It had to happen sometime!
The trim took most of the damage, the bumper did a great job of stopping his car from going farther.
The bumper has scraps and sharp bends where the bumper brackets held tight.
Unfortunately the trim which is 3/8 inch or so away from the trunk sheet metal was pushed far enough into the trunk that the outward protruding sheet metal was flat from the center to the drivers side.
I was able to pop it back with 2 hits from a 5 pound rubber mallet and a 2x4 cut to match the factory contour.
I did not want to do too much and make it harder for a body shop to do it right if I ever get any funds from the driver
The hit really felt harder than it was.
What's so weird is I'm usually a eye for an eye kind of guy but I'm just meeeh about the whole thing.
I hope the guy gets the book thrown at him but I don't expect he will learn anything from this and will just keep doing this **** till he kills someone or himself
Mostly visual.
The trim took most of the damage, the bumper did a great job of stopping his car from going farther.
The bumper has scraps and sharp bends where the bumper brackets held tight.
Unfortunately the trim which is 3/8 inch or so away from the trunk sheet metal was pushed far enough into the trunk that the outward protruding sheet metal was flat from the center to the drivers side.
I was able to pop it back with 2 hits from a 5 pound rubber mallet and a 2x4 cut to match the factory contour.
I did not want to do too much and make it harder for a body shop to do it right if I ever get any funds from the driver
The hit really felt harder than it was.
What's so weird is I'm usually a eye for an eye kind of guy but I'm just meeeh about the whole thing.
I hope the guy gets the book thrown at him but I don't expect he will learn anything from this and will just keep doing this **** till he kills someone or himself