YouTube - ARB Bumper after crash
Video was mainly for the sound but took a look at my arb bumper while I was at it
What is that sound? And what do I need to do to fix it
Mainly happens when it is cold and my truck is parked at an angle, Goes away after engine has been warm for 20mins
Oil gauge is at 75%
93 FJ80 with 1FZ-??, 189k miles
==========
So this is what happened to my ARB bumper after a 10-15mph crash about a week after I bought the FJ80
Actually pretty disapointed how the bumper crumpled from the crash, the truck infront of me had almost no damage to its bumper althou the bumper did dent the passenger side rear quarter
I went to merge onto a 2 lane street and the person infront did not keep going on the 3rd/merge lane, my passenger screamed, I turned and saw a stopped truck infront me me and slammed breaks swerved and barley hit his rear passenger side bumper with my front drivers side bumper
It was either chevy or ford250 longbed
His rear bumper had very little damage
I could not drive away, my bumper was tweaked and turned into my wheel, got AAA-towed to someones house near by who had a plasma cutter and cut the 4-6" 'wing' on the arb bumper that had curled up into the wheel well
You can notice the top bar broke and curled, making the dent on the hood, not sure what broke the driver side light trim / fender
So I am assuming the bumper is not fixable, dont think I could straighten it out so will leave it like that till I can replace it.
I am torn weather to buy another ARB, I know alot of people love them and trust them. But at the speed I was going I thought it would have held up better even with the weight of a FJ80 so I am disappointed.
Unfortunately I do not have pictures of the crash
Video was mainly for the sound but took a look at my arb bumper while I was at it
What is that sound? And what do I need to do to fix it
Mainly happens when it is cold and my truck is parked at an angle, Goes away after engine has been warm for 20mins
Oil gauge is at 75%
93 FJ80 with 1FZ-??, 189k miles
==========
So this is what happened to my ARB bumper after a 10-15mph crash about a week after I bought the FJ80
Actually pretty disapointed how the bumper crumpled from the crash, the truck infront of me had almost no damage to its bumper althou the bumper did dent the passenger side rear quarter
I went to merge onto a 2 lane street and the person infront did not keep going on the 3rd/merge lane, my passenger screamed, I turned and saw a stopped truck infront me me and slammed breaks swerved and barley hit his rear passenger side bumper with my front drivers side bumper
It was either chevy or ford250 longbed
His rear bumper had very little damage
I could not drive away, my bumper was tweaked and turned into my wheel, got AAA-towed to someones house near by who had a plasma cutter and cut the 4-6" 'wing' on the arb bumper that had curled up into the wheel well
You can notice the top bar broke and curled, making the dent on the hood, not sure what broke the driver side light trim / fender
So I am assuming the bumper is not fixable, dont think I could straighten it out so will leave it like that till I can replace it.
I am torn weather to buy another ARB, I know alot of people love them and trust them. But at the speed I was going I thought it would have held up better even with the weight of a FJ80 so I am disappointed.
Unfortunately I do not have pictures of the crash