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Old Oct 12, 2023 | 04:36 PM
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Default Rear fender damage. Suggestions?

Well it happened. Someone hit my truck while it was parked on the road at a client's house.
Between the deductible, the downtime, and the increase in premiums, I don't even want to bother with insurance. It's a work truck after all.

I managed to bend the bumper back, and bend some of the fender back, but it's all cracked. I know when I was a Jeep guy there was body armour for the rear corners of the cab/fender. Is there anything like that for F150's, or has anyone bed-lined the rear fenders?
Thinking that might be an option to help cover the cracked paint/damage.




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Old Oct 12, 2023 | 09:28 PM
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I`m no expert, but it looks like your bumper was hit & bent in causing the fender to buckle, so it`s more than just paint. It also looks like your tailgate is a little off also. "I" would let the insurance deal with it. YMMV
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Old Oct 13, 2023 | 12:39 PM
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I assume a hit and run. I would have reported it, a lot of times you will have a lower deductible for things like this when it isn't your fault and also since it isn't your fault it doesn't normally affect your insurance rate if it doesn't happen very often. Now that we got that out of the way it looks like the bumper needs to come out more but hard to tell, your call. I agree the main concern is the paint cracking, makes me think it may all just peel off....go to a body shop that is used to dealing with AL bodies and give them $200 to sand it down and paint it. Try and get behind it and push the dent out first.....This is the route I would go....good luck
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