First scrape and crunch. What should I do?

So I clipped the driveway embankment. I hate myself, but it is what it is. I am looking for DIY tips. Because I broke that support bracket I might be screwed. Happy Monday everyone!

 

Easy with the self hate, it’s OK, people make mistakes. Yours resulted in a little cosmetic damage that no one but you can see. Look up the support bracket and what’s attached to it and see how much the replacement part is. Could touch up the paint on the bumper cover. Buff up the scratches on the grill to smooth them. No one can see that part anyway. Or maybe it’s an excuse for you to color match. Either way, no big deal.

 

Thanks for the advice. I am ok with it now as compared to this morning. Anyways , I think I might have to order a new lower bumper cover. That bracket was molded with it and snapped.

 

Take it off road, drag the bumper over some rocks, maybe bump a tree or two, and then be satisfied that you damaged it doing something cool and forget that you accidentally hit an embankment

Seriously though. I was a little crazy about my GX460 until I took it to Moab and dragged the bumpers all over rocks and got some trail damage. Now it just belongs.

 

I dunno, seems like a good 6 months of therapy is in order. Then, maybe, a new truck. Or, perhaps turn to drugs and alcohol, that’s always worked for me…

 

I feel your pain... I dinged up my roof while putting up racks and thought I'd never get over how stupid I was. Now it hardly bothers me and I have no interest in spending the money for PDR anymore.

The pieces you scraped up should be relatively cheap to source and super easy to replace. Just keep an eye out on local marketplaces.

 

Time to check out C4 Fabrication. They can fix that super easy.

 

Part out?

 

I am loving the replies! I actually think some weight is lifted off my shoulders.

 

Now try these glasses. Anything?

 

Qualifies for offroad bumper, winch and 35" MT tires!

 

You can get pretty creative with some jb weld epoxy and a coat hanger. I did similar on my 4Runner - clipped a piece of coat hanger, molded it in the shape of the bumper, used painters tape to hold it in place and epoxied over the coat hanger. It stayed solid until it was totaled by some jack wagon texting / ran a red light and broadsided me going 60mph

 

That would be $480. Cash or credit?

 

So I got back under there. I broke the , 52117-0C030 - Support, Front Bumper
This is what I broke

This is what it is supposed to look like ,

 

Do you have the pieces? Plastic welder with staples is like $20-30 on Amazon.

 

It shattered like a plate. A million pieces ! I am actually amazed how brittle it was.

 

That'll buff right out with a light sanding and blocking then you choose a new color.

 

Anything beyond peeing on a wheel is beyond my skills. And I hate to pay.

 

2 choices:

1. Drive like that
2. Get a cool looking and functional offroad bumper

I, for example, drive with a semi-disintegrated rear bumper. Unaffordably expensive to fix: new plastic cladding costs a lot, like 30 pints of a good craft beer. The bent metal I hammered flat, but the plastic clips are mostly broke.

 

Yeah, right? Get some Super White paint on there and you’ll automatically gain about 120hp!

 

Drill a 3/8" hole in each side of the broken support and zip tie a plastic paint stir stick from menards to both sides, back to the support member. Call it good. It's not going any where

 

Buy the bumper cover and return it back to Bristol condition. I don't like driving stuff that's beat up.