Well on my way to work, I was 2 miles from the job. All of a sudden, this old guy just slammed on his brakes in front of me for no apparent reason at a yield sign. No cars were coming, anyways. His back bumper is perfectly fine. He had a trailer hitch that stuck out and that hit my bumper. So all you see now is a good size indent on the right side of my bumper.

My question is;

Would it be worth trying to take it off and hammer it back?
Replace it with a used one from junk yard?

I was thinking about buying a front and back diamond plated bumper once I get some money.

Is it hard to replace a bumper?
*Time to google*

What have I learned today? Don't trust others.

 

If you have a friend or two to help, changing bumpers isn't too bad. If it were my truck, I wouldn't even bother...... of course, mine has a lot of other cosmetic issues that need to be addressed before I worry about the bumper......

 

I'm not even doing to bother with it any time soon.
I didn't hit the guy hard, maybe about 10mph? I don't think my frame or anything is messed up. Still drives fine, straight. But when I back up or turn right I hear a bit of a "scratching" noise. I haven't yet checked under the truck to see if maybe a piece if pressed up against the axles or something. It's been raining really bad. I'll post some pictures tomorrow and get a better view of what a trailer hitch did to my bumper haha.

Pretty ridiculous.

 

i replace my stock bumper with another stock one in less 10 minutes. its just 4 bolts that hold it on

 

^^^ Yea. That. No friends required. I don't have any.

 

Where did you get your stock bumper from?

 

Junkyard, neighbor's truck, etc...

 

Hey you have friends and just make sure that if you take your neighbors bumper that you do it when he's out of town

 

I'm your friend.

 

I was his friend first