Uh-oh. Baby's got a boo-boo...

This happened last week when missusmojo was on her way back home from work. Hit <something> on the hwy @ about 120km/hr. Probably a piece of a tire carcass. She did the right thing, stayed in her lane and straddled it rather than trying to swerve and risking a dive into the ditch or worse. It made a not-too-loud "thump-thump" noise under the car and that was about it. But the damage! Yikes.

- Broke some kind of plastic underbody cover
- Broke evap canister attached to fuel tank (caused CEL to come on)
- Broke (removed) chrome tip from tail pipe
- Made a big gash in the bumper cover

The first 3 items are going to be about CAD$450 to repair (parts on order), but I haven't had it into a body shop for an estimate on the bumper yet. My guess is that it can't be repaired and the entire bumper cover will have to be replaced, probably $1K or more. Anyone know if it's possible to repair that with epoxy or something?

Pics below. Yes, the car is dirty. It's -25C outside right now, it's just going to have to stay that way for a couple days.

 

Sorry about the accident......but


You win the award for driving the dirtiest TSX in this board. Congratulations.

 

ooooh.. that sucks..

I actually looked at pics first, and noticed your muffler tip was gone.. I was thinking to myself.. boy them canucks are getting jipped up there..


Oh yeah.. Wash that sumbitch..

 

sorry about that.. good to hear everythings ok and no one got hurt...

 

ouch...that sucks
Good to hear missusmojo got home safely




you could always do what NASCAR does...duct tape

 

AKA "High Performance Adhesive Strips", good idea. Think it will look OK with the spinner hubcaps? Maybe I should use aluminum muffler tape for XtraBling!

 

I found the stuff on DIY.com: http://www.diynet.com/diy/hi_duct_ta...278128,00.html



I think your best bet is to replace the bumper for it to look good...

 

Nah, you should see mine after it's parked at the airport for a few days.

The bumper is going to have to be replaced.

 

Dang, sorry about that mojo. I believe there's not much you can do about the bumper shell. You can always try epoxy, but it's going to want to break at the first occasion.

 

Dang, that sucks. I agree with everyone that the bumper will need to be replaced. I can't believe the car took so much damage...

 

Try looking at some junkyards for a wrecked TSX that has a good rear bumper. Will still have factory paint job, and save $$$.

 

Thanks, everyone. It certainly sounds like a cover replacement will be the only option for a proper repair. Bummer.

 

Sorry about the car Mojo I agree with everybody bumper needs to be replaced.

 

Ouch, sorry major. Ya I'm thinking bumper change as well. You going through insurance?

 

No, I doubt very much I'll do insurance for it. We've had a couple claims in the past few years already, it wouldn't be worth the hit. I'll get the mechanical stuff fixed ASAP, but probably leave the bumper repair for a while. Depends on what the stock of blurple duct tape is like at Canadian Tire.

 

Might be special order only

 

Damn, that's some damage at least no one got hurt. So the bumper costs that much to repair....

 

ouch sorry , at least everyones ok!

 

might as well wait till winter is over to fix the bumper

 

Cost of bumper plus paint is probably near 500 if not more.

 

Sorry to see the damage. At least wifey is okay though....

Does anyone think the OEM rear underspoiler kit would be able to up most of the damage?

I don't have the OEM kit myself...so maybe someone else can comment.

 

I think it just BARELY would, but I'd be worried about the attachment points not being as sturdy as they should be....

 

Exactly. I'm hoping to get rear-ended, so someone else can pay for the repair.

 

I was just guessing at $1K for the complete bumper & paint. I had some cuts in the front bumper repaired and a partial repaint done and that was about $400 or so. All figures quoted in CanuckBucks.

 

i wouldn't totally cover it, but it would cover the biggest part of the crack. I wouldn't worry about the adhesive, its long strips of tape, and its bolted to the undersie. Plus you'd get a new exhaust tip

 

That pretty crazy when you are trying to get rear ended!