radin2son Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) or I am. Second time, I've managed to self-inflict damage. Also learned how difficult it is to turn around a 20' vehicle on a 2 lane dirt road. In a weak defense, the hitch mounted bike rack had the sensors beeping evertime I backed up. None of this particularly important except that the whole bumper has to be replaced at $550, or $770 including labor, even though it is in 3 pieces similar to the Titan (and you can replace just the damaged section). Labor will be about the same as the bumper has to come off. I opted for repairing and straightening ($270) the passenger side chrome piece. I go with the expensive replacement next time... 10/21 Nice to be able to repair and not replace and discard. Repair came out well. Main goal was to get it away from the rear quarter panel and well below the rear door. The bumper did its job... Edited October 21, 2014 by radin2son Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitebread250 Posted November 5, 2015 I have been to Utah several times... never had a bumper problem, radiator-front hubs-flats-getting lost....never bumpers! Time for some cool Fab4 or other tough off-road bumpers with storage and hooks maybe. I like the look of the overland explorer vans so I may smash mine too so she will let me buy some. 1 Chris Dempsey reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radin2son Posted November 5, 2015 Saw a cargo van with a chrome bumper that looked they went to "U-pull-em" and grabbed a bumper off a late 80s pickup. It fit but looked odd. Have you noticed how difficult it is to get these NVs moving backward in soft dirt, over a small berm or out of a depression? And once you get it moving, how hard it is to stop. That is what happened when I crunched the bumper. Ran out of road. No problems with manual mode/first gear this last trip, when I couldn't reverse to get it out of a depression in soft dirt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
