I was headed up to my last job site for the day and was cruising in the right lane of I-495. Two car lengths behind the car ahead. Then some wah-hoo come flying up the road behind doing 90 and cuts me off. Then he brake checks me HARD. I slam the brakes on and by this time a Coach bus is next to me. The ranger has pretty shoddy steering and that sent me into the side of the bus. Next thing i know im in a hard spin at about 60-70mph. Thank god i didnt roll. The cops took info and its all sorted out. She got home fine tho.
The frame is fine and my DBR bumper can be bent back. ill need a new radiator support, beadlock, and fenders (was gonna do fiberglass anyway). Not sure about internals and steering components.

 

What a jackass... Glad you're ok though. The truck doesn't look like it's hurt too bad.

 

yeah itl pull through. the whole rad support is shifted over but its off the frame so its not that. just got bumped hard. still bent up about it tho

 

I probably would have beat the ever living fvck outta the guy who cut me off

 

yeah man i wish.
the bus i hit pulled over but the jackass in the van was long gone

 

glad you kept it ruber side down.... i would be pissed at dbr for not making a bumper that cant take a hit....

 

Glad you made it out with relatively minor damage.

 

i think most tube bumpers would bend if they got hit from the side like that

 

If your steering got squirrelly I would look into doing some upgrades or figuring out why it did such... that shouldn't be normal, not even for a lifted truck!

 

Sounds like it couldve been one of those insurance scams

 

Glad to hear you came out unhurt. Good luck with the rebuild!!!

 

WHAT!? I would have shot that person in the knee!!! Damn dude im sorry... Hey if you need a hand with anything im right down the road... plus u havent been my bumper in person yet lol

 

LOL!!! hey these guys have to have driven there to understand!!! I HAVE!!! man 495, 695?, and 70 and 81 are always a mess!!! bumper to bumper doing 80 or 90 lol then all of a sudden dead stop!!!!!! rush hr is from about 5am-10pm....the best time to drive up there is wee hrs of mornin!! sorry to hear but yeah shes fixable!!! i can remember it taking me 3hrs to get from where i was on 81 which was just N of 495, to 30 mins down the road!!!!!

 

Doesn't look too bad. Sucks though.

 

thanks guys. yeah its just bad luck. i495 is real bad. the radiator support is shifted to the pass side but i think its easily fixable. been needing a new one anyway due to rust. and ive wanted prerunner flares forever haha

 

That's an understatement...glad you're ok though!

 

i drive 495 everyday... but at 5am not too many ppl on it lol

 

and so begins the rebuild.
im ordering fiberwerx fenders and new steering components.
new rad support from lmc truck

 

nice, how big of fenders?

 

4.5 inch bulge
theyre only 300 a pair not bad