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55trucker
Active Member
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2016
- Messages
- 602
- Reaction score
- 183
- Points
- 43
- Location
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 3.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 3.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Lift
- -
- Total Drop
- mild
Two months ago the front of my truck was *backed into* by a silly female who while fully engaged in texting was not paying attention to what she SHOULD have been doing ran a stop sign and when realizing what she'd done came to a stop in the middle of the intersection.
Now I wasn't there to witness firsthand what happened, my wife was driving to work, this woman instead of clearing the intersection by driving on thru when safe to do so decided to backup her SUV. Sounds relatively reasonable doesn't it?......well, she didn't look in her rearview mirrors to see if this was safe to do so.....
My wife had come to a stop AT the stop sign and was waiting for this individual to move on...not expecting what was about to happen she was talking to her passenger when SMACK..the SUV reverses
& was now into the front of my Ranger which bent the bumper, twisted the mounts, damaged the valance & one pad.
Now, bypassing all of the insurance haggle to get the truck repaired I have discovered that there are no front new replacement bumpers here in Canada at all for my truck. I went to two different Ford dealers who basically gave me the same response...sorry ...no bumper for the truck. The valance/upper pads & the mounting hardware are all available but not the bumper.
The ONLY location I have found a possible new replacement is Amazon (US) where three dealers have an aftermarket overseas bumper. But there is a catch....NONE of them will ship out of the lower 48 states.
I do realize that my truck IS 20 years old, but I wasn't expecting this sort of roadblock when it came to getting it repaired. The insurance adjuster has offered to just cut me a cheque for the repair & to look after it myself.
That sounds fine.....but.....I STILL need a new bumper.
I've finished venting....
Now I wasn't there to witness firsthand what happened, my wife was driving to work, this woman instead of clearing the intersection by driving on thru when safe to do so decided to backup her SUV. Sounds relatively reasonable doesn't it?......well, she didn't look in her rearview mirrors to see if this was safe to do so.....
My wife had come to a stop AT the stop sign and was waiting for this individual to move on...not expecting what was about to happen she was talking to her passenger when SMACK..the SUV reverses
& was now into the front of my Ranger which bent the bumper, twisted the mounts, damaged the valance & one pad.
Now, bypassing all of the insurance haggle to get the truck repaired I have discovered that there are no front new replacement bumpers here in Canada at all for my truck. I went to two different Ford dealers who basically gave me the same response...sorry ...no bumper for the truck. The valance/upper pads & the mounting hardware are all available but not the bumper.
The ONLY location I have found a possible new replacement is Amazon (US) where three dealers have an aftermarket overseas bumper. But there is a catch....NONE of them will ship out of the lower 48 states.
I do realize that my truck IS 20 years old, but I wasn't expecting this sort of roadblock when it came to getting it repaired. The insurance adjuster has offered to just cut me a cheque for the repair & to look after it myself.
That sounds fine.....but.....I STILL need a new bumper.
I've finished venting....
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