Jason Bleazard said:
>
> My bumper didn't fare quite so well. It put a pretty good dent in it. I'll
> try to get some pics on the weekend. The damage seems to be contained to the
> metal part of the bumper. The plastic air dam is still in tact. The
> homebrew
> tow hooks are still straight, as far as I can see with a visual inspection.
> I
> looked under the hood and can't see any evidence of anything being out of
> place.
Last year I kissed someone's bumper with mine (damn city drivers), I ended up
having to replace only the brackets that held the bumper onto the front of
the truck. For a low speed crash like that you've got nothing to worry about
regarding driveline. (unless you've got broken motor/trans mounts, then you
should probably check things out a little more thouroughly.
> I didn't hit him all that hard, certainly no worse than things I've done on
> the trails. But, I'm wondering if there's anything else I should check
> myself
> or have checked out for me. It rides and drives fine. At one point I
> thought
> the engine was transmitting some extra noise and vibration, but I'm not sure
> if it's really there or if my paranoia is just playing tricks on me. I
> haven't climbed underneath yet to see if I might have knocked any exhaust
> pipes loose or anything.
The day I got my "we hope the first 6 months with your new dodge have been
enjoyable" card in the mail, I plowed into someone who stopped unexpectedly
and hit them hard enough to total their vehicle and deploy my airbags (about
35mph). The cab of my truck shifted along the frame and some sheetmetal was
bent up. However, had the fan not sliced into the radiator, I could have
continued to drive the vehicle.
Our trucks are pretty sturdy, if you haven't seen anything out of whack yet
I'm betting there isn't anything to be seen.
Good Luck!
-- - Josh www.omg-stfu.com
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