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Started off the day on the wrong side of the truck this morning. Backing out of the garage, negotiating a tight backing turn to miss the RV as usual and just barely tapped a sweet gum on the edge of the garage tarmac. :M16: Jumped out and sure enough I had turned the RR bumper up and under slightly and in the process bumped that quarter edge in and in front of, the tailgate right side edge. I yanked on the bumper by hand and it yielded enough to put a little daylight between the bumper plastic trim and the painted quarter panel. Good news: not one scratch on painted surfaces; chrome piece and black plastic of bumper assembly uncreased; tail light lens unscathed. Bad news can't open tailgate without causing damage to it or the painted surface of quarter panel adjacent to it. LOCKED THE TAILGATE to avoid damage.

 

Busy day and all the while the first incident in my new truck was handing in the back of my mind. Got a break late this afternoon and had a delivery to a good body shop customer and showed him the boo boo. He glanced at it and said come back Monday, I've got a bumper bracket. He said all he had to do is take that side of the bumper off; tap the quarter over with a piece of wood; replace the bracket; bolt the bumper "trim" back on. Whew! He also said that if I hadn't yanked the bumper back a little it would have vibrated against the quarter and then surely required paint.

 

I've nudged this tree a few times in my '95 GMT400 twice as hard and never looked back. It has a real bumper and not trim in the shape of a bumper. So disappointing.

 

I am absolutely crazy about my GMT900 but I must say, that rear bumper is about as sorry of an excuse for protection as I can imagine. It could only be made more useless by constructing it from glass.

 

Yes, the sweet gum is coming down tomorrow.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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Oh sure, drive like a woman and then blame the truck and the tree...LOL J/K :D

 

Right! And I suppose you don't feel pretty driving that Sierra? :M16:

 

:crackup::crackup::D

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Oh sure, drive like a woman and then blame the truck and the tree...LOL J/K :crackup:

 

Right! And I suppose you don't feel pretty driving that Sierra? :M16:

 

:crackup::D:D

 

 

Only when I dress pretty.... :crackup:

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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Ouch !

 

 

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That looks like a stout one! Gonna give it a try without the sweet gum for awhile. If that don't work then I'll try a little "Mad Max from Thunderdome." :M16:

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That reminds me of when someone hit my parked truck ('04 ext. cab rado):lol: in the front bumper on the side. It pushed the bumper down and in. Thought I would need a new bumper but to my surprise I was able to pull it back to shape by hand. :D Just have a slight scratch hardly visible. Never dreamed it would be that flimsy. Speaking of flimsy, how about the roof sheet metal? Talk about paper thin. I went thru a high pressure car wash an almost went deaf from the roof vibrating. :):D

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Bummer

 

I know what you mean about the differences in bumpers, my dads GMT-800 3500 Dually has lighter bumpers then my '98 1500. I am sure this is a weight savings and cost cutting thing by GM to make the trucks more economical and fuel efficient.

HawkeyeOC Senior Enthusiast

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The '06 CC I had would drive me crazy when I slammed the doors. That roof panel would vibrate like crazy! They reversed the indentations in the NBS roof panels...much better.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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That reminds me of when someone hit my parked truck ('04 ext. cab rado) :lol: in the front bumper on the side. It pushed the bumper down and in. Thought I would need a new bumper but to my surprise I was able to pull it back to shape by hand. :D Just have a slight scratch hardly visible. Never dreamed it would be that flimsy. Speaking of flimsy, how about the roof sheet metal? Talk about paper thin. I went thru a high pressure car wash an almost went deaf from the roof vibrating. :):D

 

 

If it weren't for the molded reinforcement ridges in the roof, I think it would oilcan from heavy breathing. Honestly, my tree hugging this morning was at about 1/4 mph. :D

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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You bring up some good points... When did GM stop making TRUCKS and start making tinfoil truck substitutes? Dammit... for the money we are paying for these trucks you'd think we could at least have bumpers and beds that didn't bend if you step on them.

 

I think it is because 90% of the buyers buy them as "cars"... therefore the Buick interiors and guys posting complaints because they can hear a rattle somewhere if they drive with the windows up, AC off, and radio turned down...

 

WHAT KIND OF GIRLS ARE TRUCK BUYERS BECOMING?

 

It MIGHT be ok if my new truck didn't get WORSE gas mileage than my old one did.

 

I'm gonna go kick my dog.

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i don't normally go for the 'heavy duty cast iron' bumper look ... but after standing on the bumper of mine for a bit and feeling it flex to my weight ... it looks like the bumpers will be changed out for sure ...

 

i don't even think i can push someone with my truck without damaging something up front ... i could push other people in my neon no problem ...

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