New member: 2012 Expedition just totaled but keeping and fixing!

[garryk6]

My daughter and mother in law were coming home from shopping, and were in stop and go construction traffic when a Ford Focus traveling a bit too fast and not paying attention slammed into the back of the Expedition pushing them into the hitch and back end of a late model Ram3500.
They drove away after all the reports. No damage to radiator, condenser etc. but shop quoted $10,950 to repair. Insurance only wants to pay $16k but will let us keep for $13K. Stinker is we owe $12.5K. But insurance is paying off and giving us the remainder.

 

[garryk6]

Good news is I pulled out plastic pieces in the heat of the day and added some white duct tape so we can continue driving and now it looks like this.

 

[garryk6]

Question for those that have used 09-14 F150 after market bumpers, what modifications are required to fit a which type bumper to the frame horns that replaces just the lower plastic bumper.
A bumper such as this:

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Question for those that have used 09-14 F150 after market bumpers, what modifications are required to fit a which type bumper to the frame horns that replaces just the lower plastic bumper.
A bumper such as this:
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That sucks man. Least the duct tape will hold it until then. Hope everyone is okay. We'll welcome to the forum.

 

[garryk6]

Yup, everyone was ok. And the Expedition will be paid off. Going to get a F150 winch bumper this evening to replace the wimpy bash bar and plastic bumper.

 

[Trainmaster]

Garry, you look like a handy guy. From the pictures, the damage seems limited to bolt-on parts. These are cheap; the aftermarket and junk yards are full of them. I'll bet you can have that thing looking like new for a day's work and maybe three grand.

 

[garryk6]

We’ll no paint yet but made great progress with a JY grill/bumper assy and rear bumper assy!! And the best was the winch bumper I got brand new in the box!

 

[garryk6]

 

[garryk6]

Still need to paint both bumpers and the replacement hood(not shown). And I still need to replace the headlights as both mounting brackets are broken. But looking a lot better already!! It helps that the JY parts were a close match. (08 vice 12 pearl white)

 

[Motorcity muscle]

Front bumper looks great. Dealing with insurance company's is a hassle, never take there first offer. Try to find a truck like yours for sale with similar mileage, prefererbly at a dealer and see how it compares.