I need a new taillight. Wana know why.....

[jbolt]

I’m sitting in my truck parked on the left side of the road, passenger’s side nearest the street, waiting for an inspector to show up at a jobsite. The street is narrow and there is another pickup on the opposite side of the road. While waiting I was reviewing some schedules and not paying much attention to what was happening outside when all of the sudden WHAM!



A silver Mercedes and a Jeep Cherokee tried to pass each other right between my truck and the other. Apparently the gal driving the Cherokee left herself plenty of room between her car and the other truck. The Mercedes got pinched and moved a little too far to the right to avoid the Cherokee sideswiping the right rear of my truck. I now have a nice crease from the Mercedes mirror just above the body molding starting from the wheel well and ending at the tail light, which was torn loose. :{



Now ten years ago this would have been a big deal but hey my truck needs the hood and roof repainted and a few other small dings taken care of and that tail light was chipped anyway so no big deal. Things happen.



Well the Mercedes got the worst of it. My bumper (undamaged except for some extra silver paint left on it :-laf ) left a crease along the entire passenger’s side of the Benz as well as the mirror being torn off when it took my taillight off. As it turned out the driver of the Mercedes is only 15. He has his first driving lesson with a private instructor tomorrow so dad thought they should get some wheel time before his lesson so he wouldn’t be too nervous. They got all of one block from home before having his first accident. :{ :-laf :-laf

 

[cguthrie]

Dad's in trouble Hope everthing works out for you. How are those twins doing?



Chris

 

[BCook1]

Consider a mopar lens.

I needed a new taillight when I bought my truck. I got one from a reputable parts house - non-mopar. It was still 45 bucks. The chrome came off the plastic the first time I pressure washed it. The chrome on the original one still on the truck is good as new. It might be worth the extra dollars to get one that keeps its' appearance. :{

 

[tugboatphil]

hey my truck needs the hood and roof repainted and a few other small dings taken care of and that tail light was chipped anyway so no big deal. Things happen.

Hellooooo! I hope you have a neck brace and cane by now!! Start making out that PDR wishlist!!!

 

[bmoeller]

:-laf :-laf Oh, brother.

 

[JLEONARD]

I hope you have a neck brace and cane by now!! Start making out that PDR wishlist!!!

:-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[RGT]

I got my tailight at J. C. Whitney, fit is good and it made my other one look shabby...

I hate it when people park and block roadways for no good reason, next time pull all the way out of the travel lane...

 

[dpuckett]

Dont be surprised if the report gets changed to show that you were blocking the way of the Mercedes, and you get cited for it. Oh, wait, I see you arent from Stoddard County, MO, so you might have a snowball's chance.



Get the cane, neck brace. I have a knee brace I can lend ya. It's about tme the dummies start paying for their mistakes.



I'm on a roll now. It's all I can do to hold in the details of my case, now.



Daniel

 

[jbolt]

Originally posted by RGT

next time pull all the way out of the travel lane...

Who said anything about being in the travel lane? I was ON the shoulder!

Originally posted by dpuckett

Dont be surprised if the report gets changed to show that you were blocking the way of the Mercedes, and you get cited for it. Oh, wait, I see you arent from Stoddard County, MO, so you might have a snowball's chance.

I was kind and did not insist we call the police. Considering they are friends my employer I'm not too concerned about getting my truck fixed. That's good enough for me. I'm sure the kid is not going to forget this anytime soon, dad either for that matter.



Sheesh you guys and all that talk about neck braces and canes. It's been my experience what goes around comes around and somehow it would be worse when it came around.

 

[Philip]

Considering they are friends

All the more to shake them up. You know anyone with a van with a wheel chair lift. If you do take a camera when you go over to their house.



:-laf :-laf

 

[tugboatphil]

Darn, Philip! Why didn't I think of the van & chairlift?!



JBolt. Just kidding. If I had a lawsuit for every fender bender I've been in, I could have built a 1st Gen from the ground up, paying dealer prices for all the parts!



Hope everything works out.



Phil



Oh yeah. The tailights. I got a set of new ones off EBay after I backed into a fence. They don't seem to be of too cheap quality, but I don't think the light is reflected as brightly. Maybe I'm just imagining that.

 

[paccool]

Jay,

there are some tail light assms on Ebay. Go to the parts and accessory section and search for 93 Dodge. Don't know if they are OEM or not but I'm guessing they are not.



Stan

 

[Philip]

I have one repo tail light that was on my truck when I got it. Most of the chrome came off when I ran it threw the car wash.

 

[JApplegate]

tugboatphil may be you need to ge the cataracts removed!! lol

 

[Dscholz]

Tail Light

Hey Jbolt,

I have a slightly used right rear tail light if you want it. It is chrome but I don't know if it is an aftermarket or not. The body shop that fixed my truck put it on when it was in the shop. The problem was that my left one had the black trim. It took me a little time but I finally found a black one and replaced it. PM me if you want it.

Dan