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 Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:23 pm |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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Sat at a ped crossing in a super market car park letting people past, sat well back giving it at least 6 foot of room as well. Dumb idiot woman with a shopping trolley struggling to control it as she cuts the whole crossing diagonally and (what I thought at the time) very nearly missed my car several times as she came past.
Just got home and noticed a big indent of where the corner of the shopping trolley has hit the mustache bit of my front bumper, and it weren't there before today either.
Can I buy a new front bumper strip or is this a new front bumper job?
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:29 pm |
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Joined: May 13, 2010
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Yes you can buy a new one it's known as front bumper moulding, best bet would be look for one in a scrappy. Note there is a difference between sports and non sports though!
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:31 pm |
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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I always knew something like this would happen, and the woman didn't give a flying as she just looked and walked off. Couldn't do anything about it
But at least I don't have to get a new front bumper thats a releif, how much am I looking to pay?
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:32 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Ring y0
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You'd have noticed if someone had hit your car mate, you can hear people brushing up against it so denting it would be unmissable.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:32 pm |
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Joined: Sep 11, 2010
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Location: essex
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try your local body shop if its only a light dent n not split or to badly damaged they will probally be able to repair it for u .
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:38 pm |
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Must have happened whilst it was parked couldn't have been to fault of my driving because I am extremely careful when driving, honestly wasn't there last night 
Just drives me nuts as I cannot stand imperfections on my car lmao
That may be worth a try but it already had stone chips and a couple of scratches on it anyway, so on the bright side it will look new when it comes out. Would they be able to pull a dent out of plastic?
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:46 pm |
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Location: essex
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yeah , they would heat it up n push it out from behind or use a plastic filler to remove it .
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:50 pm |
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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That sounds the easier option, thanks  don't suspect you may know but how much would a job like this cost roughly? Cheers
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:54 pm |
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Location: essex
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where i work would probally be between £60 - £80 depending on how bad but prices will vary from garage to garage .
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:54 pm |
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Tbh, i wouldn't bother changing that black strip just yet if its your only mark.
It's amazing when you actually get down how many grazes/scrapes i have on mine, where people have clearly knocked/nudged the car whilst trying to park next to me.
I think ill wait till i get a few more then change it, otherwise i'd be changing it monthly.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:10 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Leicester
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CD206GTI is selling a sport front moulding mate.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:26 pm |
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Just had a look and it's sold If anyone comes across one in EXL metallic black send a PM my way please
Also, would I need to buy new clips to install a new one/ if the old ones break from removing it?
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:07 am |
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Joined: May 13, 2010
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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| Andrewxps wrote: |
Just had a look and it's sold If anyone comes across one in EXL metallic black send a PM my way please
Also, would I need to buy new clips to install a new one/ if the old ones break from removing it? |
They pop into slots already formed in the bumper, just give it a good tug (making sure they're free from slots in some cases) and away it comes.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:56 am |
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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Cool, thank you
Had a look in the daylight today, stood two feet away you cannot see it, but I've been told if I taken it off and heated the back of it with a hairdryer I could push the crease out from the back
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:45 pm |
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Location: Leicester
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| Jamie1337 wrote: |
| Andrewxps wrote: |
Just had a look and it's sold If anyone comes across one in EXL metallic black send a PM my way please
Also, would I need to buy new clips to install a new one/ if the old ones break from removing it? |
They pop into slots already formed in the bumper, just give it a good tug (making sure they're free from slots in some cases) and away it comes. |
it does pop out but there are 3 torx screws in the top of the bumper that need removing first.1 in the middle and 2, either side just under the headlights.
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