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Well...sitting at a red light last night minding my own business when "SLAM" some guy in a Toyota Tacoma slammed into the back of me. It dazed me for a minute but minus some neck / back pain I am fine. He got hit with the airbag and was bleeding so off to the hospital he went in an ambulance. HPD came out - he was at fault, had insurance (progressive). He has already admitted fault to his insurance company so we are good there.

 

My truck needs a new tailgate, bumper, bumper pads, etc. The factory trailer hitch took a hit from his frame rail and it appears to be screwed up too. The right side of the bed appears fine but the lower part is pushed in a bit where the tailgate will not open.

 

My question - I have a spray in bedliner that is also on the tailgate that is over five years old. If they re-spray the tailgate, it won't match the rest of the bed. Has anyone had any experience with this? Will they re-spray the entire thing?

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the insurance company has to reasonably satisfy you. I think it is correct that colors match. stand your ground. They want you happy too.

 

Ken

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Had a similar thing happen to me. Traffic in front of me stopped quickly, I stopped quickly, the Honda CRV behind me decided to use my brakes and the 4Runner behind him did too. Only got my bumper and hitch. I had an existing chunk of my LineX missing and because I had a load of rocks at the time of the accident, I just blamed him. They offered to re-spray the whole bed if I wasn’t happy with the patch job. It was only about a ½ inch diameter chunk. The patch job looked great so I stopped there.

 

They said the only downside to r-spraying the entire bed is it gets a little thicker. So watch out if you have some in bed accessories that fit tight now.

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