Tundra vs metal post. Advice needed

[The_Dude]

Hit a post with my tundra. See pics. Do I get it fixed professionally? $4500ish or take insurance money and bend the bed back to fit a tail light and get a high clearance bumper? Truck is a 2010 with 185k on it.

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[REF]

Time to turn it into a flatbed…..

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[The_Dude]

I’d love too but they seem pretty pricey


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[tacollie]

For $4500 you could buy a welder, a couple saws, all the material, and have money left over?.

I probably wouldn't fix as long as you are planning on keeping it. If you think you may sell it then fix it.

 

[Todd780]

I'd do the high clearance.

 

[SDDiver5]

x2 on the high clearance. I have always thought they looked so awesome

 

[The_Dude]

The jury has spoken. High clearance it will be.

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[rruff]

I’d love too but they seem pretty pricey

Normal flatbeds aren't that expensive... even aluminum can be had for <$4k.

In that quote you got, what is being replaced? Good used bed, or....?

 

[The_Dude]

Bedside, tail light and paint


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[charlieaarons]

You reported backing into a post or bollard to your own insurance company?

 

[The_Dude]

I think I’m going to go with a trail toys rear bumper, debating a swing out.


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[The_Dude]

Bumper should arrive tomorrow!

Any thoughts on painting the area on the bed area black marked by my crappy red lines? I don’t want to deal with paint on this area. Just spray bomb it.

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[Todd780]

I wouldn't. But that's just me. It's your truck, do what you think is best.

 

[Kpack]

The only reason I would consider touching up the paint is to prevent rust. But otherwise, I'd leave it alone. If you are wheeling the truck a lot it's all getting covered in pinstripes anyways, so who cares. A few years ago I paid a friend to fix a bunch of dents in my bedsides and repaint them. Then I hit some trails and immediately scratched all of it up. Fast forward to now, and my truck doesn't even have bedsides anymore. I cut them off after the truck got in an accident and both sides of the bed got mangled. It's a trail/adventure truck and it's going to get more scratched up as I continue to enjoy it.

Wheeling trucks as big as ours is bound to lead to body damage. So I wouldn't get too hung up on trying fix what you have. You have a tail light, and now you have an excuse to get a high clearance bumper. It's a win all the way around.

 

[Nicklovin]

The only reason I would consider touching up the paint is to prevent rust. But otherwise, I'd leave it alone. If you are wheeling the truck a lot it's all getting covered in pinstripes anyways, so who cares. A few years ago I paid a friend to fix a bunch of dents in my bedsides and repaint them. Then I hit some trails and immediately scratched all of it up. Fast forward to now, and my truck doesn't even have bedsides anymore. I cut them off after the truck got in an accident and both sides of the bed got mangled. It's a trail/adventure truck and it's going to get more scratched up as I continue to enjoy it.

Wheeling trucks as big as ours is bound to lead to body damage. So I wouldn't get too hung up on trying fix what you have. You have a tail light, and now you have an excuse to get a high clearance bumper. It's a win all the way around.

Whoa that’s kinda cool. Side note how do you like wheeling with a king bed tundra, is it a pain or workable? What size tires, 35s?
I have been looking at 1st Gen tundras and thinking about doing the switch from a taco