What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Woah, sick bumper...Moral of the story drive a lifted Toyota with a steel front bumper. Pays for its self when you need it. Also dont brake check people, doesnt work out like how you think it will...

 

What a bummer. You get ticketed at fault on this one? It won’t be paying for itself in that case.

I hate people.

 

You get it on cam?

 

That is what I was thinking. Then still painting over top, so when it chips I don't see chrome underneath.

 

They're definitely useful. Realistically only accurate to +/- 10% depending on brand but generally you'd use the one just under your torque expectation to get it most of the way there, then finish it off with a proper torque wrench.

 

No Ticket, State Trooper (Female) was fairly unbiased and professional. The person I hit was a younger female so I was worried when I saw the Trooper pull up...

Context: We were both in the passing lane on a 2 lane highway that is usually fairly congested at this time (4PM) but that day it was lighter traffic for that time of day. She was in front of me for a few miles but I kept a good normal driving distance from her and we were just cruising along nicely with everyone else. We came up to pretty much stand still traffic in our lane, I noticed no one was in the right lane either behind me or in front for maybe a quarter mile. Free lane I thought so I switched lanes to keep on cruising, well it seemed like she had the same idea and switched lanes just as i was getting close to passing her. My front bumper was probably even with her rear when she started to switch lanes, cutting me off. Im annoyed obviously and gave her a couple honks naturally (probably a mistake as the trooper saw that as road rage, ok fine). Im not a road rage guy so I didnt see it that way, I was just letting her know that I'm right there and she didnt see me. I dont know why but I'm pretty sure she then decided to brake check me? I assume because I wasn't really paying attention to what was in front of her, maybe someone cut her off as well. Still filling out paperwork as this happened yesterday at 4PM. Insurance will probably find me at fault which sucks but whatever, I'm just glad my truck wasnt damaged at all. Got home and did some inspection and everything was perfect, the bumper is only 1/8th inch steel but it didnt bend AT ALL. Only happened at maybe 25 mph as I said we were coming up to almost stand still traffic and we were slowing down so that helped a lot I guess.

 

Well, that sucks, but glad you’re okay (and the Taco too). Won’t go into details but I’ve installed dash cams in all of our vehicles for years now. Totally worth it.

 

No cam unfortunately...definitely looking at some right now. Although I dont think it would have helped me in this situation. See my previous reply to another member for context and decide if it would have been beneficial in my circumstance.

 

Agreed. totally worth it, I installed Garmin mini 2 with Donger adapter, its nearly a hidden camera;

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Don't need all the ladies, I have one hot one at home who's not high maintenance, like maybe your wife is....

Just kidding around...

 

A cam may or may not have made a difference. However it would if she files a subsequent injury suit. Probably won’t happen, but having proof in a he said/she said situation, even if you’re accused of running a red light when it was still yellow, can make a world of difference later.

 

Very accurate points, although she was coherent and standing/walking on her own when speaking to the State Trooper. I would assume I could call on the Trooper as a witness to testify that she was not injury immediately after the accident and did not request EMS.

 

Should probably clarify that this is the WARN Semi-Hidden winch Bumper. Great product, highly recommend.

 

Wow she’s a reeeeaaaally lucky lady!

 

Sorry to see that. What bumper is that?

 

Just glad we all got to go home. Lucky we had more attentive drivers around us when it happened, could always be worse.

 

how do you like your rockymount rack? i need to get a new one for my daughters car and have been looking at those.

 

I have the same set-up and well worth the money.

 

Some injuries are hidden and don't show up until later that day when the adrenaline wears off and the swelling begins. I was rear ended and a red light and denied medical treatment because I "felt fine". I ended up going to the emergency room later that night because I could barely hold my head up if I wasn't straight up and down. I had pretty bad whiplash because of the accident.