Heading 580 towards Livermore and around the Castro Valley area, the truck in front of me hits a traffic cone. There's nowhere for me to go since I was boxed in. The sucky part it wasn't one of the flimsy cones, the base was super thick.

It completely tore off the passenger corner, foglight and all.

 

yikes. . .sorry man! At least your okay. At least you didn't have to dodge a coach like I have and almost killed my self. . . haha

 

the damage...



what route should i take? the appraiser's coming out later today, i hope.

my collision deductible is 1k. looks like i need a new bumper and fog light.

 

When you said foglight and all.. i didnt expect half the bumper off! Wow.. that sucks..

well here it goes:
Did u get the truck's license plate and id number?
Your deductible is pretty high, but you will most likely get it all back if you did get the truck's info.

It's better to let the ins handle it rather then let it become a side job.


I'l keep a look out for a stock bumper if u want.

 

Your car looks more CGM than Steel gray in that picture..

 

thanks man. it's the darker of the two colors.

i got owned by the cone.

 

damn, that thats bad. will insurance cover it? did you get his plate?

 

One of those cones hit my car before too. A bimmer kicked it up and it hit the passenger side of my front bumper. When I was exiting to check out the damage my fog cover came off on the exit and I ran over it The good thing is the damage wasn't that bad and I was able to retrieve my fog cover after looping back... although I think it got ran over by some other people too.

 

Appraiser just came out, $1685.

I will be looking for a new bumper myself.

Everyone at work's like "a freaking cone did that?!?"

 

wow
sorry to hear this

 

daytime pic.

 

thats harsh

 

Did you get the trucks plate #? Wouldn't they be at fault for running over the cone?

 

That sucks man. I hope you can find a painted bumper and fender on the cheap. Send me an email if you need any help with the work.

 

Sorry to hear about what happened to your car, that sucks big time.

You might want to remove that plastic piece that's still attached to your fender, otherwise it might fall off. It's used to hold your bumper onto the lower part of your fender. If you lose that while driving, it'll cost about $200 bucks from the factory..

You also should have taken it to a body shop for a quote before getting the insurance adjuster out. I can almost bet that'll cost more than $1685 to fix. I would say closer to $2500.

You should be able to replace the bumper yourself if you find the same color. If you need the fender fixed or your new bumper painted I'll give you a kick *** deal, just pm me.
My refs.
https://www.i-club.com/forums/ongoing-projects-31/heres-what-my-buddy-jeff-i-did-today-163858/ The shop is in Palo Alto.