NO!!! Damage to my Tundra! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

***Dana_15*** · 04-30-2008, 05:36 PM

Oh, this is not good. I've been babying this truck for about seven months since I got it...no scratches at all....something was bound to happen

. I had Sienna's carriage in the back and I decided to take it out before I backed the truck into the garage, so I dropped the tailgate, took the carriage out and backed the truck in. I usually have a foot to spare behind the bumper when I back in, so everything was going good...

Until I hit something, HARD, totally stopped the truck!

Then I realized I NEVER PUT THE TAILGATE UP

. I pulled forward and saw that I poked the tailgate through the WALL

. I was afraid to look at the tailgate because the 07+ Tundras have some pretty cheap tailgates, but it held up better than I thought, and it still closes

Its not level across the top anymore:

And the tailgate buckled a little bit, not a lot, but noticeable:

dna59 · 04-30-2008, 07:26 PM

I'm not seeing nething, but I guess in person its easier.

MrSo0h0o · 04-30-2008, 07:39 PM

yea i dont see any damage on the tailgate... shoot i would be more pissed over the wall hahaha.. its a truck its meant to get banged up :P

ryannel2003 · 04-30-2008, 07:55 PM

That sucks! I know if that had been me, I woulda saved up the money to get it replaced. But i'm completely obsessed with my car, so that doesn't help me. I scream every time I get a new scratch.

***REN69*** · 04-30-2008, 08:03 PM

It'll buff out.

You can always call it a "battle scar from off-roading"

Arisotezza18 · 04-30-2008, 08:30 PM

The damage doesn't look so bad. It just looks like the trim for the bedliner is deformed. That sucks about the wall though. That's a huge hole.

midnightmach · 04-30-2008, 08:46 PM

Its all good only you will notice it.

a94autoCamry · 04-30-2008, 09:59 PM

when i rented a tundra...it made a beep sound warning you when your close to something, your tundra didn't have that??

anyways, sorry to hear about this....

***-SCWEET1-*** · 04-30-2008, 10:54 PM

Sorry to hear Dana!!! My tundra has a dent on it also.... but then again I haven't driven it in a while.... lol

Now get that fixed!!!

Black95Cam · 05-01-2008, 12:08 AM

the tail gate and the wall, take a little elbow grease and it'll buff right now..

***Dana_15*** · 05-01-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Miltdoggie

Sorry to hear Dana!!! My tundra has a dent on it also.... but then again I haven't driven it in a while.... lol

Now get that fixed!!!

I hear ya, this truck isn't cheap to drive...but I love driving it! The tailgate cap did bend (plastic) but the sheetmetal buckled a little bit. Its barely noticeable...but damn it I see it

.

I'll probabley wait to get it fixed, I always have bad luck when I fix things. I had a Jeep that kept blowing sway bar bushings, I was replacing them every six months, so I paid for new ones a couple of times...then there was a recall onthem.

My wifes Subaru had the front end cracked up, so we paid the deductable to get it fixed and then it just got smashed in again a month later, not her fault so it fixed again, for free....

Oh we'll I'm just rambling

The wall will be easy to fix, I have some decent sheetrock skills. I planned on painting that wall anyways, the previous owner of the house must have hit the wall before anyways!

bigbird · 05-01-2008, 10:33 AM

well at least we know they can handle drywall

***DAMON*** · 05-01-2008, 11:36 AM

i dont think anyone will even notice it, but i know how it is when you know its there and it drives you crazy!

midnightmach · 05-01-2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbird

well at least we know they can handle drywall

SuperGoop · 05-01-2008, 01:16 PM

Maybe you can just replace the black plastic moulding, and have a Paintness Dent Remover (PDR) fix the dent.

It doesn't look bad, but is noticible since your truck is so shiney in the pics.