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I was involved once in a low-speed accident that sounds a lot like what you experienced. Even though it appeared the only damage was to the bumper, the body shop couldn’t get the new bumper to fit and discovered the trunk floor was wrinkled under the spare and the rear suspension mounting points had shifted forward slightly. Including time on the frame straightener, the final cost for repair was something like 5 times the original estimate.
So, take it back to the body shop and have them look for concealed damage, other components that may have shifted and maybe a misalignment on the rear end. If what you’re seeing now wasn’t there before you got nailed, something’s wrong. At that low a speed, the bumper should have absorbed the impact or sacrificed itself - without transferring the forces of the crash that far forward.
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