I can't believe I'm sharing this with you guys, but for the sake of helping others:

You know that keyed lock near the rear license plate that plugs the access hole to the spare tire winch? Yeah, well when you remove that lock DON'T set it on the bumper, forget it's there, and then lower the tailgate. If you do, it will put two nice little dents in your tailgate.

Now I would never do something that silly, but this guy I know *cough, cough* did. It cost him $80 for paintless dent repair.

I know, I know, not a very smart thing to do. It was dark, I was in a hurry. It's an $80 lesson and I bet I don't do it again. DOH!!

marshall

 

I just took mine off.....

 

its all good ive done it before with a hammer, im sure everyone will do it eventually

 

just took mine out to change a tire now i cant find that damnnnn thing??

 

When I was little I left my dads tailgate down and he was pulling a trailor and crrruunnncchh! Funny thing is we were leaving the guys house that helped him fix it because he did it the day before!

 

Now thats some funny chit

 

Once upon a time...

This happened a while back after someone got a flat on the side of the road, he left it there. Went back and no luck. But lesson learned!

 

Don't lose that lock, they're not cheap to replace.

 

the lesson is not to leave ANYTHING on your bumper when you lower it.

 

A beer fits fine at each end of the bumper whle you are lowering the tailgate. There's even a flat spot there for this purpose.

 

flaresides have the beer holder built in ..

 

the bumper designer must have been Canadian!