I am going to be getting my front bumper repainted but I dont have a second car to use in the mean time is it safe for me to drive around with out the front bumper for a couple of days? and how much should i pay to have a front bumper preped and painted?

 

Expect about around $300 or so for a reputable shop to do a full respray on the front bumper cover. And while technically it's probably not significantly unsafe, I would highly not recommend driving around without the front bumper.

 

The painted external part is actually just a bumper cover, the real bumper is a metal part that is attached to the chasis. The bumper cover doesn't really do anything in a crash but it would look super ghetto without it. Just rent a car for a couple days.

 

i'd be embarrassed to drive a TSX w/o a bumper around.

 

I wouldn't recommend it. There are a lot of lower plastic covers that will grab air and bend downward potentially being damaged. Rent a car for 2 days and save yourself the trouble.

 

g h e t t o

 

its looks kinda mean...

 

um dude...No...just really no...Rent a Car...its not safe...its not smart...and its SUPER GHETTO I will drive to Calli and Bitchslap u myself If u drive around like that lol....Seriously...just rent a car...its a pain in the ass...but yeah

 

It would be Ghetto doing that.
Plus I wonder if someone might try to steal some parts from your car....like the headlights maybe?

 

Even in the ghetto it wouldnt be acceptable

 

lol, you guys havent heard about weight reuduction

 

Yea, but usually its done from the INSIDE. lol...

You havent heard about drag

 

My engine will run 50 % cooler and you know what that means.... more POWER. urghhrughhhurghhhh / end Tim the tool man taylor.

 

This thread went downhill quick...

 

 

lol...Dyno that shit

 

The bumper cover does bend/break and absorb some energy that way.

Regardless, please don't drive your car around like that.

 

Drive around without your front bumper...park it somewhere and you might not have any headlights when you get back to your car...

 

no headlights means insurance will buy me some euro r headlight.... euro r headlight vs. morals..... which one will win???

 

Technically, the foam and plastic boxes within the foam are the 5mph bumper. The cover is completely hollow.

 

Yes I know. If you've ever been in an accident, then you've seen how bumper covers get punctured/bent. It takes work to do this, and that comes from the kinetic energy of the cars involved.

I know that the covers don't do all the work, but they do something. So he's reducing the crashworthiness of his car--just a little bit--by driving around without one.

 

yeah, I don't disagree in totality, just mentioning that if the foam piece as well ad the plastic cups within it were removed, then you would find the bumper cover to be entirely useless.

Of course there is also the metal bumber that takes the hit of a 10-15 mph frontal collison. After that, you're doing damage beyond what the bumper can handle.

And I definitely agree, as I stated up much further, it would be TOTALLY stupid to drive with the bumper on.

 

you guys will be happy to know that I didnt drive without my bumper, i dropped it off yesterday and am picking it up later on today.

 

 

got it painted for 370.00 and they fixed my cracked Mugen grill too.

 

Well, I take my car in to Acura to get verified that there is a paint defect on my bumper. Basically the clearcoat is bubbling off like one's skin does after a sunburn.

 

That's a first. Must have been a friday in the paintbooth.

Hopefully they get you back good as new.

 

Yeah, I haven't seen ANYONE else have this experience. Supposedly Acura is going to do a test to see if there was a repaint from the factory. Either way, it needs to be fixed.