Truck Vs Mail box

Full coverage thank god

 

I can’t believe a mailbox could do that I will look into upgrading my insurance. Hopefully you can get can get that nice looking truck back to normal ASAP. I almost bought those same headlights but they where on on backorder when I tried to get them. Either way good luck with the truck hopefully you get it back soon.

 

That is an easy fix with the exception of paint. It all bolts together. It did exactly what it was designed to do. It's all replaceable with a socket and ratchet set and a pair of small flat head screwdrivers. I don't see any coolant on the ground, nor do I see transmission fluid. I didn't look at the AC lines.

Almost the exact same thing happened to mine before I owned it. I bought it from a close friend.

Edit: never mind full coverage easy peasy, maybe file for loss of value since it'll show up in a carfax?

 

I love the headlights, if you end up buying them used the code EXCLUSIVE if it still works you'll get $100 dollars off

 

Where would I go about getting those parts?

 

Great opportunity here for 12-15 front end conversion.

 

Shit'll buff out.

This. It can be done for about 3k or under

 

Too late now.

 

Looks like an new aftermarket bumper, used hood, used grill & bend those thin brackets back straight'ish. $2K.

 

www.car-part.com for a salvage yard search.

 

ive honestly considered it before but i love my headlights too much

 

Make sure the core support is good, I had a run in with a ditch that looked like this:
~25 mph into sand dune ground


not much damage appearing besides broken tabs and bumper... but:


Bent core support backwards buckling in and also downwards.

I’d think you’re damage OP would be at least this bad !

 

how much was this?

 

I'm worried about buying the wrong parts/installing them wrong. I seriously have no auto repair experience.

 

I'll guess >$5k.
He has full coverage and will need to use it. No need for him to chase down parts, that's what body shops do and why you have insurance.
There are several brick mail boxes in my small subdivision, which is very much "working class" and not upscale at all. And it's not because we have people destroying them.

 

Might as well upgrade to a steel bumper.

 

Oh I lead the anti steel bumper movement here on Tacomaworld

 

That’s the normal response around here whenever there’s front and rear damages lol!

 

Don't worry man I've been rear ended twice and hit in the front once so I've heard it 1000 times

 

I'd personally look at Craigslist first but I live in a big metropolitan area with 3.7 million people. Car-Part and eBay would be a good place to start for used factory Toyota parts. There are quite a few companies that sell new chinese knock off parts if you're ok with that. Otherwise I'd go to an online factory source of parts like toyotapartsdeal or toyotapartszone etc...

If the core support is bent it's probably out of your league to replace the parts yourself due to lack of experience and core supports are spot welded in. If the core support isn't bent and you can turn a ratchet then you can do it yourself. Refer to YouTube videos for how to's and it should go smoothly. It doesn't look to me like the core support will be bent but it's difficult to tell without physically being there at the truck.