So yesterday sometime in the afternoon I'm sitting at a stoplight and when its green we're not moving and then this lady hits my car from behind and it seems pretty loud of a thud

I look at my cars bumper and there's a nice little crack... i'm not sure if the bumper itself is cracked or if its just paint... but my tailights are no longer flush with the car and...

I have a question about whether or not my exhaust system would be okay? Some reason either I'm just being paranoid but it doesnt seem as deep or as loud as it used to be... Even without major damage to the bumper... jes a crack and few paint scratches... would the exhaust piping be in trouble?

 

depends...... did she hit you near your exhaust?

 

I'm not exactly sure what she hit... it was the whole rear bumper i'm assuming.... The cracks are more on the left side of the car where the taillight is less flush with the car then the right side...

 

Stock bumpers aren't cheap either ,their two peices.Take it to a bodyshop right away.

 

I have been waiting for a chance to be the first to use it in a thread.

 

LOL pics are being uploaded right now

 

i dont think that you would have poblems with the exhaust

 

Theres the crack in the bumper which I believe is the bumper cracked and it gets smaller going inwards toward the bumper from the left side


The left side of the car there is a gap formed from the bumper to the car


Here is the left taillight that is no longer flush with the car sticking out about 3 mm as well as the bumper slightly sticking out


Here is the only apparent damage to the right side of the bumper leaving that nice little gap in between the bumper... the right taillight is not flush either but only by 2 mm


So that is all the viewable damage that I can see without taking anything apart... But it appears to me that most of the damage is on the left side of the car but it still seems to me like my exhaust sounds a little quieter...

 

I hope that it doesnt affect the exhaust system because I'm installing my new header and dp from RRM this coming Monday or Tuesday and I don't want there to be fitment issues if anything is bent

 

I would take it to the shop. Is her insurance paying for it? I would be worried about things being bent up behind the bumper, like the sheet metal and the quarter panels being bent.

 

You need to have a professional look at it. If the tail light is popping out, changes are there's damage under the body panels that you can't see.

 

I'm going this saturday to get it looked at as schedule by my insurance... Hopefully it isn't too bad... but she should be paying for it since she is the one that hit me or so it says on the police report... I think that's how it works...

 

yep. her insurance will cover it. unless she doesnt have insurance. in which case you can sue the ***** off her. what a wonderful world.. sigh.

 

Insurance will take care of you, that's what its there for. I've been in too many accidents. Just remember to go over the car with the appraiser, even if he/she thinks he see's it all point out everything... Its amazing how much people miss when writing appraisals up and then the shop doesn't take care of it because its not worth getting a supplement check for small things. I'm missing half the clips on my driverside door due to a stupid shop owner being lazy.

 

Okay well today my dash went out and my left taillight went out again so I decided to redo the fuse for it which would be this one



But no matter how many times I change it out it keeps blowing... which leaves me with this...


So I decided to take my taillight off to see if there was a problem there.... I didnt find anything but what I did notice was that my mounting tab completely broke off...

So now my new questions to you are... What would cause it to constantly be blowing that same fuse? If there was an electrical problem would that be fixed along with the bumper? ALSO... would insurance cover to get me a new depo taillight? OR would they only give me a stock one back?