Got bumped in a parking lot
10-20-14, 01:51 PM
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Got bumped in a parking lot
Ugh. Came out to my car as the sun was setting and saw a weird contour on my rear bumper. With further inspection, it looks like the shape of a license plate frame. Someone must have bumped me in a parking lot somewhere. Grrrrr
Being that the urethane bumper can't really be fixed, recontoured, I was wondering if any of you knew a vender that has painted stock bumpers.
It's not terrible damage, no cracks in the paint, it just annoys the crap out of me, especially since it's right under my custom plate that says "FNCY HUH". Not so fancy right now...
Being that the urethane bumper can't really be fixed, recontoured, I was wondering if any of you knew a vender that has painted stock bumpers.
It's not terrible damage, no cracks in the paint, it just annoys the crap out of me, especially since it's right under my custom plate that says "FNCY HUH". Not so fancy right now...
It always looks the worst when the sun is headed down.
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10-21-14, 05:17 PM
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Pity it wasn't slightly harder, this happened to me once but hard enough to leave an impression of the plate letters in my somewhat dirty bumper. Gave that to the insurance company, and they made it happen.
10-23-14, 04:56 AM
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If you're deductible is high, I would personally try to fix it myself first. Take the bumper off, warm it up with a heatgun on the backside and try to press it out and reform it. Not sure if it would work, but it might. I can't really tell from the pics, but it looks like it only indented the bumper and not really cut into it, so it might just reform with a little heat and pressure.
10-24-14, 04:54 PM
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I hate damage like this...you do almost wish it was worse. Only solution is to replace the bumper cover. You don't want to order one already painted, it won't match. Have a bodyshop do it and match the paint properly.
I hate damage like this...you do almost wish it was worse. Only solution is to replace the bumper cover. You don't want to order one already painted, it won't match. Have a bodyshop do it and match the paint properly.
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