I hate to add to the list of those recently involved in an accident, but on Tuesday I was rear ended in the Jeep.
Stop and go traffic on highway commute, I was stopped, she said she was "putting her coffee cup down". I had been watching her in my mirror, as she was following a bit close, and stopping a bit late for the previous few hundred yards. I would estimate she was doing about 5mph or so. Sort of tore up her Kia Soul, hood folded up, grill pushed back, etc. No obvious damage to my jeep, so we exchanged info, I followed her to the next exit to a gas station to make sure she made it off the highway safely so she could call whomever she needed, and I kept on trucking.
I was volunteering with Habitat on a house build that day, so I figured I would worry about it that afternoon, but her insurance called me about 2 hours later with a claim number and started that process.
That afternoon I looked a bit closer, and (as the insurance lady suggested), my tire carrier is bent a bit, and the bumper *may* be pushed in a little, but it isnt much if any. It is an LOD signature shorty with linked tire carrier, and it still operates OK, I can open and close things, etc.
I stopped by a collision place this morning, they said to bring it in on Tuesday and they would start the process.
Right now I am not sure how I will proceed - assuming there is no frame or body damage I missed, should I worry about replacing the bumper/tire carrier? Any problems I might run into if I dont? I dont abuse my jeep, but it has some of natures pinstriping applied, the sliders may have pivoted on a rock or two, and the skids underneath and bottom of the rear bumper have a few scratches that did not come pre-installed, so its not a complete mall crawler - it is going to show some signs of use regardless.
Or, should I leave it on there, pocket the check as "diminished value" that I will lose upon sale, and keep on keeping on? I kept factory bumper and tire carrier for sale/trade in purposes as well, and I am not looking to take advantage or rip off an insurance company or the young lady for a new set of tires or anything - just not sure I want to have that money hanging off the back of the Jeep when what is on there works fine too.
Sorry about the pics - they all show regularly on my computer, and I tried uploading both "upright" and "upsidedown" from my computer and they both showed up like below...
Stop and go traffic on highway commute, I was stopped, she said she was "putting her coffee cup down". I had been watching her in my mirror, as she was following a bit close, and stopping a bit late for the previous few hundred yards. I would estimate she was doing about 5mph or so. Sort of tore up her Kia Soul, hood folded up, grill pushed back, etc. No obvious damage to my jeep, so we exchanged info, I followed her to the next exit to a gas station to make sure she made it off the highway safely so she could call whomever she needed, and I kept on trucking.
I was volunteering with Habitat on a house build that day, so I figured I would worry about it that afternoon, but her insurance called me about 2 hours later with a claim number and started that process.
That afternoon I looked a bit closer, and (as the insurance lady suggested), my tire carrier is bent a bit, and the bumper *may* be pushed in a little, but it isnt much if any. It is an LOD signature shorty with linked tire carrier, and it still operates OK, I can open and close things, etc.
I stopped by a collision place this morning, they said to bring it in on Tuesday and they would start the process.
Right now I am not sure how I will proceed - assuming there is no frame or body damage I missed, should I worry about replacing the bumper/tire carrier? Any problems I might run into if I dont? I dont abuse my jeep, but it has some of natures pinstriping applied, the sliders may have pivoted on a rock or two, and the skids underneath and bottom of the rear bumper have a few scratches that did not come pre-installed, so its not a complete mall crawler - it is going to show some signs of use regardless.
Or, should I leave it on there, pocket the check as "diminished value" that I will lose upon sale, and keep on keeping on? I kept factory bumper and tire carrier for sale/trade in purposes as well, and I am not looking to take advantage or rip off an insurance company or the young lady for a new set of tires or anything - just not sure I want to have that money hanging off the back of the Jeep when what is on there works fine too.
Sorry about the pics - they all show regularly on my computer, and I tried uploading both "upright" and "upsidedown" from my computer and they both showed up like below...
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