Accident Rear Bumper

[thequietman]

Hi guys, I was distracted and didn't see a stone pole behind me. I have put a sizable crease in the bumper.

 

Ring insurance or fix alone? I have group 1 insurance. Probably not worth my while claiming this as my premium will go up.

 

Anyone know the price of a rear bumper?. I probably wont pay to have it color coded. Black and silver will be fine.

 

That was an expensive coffee !! 

[transam]

What ride..?

[Kwasaki]

I'd ring your Insurance if you have class 1 we had a similar experience to just bumper damage and it was OK with the insurer to go get it fixed.

If anything the next premium was down a bit not an increase, just don't admit fault. 

[thequietman]

10 minutes ago, transam said:

What ride..?

Ranger 2011. Color coded bumper but will put plain if needed.

[thequietman]

1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

I'd ring your Insurance if you have class 1 we had a similar experience to just bumper damage and it was OK with the insurer to go get it fixed.

If anything the next premium was down a bit not an increase, just don't admit fault. 

So say I came back to truck and was like this?

[Kwasaki]

1 minute ago, thequietman said:

So say I came back to truck and was like this?

Yeah of course you don't remember when it happened must have been done somewhere sometime. 

[transam]

On my Vigo I bought an after market bumper from one of those spares shops, but it was chrome and a nice price....

[thequietman]

1 minute ago, transam said:

On my Vigo I bought an after market bumper from one of those spares shops, but it was chrome and a nice price....

nice price. So ball park please?

[Mrjlh]

Call the insurance guy. You paid for it so use it.  Plan on having your truck tied up for a week.

[transam]

10 minutes ago, thequietman said:

nice price. So ball park please?

I paid 2,500bht fitted...but it was a couple of years back...Just ask around at spares shops, you know, the ones that do all the stick on bling..

[CGW]

Probably easier just to buy a aftermarket bumper now! though I think if you had claimed it would have been no problem and no increase in premium.

[thequietman]

Wow! Impressive.

 

Wife rang insurance in Bangkok, they rang guy, guy comes out only an hour after the accident.

 

Takes photo of bumper, notices it has pinched the tail gate a little. Takes photo of busted glass cover over light that I broke 3 years back, takes a photo of a scrape over wheel arch, 4 years ago. Writes it all down and tells me he will claim for all.

 

I need to call into garage in town and set up appointment. He doesn't expect my premium to rise.

 

So I will wait and see if it is a pleasant experience or not. I will keep you posted. Thanks for all your help guys. It is appreciated.

[Jessi]

quietman, what insurance company please?

[BEVUP]

12 minutes ago, Jessi said:

quietman, what insurance company please?

Same here would like to know as wife ended up with a half arse job as the insurance company sent her to a slap on workshop & did half a job because he didn't have a pulling machine even though the misalignment was minimal but certainly noticeable 

 

[NanLaew]

On 5/28/2017 at 2:25 PM, thequietman said:

He doesn't expect my premium to rise.

Famous last words.