Rear ended today

Hey guys got rear ended in town today. Shoved my bumper up into my bedside and tailgate scratching the shit out of it, and chipping pant off and cracking the plastic steps on top of the bumper Pretty heftly repair charges, let's just say I'm glad I wasn't at fault

 

Giggity

I mean, that sucks.

 

Sorry for that bro’ luckily wasn’t that much..

 

Dude that sucks!!! Glad your ok time for some steel bumpers

 

Lucky, waiting for this to happen to me. Time to go shopping.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/armor.182/

 

That ain't cool. Now it's time for heavy duty bumpers.

 

I got this from Amazon and it is pretty good quality for a 2012-2015. Worth looking into if you don't want to go offroad. and comes with all hardware and plastics. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009DJOT1K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

My only thing with offroad/steel bumbers is that I don't tend to offroad enough to warrant one and if I got hit in the rear I'd be worried about frame damage, airbags, and such

 

Yeap,with a heavy duty bumper will your frame will bend before the bumper will,that's why I am keeping my stock bumper

 

I can understand that. Though in a fender bender such as this, it would save you a headache or two and give a piece of mind when parked in a crowded parking lot with no cameras. Hopefully it's never anything more, in which case I'm not sure if there is a bumper that would protect the frame.

 

Headache indeed, the driver that hit me is claiming they arent liable and saying the person behind them that hit them, knocked them into me. So they get to fight about that and I just want my truck fixed

 

Sorry to hear about that, but glad its not worse. I never do this myself, but usually your insurance will give you the option of them paying for the repairs and then getting reimbursed from the at-fault party insurance. If your in a hurry, might be worth it.

 

That seems really risky to be because I don't trust my insurance to pay me back haha

 

Oh believe me the front of her car was almost perfect minus some scratches, a broken license plate cover and some of my precious white pant. I chalk mine up to people not knowing how to drive in the rain

 

Meanwhile get a few quotes while they figure out liability.

 

I got one from a bodyshop I absolutely love and I'm gonna try to do there

 

Well then I suppose that would be a factor too! lol Honestly, if they get a police report and ok it, its all done legit so they can't just back out, but yeah, ins companies suck.

 

I live near and was driving in the great city of Springfield Missouri and the Springfield Police Department doesn't come to non injury accidents and just said trade info and good luck

 

Its more about the bumper taking the impact and damage,instead of the frame.