhere.. its a common practice...
to the OP.. sorry to hear about your truck getting dinged.. like someone else said its certainly makes it worse when you do it to yourself.. it shouldnt cost you 4K for that itty bitty tear.. and little paint repair..
to the OP.. sorry to hear about your truck getting dinged.. like someone else said its certainly makes it worse when you do it to yourself.. it shouldnt cost you 4K for that itty bitty tear.. and little paint repair..
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I don’t work around planes anymore but this is common practice. Obviously different components have different requirements for safety, I wouldn’t recommend stop drilling a cracked wheel but I think this location will be more than fine.
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Agree with drilling to stop the crack. My guys have used safety wire as sutures to ‘sew’ cracks in aircraft skin (helos in combat) while we wait for the replacement panels to arrive. Use the same drill to make holes for the suture wire to go thru and viola- frankenpanel to get the aircraft back in the fight. And yes, I’ve flown aircraft myself with these type of repairs without worry. We’ve even cut backing plates and epoxied them on the back side covering the sewn crack to prevent vibration wear. The wire provided the tensial strength and the backing plate provided stiffness. Lots of marine grade caulks will hold a backing plate IMO if you don’t have the mil-spec gray stuff we used.
Fix it it and buy a ranchhand- equivalent bumper replacement. Mine (front and rear replacements) have taken quite the beating with only the paint being scratched.
Fix it it and buy a ranchhand- equivalent bumper replacement. Mine (front and rear replacements) have taken quite the beating with only the paint being scratched.
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Sucks Dude! I don't know where your located but you can usually find take off bed cheap
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...517010312.html
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...517010312.html
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For $4k I’m not sure, it’s a tough decision .... I know you can get a new bumper for $250 and just stop drill the Aluminum crack. Of course you want your truck looking mint but I’ve been hit before and spent money fixing only to be hit again a couple months later. Bad luck
I just had had my rear bumper completely apart and unfortunately they are multiple different parts held together by nuts and bolts. The solid steel bumper on my old F250 had a car smash into it at 15-20 mph and barely scratched. I’m sure it’s to save weight but there is a down side I guess. Sorry about your truck
I just had had my rear bumper completely apart and unfortunately they are multiple different parts held together by nuts and bolts. The solid steel bumper on my old F250 had a car smash into it at 15-20 mph and barely scratched. I’m sure it’s to save weight but there is a down side I guess. Sorry about your truck
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Yeah the bumper was pushed way in and I actually pulled it back out by hand. I've had a 99, 04, 06, 11 and now the 17 superduties the first three had bumpers that you could get hit with a 18 wheeler and barely scratch. The 11 was worse but this 17 is like tin compared to the others. And like some one previously stated are a bunch of pieces instead of one big bumper. Same goes with the front bumpers. The older ones were like a tank.