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ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

ryan_hermanutz

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So this afternoon my wife back the truck into a van and it fu$%ed the bumper up something fierce. She wasn't even going 3mph; I actually heard it but didn't feel it at all. I will try and get pictures of it up tomorrow, but I already jumped up and down on the bumper just to get is off the paint. I am pretty disappointed in the lack of protection that it provided. I guess it will be time to put a real bumper on. Any ideas on where to get some rear bumpers?

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the GMT900 rear bumpers are really just a fascia, the strength comes from a reinforcement bar behind all the pretty chrome. in fact, the chrome fascia is a five piece design - 2 end caps, a center piece, and 2 backing pieces.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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I've seen tinfoil that was stronger than the bumpers on my GMT900...

 

Thanks GM! :(

 

Yeah, when I was carrying my "spare" front bumper skin to the shed, I was holding it in the center with one hand and I was afraid it was going to fold in half, so I held it with 2 hands as far apart as possible. :M16:

 

It's not just GM, they are all that way now. Weight reduction (CAFE) and crumple zones (Safety) are what we should be thanking.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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I've seen tinfoil that was stronger than the bumpers on my GMT900...

 

Thanks GM! :(

 

Yeah, when I was carrying my "spare" front bumper skin to the shed, I was holding it in the center with one hand and I was afraid it was going to fold in half, so I held it with 2 hands as far apart as possible. :M16:

 

It's not just GM, they are all that way now. Weight reduction (CAFE) and crumple zones (Safety) are what we should be thanking.

 

Yeah I was being a little bit sarcastic. I love my truck. I just hope the bumpers don't ever come in contact with anything more than a nerf something. :M16:

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Are the bumpers suppose to be that loose? How about the gaps on the end and gaps between the bumper and the end of the bed. They are not the same on the ends.

Apparently one of my end caps on the rear is way more loose then the other side. Not sure what it did before I got rear ended. The truck was a week old.

I was the third car in line. The only damage I say on the truck was my plastic hitch insert cover was broken. No other damage noticed. It did not even knock the snow off the bumper. The two vans behind me, not so lucky. The van behind me had a nice punt mark in the front bumper and the rear bumper facia was crack.

Sir Dan Enthusiast

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A little Honda Prelude just grazed my right rear bumper in the parking lot at work and it caused $1800 in damage to the truck. Pushed the pseudo-bumper into the sheet metal quite nicely. The Honda actually fared better than my 1/2 ton truck! Shameful... :)

ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

ryan_hermanutz

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Here are some close-ups of it. I bent the bumper back out by hand, but the bumper went up and hit the side of the bed and dented it. My wife was driving because I tore my shoulder up and was on pain killers.

 

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Since I plow snow, and constantly back into snow bankings, I have a reinforcing piece of steel fabricated for each outer end of the bumper on all of my pickups ('02 Chevy 2500HD, '03 GMC 2500HD, '08 GMC 3500HD). The bumper itself bends, but the damage cannot be transferred to the sheet metal in front of it.

Seems to work!

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