Smashed tailgate has me thinking.....

[fryer1979]

Over last weekend I decided to take my pickup for a cruise around town. During that cruise I stopped at a local drive through for some chicken. In the middle of making my order I got smacked from behind, then a few seconds later wacked again! When I got out of the truck, I was surprised to see an elderly man with a Jeep that had been converted to hand controls for disabled drivers (was expecting to see a young kid). He explained that his lever got caught on his window crank and he had no brakes......Tanya suffered a dented up tailgate that doesn't like to open and close anymore, and a driver's side window knocked off the tracks. All in all not too bad I suppose, and I am working with his insurance on getting some replacement parts and compensation, so that's not really a concern. The reason I post is this incident really has me thinking: do I really want to continue with my plans to lower this truck even further? Or should I replace the lowered springs with the brand new set of stock ones I have laying around and just build myself a nice clean driver of a truck (reinstalling the over built utility bumper that came with it)? My wife says she thinks I should continue with my plans to lower it, and that I'm not going to be happy with it if I don't. I don't know though, I'm just not sure anymore and I don't like the idea of replacing body parts everytime I get into a little fender bender....I really could use some help to make up my mind, what do you all think?