Struggle
08-16-2009, 11:38 AM
Drove to the furniture store yesterday and pulled over the parking cement bumper thing like most parking lots have. Heard a pop noise and though hmm must have ticked the lower air dam under the front end. When I got out of the car the front bumper was much higher the the cement tire stop so I nver knelt down to look closer at it. I figured it just ticked a straight down part of the air dam. Never thought it would have been part of the actaul bumper cover.
When I went to leave I heard an awfull sound and pop and got out of the car to see the front left bumper fascia pulled out 4" away from the left fender:poof:
Looked at the cement wheel stop and there was a piece of rebar that was sticking up from that to hold that in place. It caught the edge of the bumper when I backed out.
I was able to get everything back together with some washers under the lower cover under the bumper and reset the two front bolts/retainers in the left fender to clamp the bumper fascia together.
Lesson learned never ever pull over a cement parking stop ever again.
This mishap could have cost a thousand $$ to repair if it damaged the front bumper fascia. The part it caught and damaged is under the car so nothing to see until I change the oil next time.
Be careful out there.
When I went to leave I heard an awfull sound and pop and got out of the car to see the front left bumper fascia pulled out 4" away from the left fender:poof:
Looked at the cement wheel stop and there was a piece of rebar that was sticking up from that to hold that in place. It caught the edge of the bumper when I backed out.
I was able to get everything back together with some washers under the lower cover under the bumper and reset the two front bolts/retainers in the left fender to clamp the bumper fascia together.
Lesson learned never ever pull over a cement parking stop ever again.
This mishap could have cost a thousand $$ to repair if it damaged the front bumper fascia. The part it caught and damaged is under the car so nothing to see until I change the oil next time.
Be careful out there.