Don’t leave a tape measure on bumper…

[texasPI]

I was installing my soft roll up cover this afternoon. I had a tape measure to check I had equal length on side rails. Well, I put the tape measure on the bumper and opened the tailgate onto it. Got to small dents from tape measure belt clip. Hard to see unless you’re at an angle and minor paint damage, but I still know they are there. Could’ve been worse I guess.

I then thought I’ll take off the tailgate cover and try to smack them out from inside, but there is a brace that prevents me from getting to bottom of the tailgate where the dents are.

Edit: Here’s a better pic. There are two small impressions. Kind of hard to see except at specific angles.

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[bgn]

I have the same dent from leaving a hitch receiver on there.

 

[texasPI]

I have the same dent from leaving a hitch receiver on there.

Haha…well that makes me feel better!

 

[Edge Haley]

Thanks for sharing....we all know better now than to leave something on the bumper...Sounds like something I'd do.

You might try a suction pad (like off of a GPS mount) to see if it will pull out...or one of the dent shops might look-see if it's doable. Wife got hit with a golf ball and my GPS suction mount with a little water pulled it right back out. Got a door dent on Maverick rear door from a parking lot, no paint damage, but my GPS suction mount pulled it right back out. The dent-less repair shops all have the pro-suction cup devices and use it when it will work. Most of them will tell you free, if they can pull out a dent. The Maverick’s sheet metal is very thin.

 

[texasPI]

Thanks for sharing....we all know better now than to leave something on the bumper...Sounds like something I'd do. You might try a suction pad (like off of a GPS mount) to see if it will pull out...or one of the dent shops might look-see if it's doable. Wife got hit with a golf ball and my GPS suction mount with a little water pulled it right back out.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll probably try something like that some other day. It’s not too bad and I’ve pretty much gotten over it. I was mad at myself for a good few minutes.

 

[commadorebob]

Insurance be like: "Totaled!!"

 

[MM Mav]

Thanks for sharing....we all know better now than to leave something on the bumper...Sounds like something I'd do. You might try a suction pad (like off of a GPS mount) to see if it will pull out...or one of the dent shops might look-see if it's doable. Wife got hit with a golf ball and my GPS suction mount with a little water pulled it right back out.

Your poor wife, glad you were able to pull her dent out with a GPS suction mount .

 

[Mabcim]

but there is a brace that prevents me from getting to bottom of the tailgate where the dents are.

Can reach in there with something like a spoon? Run backside of spoon over the dents.

 

[Maverickman74]

Now that you have done this you are officially a truck guy.

Another way to become a truck guy is to leave the tape measure on the bumper and drive it 50 miles from the jobsite and find it still on the bumper.

 

[PlantMan]

The first dent is the hardest. Remember, it's a truck, not a collectors vehicle.

 

[Sleeper 7]

Get a cheap paint less dent puller on ebay

 

[ValenciaOrange]

Call a dent less repair person. That would bother me.

 

[RonFLA]

Is this just a hard flex on some rather sharp looking tailgate lettering!

 

[texasPI]

Is this just a hard flex on some rather sharp looking tailgate lettering!

Sadly, no. Lol Those are just some cheap Amazon letters.

 

[Deleted member 7089]

Goes for hard packed ice too, snow accumulates there and can melt thick enough.

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