Lucky/Unlucky

I bought my truck on Wednesday and absolutely love it. I've been driving like an old lady and baby-ing my new baby. So of course the truck gods decided to humble me by throwing a deer in front of my truck on the way home last night.
So just took a look this morning and all in all I think I got real lucky. I can hardly notice the damage. Not bad for a plastic bumper. If I can take care of that little crack im all good.
Any ideas on how to do that?

 

You did get lucky. I had a spotted fawn run out in front of me last week, 3 days into owning the 3rd gen. In my 1st gen I hit 4 before my bumper actually broke.


One way to address the crack is to drill a small hole at the end of the crack on each side, then slightly score the back side of the bumper skin over the crack. Use a 2 part epoxy to reinforce the crack from the back side. Painters tape over the front to keep epoxy from oozing out of the holes/crack onto your paint. Then touch up paint on the front side.

There are other ways, but this is how I’d approach it rn.

Edit: crack, not crash

 

Congrats on the new truck. You did get lucky - My wife hit s deer and damage was over $1500 (and this was from a glancing blow). Since this is a new truck you may want to check with your insurance. We went through insurance for my wife's car and learned that hitting the deer was covered under comprehensive. The $100 deductible made it worth going through insurance.

 

Man sorry to hear that. People put down chrome bumpers end and non painted plastic. This is why I don't want painted bumper pieces. Hopefully you'll get it fixed without too much bite to your wallet.

 

Had a deer run into the side of my 17 Double cab awhile back. It was standing three feet from the road, and as soon as I was next to it at about 55, it turned and ran INTO me. Right at the passenger back door and pillar. 2700$ in damages and a week in the shop.

 

https://youtu.be/dN7Uy17Z6oE


Hitting a dear really sucks but maybe this clip of Ron white will cheer you up!

Btw welcome from Indiana! Nice truck

 

Obviously the only solution is an aftermarket bumper upgrade.

 

Thats what I did the first one that I hit. Insurance estimate was about 2200$ for that. All total it would have been $5K and two deductibles because of deer. Didn't claim the first one and just did a aftermarket bumper which I wanted to do anyway.

 

Least it didn’t go through the windshield.

 

Yeah, my wife had pointed out if I was driving the sedan I'm trying to sell it would have really done some damage.