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Sep 25, 2014 | 11:50 AM

alpha12

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Valance Issue

Please excuse how dirty the car is, I had never noticed this before perhaps because the car already sits low and is on the lower portion of the car, but there definitely a upward curve to the left exhaust. I'm not sure how it got there as I don't recall backing into anything and upon close examination does not seem significantly deformed/missing paint/scratched etc. Is this just something that pops back out?

Sep 25, 2014 | 12:04 PM

Dark9t316

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Either you backed up into something our someone hit you with their car.

Sep 25, 2014 | 01:49 PM

link13

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I just checked mine and it is definitely not shaped like that.

Sep 25, 2014 | 06:02 PM

IS1911

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Just FYI, the part you are referring to is the not a valance, it's the rear diffuser.

Sep 25, 2014 | 07:15 PM

csantacana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IS1911

Just FYI, the part you are referring to is the not a valance, it's the rear diffuser.

No. It's a valance panel.

Sep 26, 2014 | 09:54 PM

alpha12

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Still looking for feedback on if this is an easy fix, is this part easily removed and bent back to normal shape?

Sep 28, 2014 | 03:37 PM

SCSurf

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Take it to a body shop. It looks like your left exhaust is bent out of shape too.

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Sep 29, 2014 | 09:17 AM

AdvanSLF

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did you park somewhere you were not supposed to recently? think really hard. it looks like someone put a tow truck chain to your tow hook and when they tried to pull your car, due to the degree/angle it messed up your panel.