A few of you know of my problem with the dodgy white paint job on my (flareless) GX bumpers. After thinking about replacing it with a DIY steel number, the wife backed into someones magna the other day (black car, parked in shade, tinted windows on Prado, plus sunnies on and looking through cargo barrier... :roll: )
Ripped off LHS bumper and stuffed the rear one.
Benefit: I get it all fixed under insurance and will have a nice looking car again .
Questions: how do insurance companies generally take to other suggestions, i.e. doing a deal replacing bumper with steel bar instead (will cost me more of course) I assume all companies will be different - I'm with AAMI.
Are there any commercially available bars which are at a reasonable cost? I'm talking sub $2000. I'm not after a wheel carrier, I just want better protection under the rear.
Ripped off LHS bumper and stuffed the rear one.
Benefit: I get it all fixed under insurance and will have a nice looking car again .
Questions: how do insurance companies generally take to other suggestions, i.e. doing a deal replacing bumper with steel bar instead (will cost me more of course) I assume all companies will be different - I'm with AAMI.
Are there any commercially available bars which are at a reasonable cost? I'm talking sub $2000. I'm not after a wheel carrier, I just want better protection under the rear.
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