Rear ended... Jeep declared winner

[skovac2]

Today I was out and was rear ended by a lady that must have been distracted. Was creeping in neutral to a red light when I heard screeching and got smashed. Got out to inspect the damedge and to my surprise I had very little damedge at all. The other car was not as lucky though. Driver had to be helped out by firefighters. But boy was I lucky! Let me know if you've had similar body work done.

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[TheRealTVGuy]

Wow. I had a similar experience in my Sport S back in December. Just like you, the Equinox that hit me was destroyed.

 

[skovac2]

Wow. I had a similar experience in my Sport S back in December. Just like you, the Equinox that hit me was destroyed.

Did you have it fixed at a dealer or a body shop? I'm weighing my options. We're moving mid October and I'm not sure what'll be faster

 

[Reinen]

I had a similar experience in my YJ. Being a young kid at the time who couldn't afford aftermarket parts, I made my own rear bumper by bolting a railroad tie to the frame.

The Audi that rear ended me was driven no more. The Audi chipped my bumper. I never fixed the chip, except for carving "RIP Audi" next to it.

 

[WOwen]

IMO The Wrangler is the bully on the road and off road. Glad yous were okay.

 

[TheRealTVGuy]

Did you have it fixed at a dealer or a body shop? I'm weighing my options. We're moving mid October and I'm not sure what'll be faster

I originally had it taken to my local Jeep dealership’s shop. Once the
saw that the frame extension where the front bumper connects needed to be straightened out, they informed me that they weren’t set up to do that.

Progressive then moved it to a local body shop that had the ability to straighten the frame rail. Unfortunately because of lack of parts (namely a months-long delay for replacement suspension pieces from Rock Krawler), it was in the shop for over three months.

I will say that when I finally got it back, it was pretty much back to its former glory and drove just fine.

One note: I had upgraded plenty of pieces to better Mopar parts. My bumpers, headlights/fog lights, skid plate, etc. were all upgraded to Rubicon parts. I was extremely worried that the shop (or the insurance company) would only replace parts based on my VIN (which showed plastic bumpers, halogen headlights, etc.) so I sent them a list of Mopar part numbers for every component I knew they would have to replace. To my surprise, when I got the Jeep back, they did in fact replace those components based on the part numbers I sent.

 

[WaldorfJL]

Glad you are OK. You should leave the right rear tail light as is...battle scar. Let's em know you can take a hit.

 

[skovac2]

I originally had it taken to my local Jeep dealership’s shop. Once the
saw that the frame extension where the front bumper connects needed to be straightened out, they informed me that they weren’t set up to do that.

Progressive then moved it to a local body shop that had the ability to straighten the frame rail. Unfortunately because of lack of parts (namely a months-long delay for replacement suspension pieces from Rock Krawler), it was in the shop for over three months.

I will say that when I finally got it back, it was pretty much back to its former glory and drove just fine.

One note: I had upgraded plenty of pieces to better Mopar parts. My bumpers, headlights/fog lights, skid plate, etc. were all upgraded to Rubicon parts. I was extremely worried that the shop (or the insurance company) would only replace parts based on my VIN (which showed plastic bumpers, halogen headlights, etc.) so I sent them a list of Mopar part numbers for every component I knew they would have to replace. To my surprise, when I got the Jeep back, they did in fact replace those components based on the part numbers I sent.

Oh that's good to know, maybe I can get a nice bumper out of it haha

 

[skovac2]

Glad you are OK. You should leave the right rear tail light as is...battle scar. Let's em know you can take a hit.

That's too funny, I couldn't take it looking like that so I broke out there duct tape and zip ties and rigged it up from the inside so it stayed tight to the body. I'll tell you what those tail light covers are no joke

 

[X-SoLjA]

Shitty... Looks like it may also have got a piece of the spare. Hard to really tell in the pics

Had a similar experience in Hawaii, on my honeymoon, on my birthday with a rental jeep... Lady wasn't paying attention and slammed into the back of the jeep. Completely crunched up the front end of her car, the tow hook of the jeep grabbed a hold of her bumped and pulled it clean off as her car rolled back after impact.

The Jeep had a scuff on the bumper...

 

[skovac2]

Shitty... Looks like it may also have got a piece of the spare. Hard to really tell in the pics

Had a similar experience in Hawaii, on my honeymoon, on my birthday with a rental jeep... Lady wasn't paying attention and slammed into the back of the jeep. Completely crunched up the front end of her car, the tow hook of the jeep grabbed a hold of her bumped and pulled it clean off as her car rolled back after impact.

The Jeep had a scuff on the bumper...

Yeah the spare got pushed back a little. It's touching the little rubber bump stop on the tailgate. It's funny to hear how jeeps hold up in accidents

 

[four low]

Yet another proof of the Shock Absorbing benefits of the spare tire. Knowing this means I keep that spare right where it is, no spare delete for me !

 

[supermike]

If you rear ending any body on frame vehicle you are looking for trouble. This was back in 2013…

 

[dgoodhue]

Before you claim victory, you may want to looked at the frame underneath. The frame is design to absorb the impact and crumple. Your accident looks severe enough that the frame maybe bent.

 

[balucipher]

Crumple zone vs no crumple zone

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