Ok - the idiot in front of me tired to pull a donut in his 97 4runner when we were both flying down the beach at 40 MPH - we were close to side by side -almost t-boned anyways- my bumper is messed up (my tacoma won though )

Basically instead of having a dealer charge 300 dollars for another chrome POS I am looking into getting a TJM T-17. my question is can I mount my lightforce 170s on this bumper - is it setup for lights or will I have to modify stuff?
thanks

also anyone with a quarterpanel/wheel arch for the front left side of a 97 tacoma please let me know!

 

chicks dig body damage.

 

So how does insurance work on this type of deal? Sounds like you guys were both messing around on the beach and he did something stupid. Is that considered off-road and does insurance handle it the same?

 

I'm not messing with insurance - it was his dads truck and his bumper was alot more messed up than mine-

I would guess that insurance would find someone at fault just like in a normal accident - it would probably be me because ultimaely its my responsibilty to avoid him - just like when youre skiing you are always responsible for the person in front of you.

anyways he was stupid - he came do a dead stop right in front of me without any warning he turned hard right, towards my side, trying to spin a donut and just came to a stop -it was a very dumb thing to do - it coulda been alot worse


fortunately I kinda like the new look

 

IF I want to repair that panel and turn light fairing how much do you guys think it will cost?

any good places in MA?

 

a picture is worth a thousand words ...

 

So is he paying for it out of pocket, or are you?

 

ahhh no - I was just kinda thinking to myself there
- Christian I dont know how insurance would handle something like this

 

Hey, I deleted that, sorry!

You are too quick!

 

I'm not sure - I think the best thing would be for us to both pay for the damage on our individual trucks - the problem is what driver's dad says; I'm firendly with his dad and hes a good guy I just hope they dont try to go through insurance.

I'll probably just bang in the panel, paint over the chips ghetto-fab style and install my new TJM

 

ohhhhh pretty

thats sweet looking-except its the tj-15 not the 17 right?

 

ahhhhh just got the damage assesed - $3000.00 for the repairs - ugh

 

Don't feel too bad I'm at the point where I have to take the other party to court. Stealer said $4300 without looking underneath. Hope I dont have to do it myself but it's really starting to bug me at this point. OPPOSING INSURANCE COMPANIES SUCK!!!Sorry for the loss GodwinAustin.

 

Is there a website for the TJM bumpers? They look kinda cool...

 

thanks man - yeah I dont know how this stuff costs so much - assuming the frame rails and radiator are ok, whats the big deal?


tjm - http://www.tjmproducts.com.au/

 

Well it's like they say I guess. Insurance companies always have you covered till you need their help. This girl pulled a U-turn right in front of me...I even have pics of her remnants in my lane and they are still denying it. I have like $7500 into mine (new motor/trans/lots of other stuff there is no way after winning in court (which I'll do) they will try to offer me another rig right now and total mine for prevailing market value (which they do regularly). Any way you look at it accidents are no fun man.

Hope you get it all straightened out easily for yours! Mine is fixable even if they don't ever pay...Looks like about 4 to 8 hours labor if I do it myself.

 

I dont think the link to my truck was working the first time -here it goes again:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/miller.../ph//my_photos

 

Oh man GodwinAustin...We look like tweedle dee and tweedle dum. Mine's on the right and yours is on the left...almost the exact same injury.

 

yeah no kidding - is yours driveable? mine seems ok -checked the radiator mounts etc....and it LOOKS ok. Heading up to portland today so I might have to break out the 200K minivan

 

200k minivan. hehehe OUCH!

Funny thing is it drives better than ever! had to bend the messed up piece of valance in behind, remove the bumper end cap and use a mallet to pound it away from the tire so I could handle normal suspension travel but with a brand new engine and tranny (plus more) there's no way I'm getting rid of it yet.

Talking to a lawyer tomorrow and hopefully he'll tell me I don't have to wait for the suit to fix it.