This is why I love my stock JKU!
01-30-2014 | 02:32 AM
#33
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Unfortunately no, stopped by dealer and quick check shows 0 damage to my Jeep. I will take tire off and make more shots later.
01-30-2014 | 04:31 AM
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I can see damage to the rear bumper in the pic. Your impact absorber needs to be replaced for sure. Take it to a body shop, you may have frame damage. It'll need to be measured by a pro on a frame machine. Frame damage can be invisible, even to trained eyes. I'd also bet your tail gate is wrinkled a little behind the tire.
These things are actually tin cans. You jut got hit by a smaller tin can. Jeeps actually tend to take a lot more damage than most cars when they run into stuff. It's not uncommon for us to total a Jeep in a minor offset front end accident because it destroys the axle, suspension and frame mounts.
Go look at IIHS crash tests to see how much of a "tank" we're driving.
These things are actually tin cans. You jut got hit by a smaller tin can. Jeeps actually tend to take a lot more damage than most cars when they run into stuff. It's not uncommon for us to total a Jeep in a minor offset front end accident because it destroys the axle, suspension and frame mounts.
Go look at IIHS crash tests to see how much of a "tank" we're driving.
01-31-2014 | 03:50 PM
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I wouldn't call it lightly for CRV
But anyway, I am busy with millions things and I got late to some meeting that morning and i am glad thad God watched me this time since i been rear ended every year for last 4 years, all time by females 
At lease I put one out of the roads for a while ...
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01-31-2014 | 07:21 PM
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There is no absorber on a JK just the plastic bumper and a metal reinforcement. There is more to crash worthiness than having no damage after a collision too. A lot of factors come into play in a collision speed, angle of impact, weight of vehicles, traction of surface, ect.. As for an offset head on collision walking away is the best indicator of a vehicles safety. I have some experience in this area as a Body shop manager for 25 years. I also walked away from a 70mph offset head-on collision. Yes both cars were totaled and had the other drive been wearing a seatbelt his injuries would have been minor (he lived but sustained broken femurs from not wearing his seatbelt). As for your Jeep it looks fine but wash it to make sure, as the rear cover is plastic and scratches very easily. Also the rear carrier is cast aluminum and may have minor cracks in it which may fail later. Personally I don't care about some minor scratches as it is a Jeep.
The damage I saw probably was salt. The bumper looked a little swollen upward on the left side. I'm blown away that the gate is undamaged. I mean I look at my Jeep sideways and it gets a dent. I'll make sure to remember to flip a 180 and crash into shit backwards from now on.
02-01-2014 | 01:41 AM
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That is the point, neither car should become bag of plastic from ligh knock-knock to the hood
I mean it should be reasonable balance between protection and parts abilities to hold certain impact well.