Was in a horrible accident today!

Philipgonzales3 · July 5, 2019

13 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

It's kill' n me...fix the thing

Egg-xactly! Only problem is it will cut into our little summer vacation. So going to start eating ramen for lunch to save up for it lol.

Edited July 5, 2019 by Philipgonzales3

swathdiver · July 5, 2019

On 7/2/2019 at 6:47 PM, Philipgonzales3 said:

I think she may be totaled!

Ok...I might be acting a little dramatic but this is my first accident in the Silverado.

So I'm a dummy, I pulled too far into a parking spot that had a large yellow pole in front of it. I've always wondered if the tires would hit the parking stop first or the pole. Well guess now I know.

What should I do? Should I look into fixing It? I've heard you can't fix a dent in chrome.

If you hadn't zoomed in, I woulda never seen it! You now have your second story to tell about the truck! The first was how you got such a great deal, or got raked over the coals when you bought it!

Maybe one of those paintless dent repair guys can fix it?

Philipgonzales3 · July 6, 2019

3 hours ago, swathdiver said:

If you hadn't zoomed in, I woulda never seen it! You now have your second story to tell about the truck! The first was how you got such a great deal, or got raked over the coals when you bought it!

Maybe one of those paintless dent repair guys can fix it?

I thought about the PDR route but I don't think anyone will touch chrome. From what I've read it shrinks when it dents and it will never go back to being 100% perfect.

I've seen some DIY repairs using a hammer and a piece of wood. I'd be afraid of making it look worse although I'd be curious if the corner of a block of wood could push out the little dent.

I'll just try to ignore it for now.

Nothing to see here :-(.

Imcrazy · July 7, 2019

Your right on the PDR front, the chrome cracks from the dent and will create spiderweb cracks of rust...

CRApex · July 7, 2019

Now you have a reason to try a bull bar with some LED’s to hide it.

Philipgonzales3 · July 7, 2019

5 hours ago, CRApex said:

Now you have a reason to try a bull bar with some LED’s to hide it.

I thought about the bull bar but Texas requires we run a front plate. I'm sure they have mounts that can be put in front of the bull bar but too lazy to look it up. Lol. Not sure I want one yet or not. They have one that matches my side steps for a few hundred. Would be 1/2 the price of a new bumper cover. I'll think about it.

mafd2 · July 7, 2019

4 minutes ago, Philipgonzales3 said:

I thought about the bull bar but Texas requires we run a front plate. I'm sure they have mounts that can be put in front of the bull bar but too lazy to look it up. Lol. Not sure I want one yet or not. They have one that matches my side steps for a few hundred. Would be 1/2 the price of a new bumper cover. I'll think about it.

No bull bar. That would be a horrible accident!

Philipgonzales3 · July 7, 2019

6 minutes ago, mafd2 said:

No bull bar. That would be a horrible accident!

Guess it's more expensive than I thought 500-800 just based on a quick search the $500 one may be used but anyway I guess the one I'm looking at would be a nudge bar. How bad of an accident would that be? Lol