Rear bumper shifted or hit and run?

Just what I thought, too. Looks like the bumper hit the body, scratched the paint, then sprung back out a little.

 

Either someone hit you or you hit something. It doesn't look bad at all after pulling it

 

Use a come along simple and easy fix

 

yep, mine was same. easy fix..just pull it back into place

 

If your truck was black you could just smash the gas pedal from a stop and the bumper would correct itself.

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How did you adjust it? Mine is off too.

 

Loosen all six bed bolts and it will float around. Just take measurements.

 

Late to the party....

my wife backed into my tundra’s rear bumper not long after I got it. After freaking out, I looked hard at the result.

As noted by several, you can loosen the bolts under the bumper. That will allow quite a bit of articulation of the bumper ends. I was able to get mine back to straight and square easily. I had no paint damage. I did have to pull my driver side end off and use a body hammer to straighten a minor dent. I used a sand bag and gave it a few careful strikes and the dent all but disappeared.

 

Have had my truck for 6 months now and I just noticed it last week same issue but mines only come close to paint and doesn't look like it has been pushed up, yeah that long. gonna give this a try. I was hoping to find this thread when I searched I'm glad I did and glad you figured it out! though still, I'm curious to know if those 6 bolts precisely go in a hole in the frame how were able to pull it back into place? arent those connection points really tough to move? how much play does the bumper have to begin with that its able to be pushed back that much without anything being bent while secured on by 6 bolts? did you find anything else that got bent or misaligned other than pulling back the bumper away from the frame?

 

Bed is fine. I just need to adjust the bumper. I replaced a damaged end cap and have a bigger gap between it and the bed. At first I thought it might be the end cap itself but the plastic on top of the bumper looks perfect.

 

Many posts on here are way out there. All you have to do is pull the top plastic covers from the bumper. Do this by crawling underneath and squeezing the clips with pliers or a long flat screw driver using the metal part at a leverage. Then remove the plastic covers. There are three pieces. One big one in the center and two end caps. (License plate must be removed (there is a clip behind it) as do the license plate lights. They unplug from the rear. You will have to remove the trailer wiring connector too). Under this, is about the flimsiest bumper you will ever see, but the end cap, chrome or painted, simply bolt to the center piece. Loosen the bolts, adjust the ends and tighten down the bolts, Takes about an hour for your first time. There are some YouTube videos but they aren't very good. A Toyota mechanic told me how to do it when he was going to change my blind spot sensor. If you ever hit anything even slightly, it will push the ends of the bumpers into the bed. Don't use come along or reposition the bed, those ideas are not the way to fix it.

 

About 5 years ago I backed out of my driveway in Colorado into the side of a small hill in about 12” of snow and hardly felt it, wasn’t even enough to completely stop the truck and it raised the passenger side of my rear bumper about 1/4” just enough to see a slight difference in the reveal between the top of the bumper and bottom of the tailgate. 3 years later my BSM stopped working, not sure if it’s related due to misalignment but I always wanted to try and loosen the bolts and try to get that side of the bumper to go back down a bit at least so it looks normal. Most probably wouldn’t notice it but I know it’s there so it kind of bugs the shit out of me every once in a while when I see it. Might try your trick taking off the bumper caps and see if I can get a look at the BSM sensors if they are just caked in 10 years of mud and dirt.