Need some advice - Bumper cover damage
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Cruisin'
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From: Monmouth County, NJ
Need some advice - Bumper cover damage
I'm pissed.. 
Just took the kids out for a spin, pulled into a parking spot...rolled up slowly and just tapped a piece of ice that has been plowed from a storm last week..couldn't have been more than 1 mph.
Now it looks like someone kicked the front bumper, (actually looks like a baseball size indentation) right side alll the way down by the lower corner...
I could probably pop it out but I can see 2 small stress cracks..
Ist blemish of any kind on the vehicle since I took delivery in July 04
Any ideas out there would be appreciated. -thanks
Just took the kids out for a spin, pulled into a parking spot...rolled up slowly and just tapped a piece of ice that has been plowed from a storm last week..couldn't have been more than 1 mph.
Now it looks like someone kicked the front bumper, (actually looks like a baseball size indentation) right side alll the way down by the lower corner...
I could probably pop it out but I can see 2 small stress cracks..
Ist blemish of any kind on the vehicle since I took delivery in July 04
Any ideas out there would be appreciated. -thanks
Racer
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From: NJ
Is it the bumper that's cracked or just the paint?
Last summer I ran in to a thrown tread from an 18-wheeler on the northeast extension with my '02 Civic Si. Luckily, the truck was getting it's tire replaced about a mile up the road. I stopped, looked at the football size dent in the bumper and had the truck driver call his office. I ended up talking with the company owner who passed on his insurance information. After all was said and done I received a nice check from the trucker's insurance company. Before I brought the car in to have the bumper replaced, I took a blowdryer and heated the dented area from underneath the car and behind the bumper. Working slowly I pushed the dent out. All that was left when I was done was some moderate crazing of the paint encircling where the dent had been. A few coats of Zaino Z5 and It's hard to notice. Needless to say, I returned the check to the insurance company
The first ding is always the hardest to stomach.
Last summer I ran in to a thrown tread from an 18-wheeler on the northeast extension with my '02 Civic Si. Luckily, the truck was getting it's tire replaced about a mile up the road. I stopped, looked at the football size dent in the bumper and had the truck driver call his office. I ended up talking with the company owner who passed on his insurance information. After all was said and done I received a nice check from the trucker's insurance company. Before I brought the car in to have the bumper replaced, I took a blowdryer and heated the dented area from underneath the car and behind the bumper. Working slowly I pushed the dent out. All that was left when I was done was some moderate crazing of the paint encircling where the dent had been. A few coats of Zaino Z5 and It's hard to notice. Needless to say, I returned the check to the insurance company
The first ding is always the hardest to stomach.
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Cruisin'
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Monmouth County, NJ
Originally Posted by ChuckDu
Is it the bumper that's cracked or just the paint?
Last summer I ran in to a thrown tread from an 18-wheeler on the northeast extension with my '02 Civic Si. Luckily, the truck was getting it's tire replaced about a mile up the road. I stopped, looked at the football size dent in the bumper and had the truck driver call his office. I ended up talking with the company owner who passed on his insurance information. After all was said and done I received a nice check from the trucker's insurance company. Before I brought the car in to have the bumper replaced, I took a blowdryer and heated the dented area from underneath the car and behind the bumper. Working slowly I pushed the dent out. All that was left when I was done was some moderate crazing of the paint encircling where the dent had been. A few coats of Zaino Z5 and It's hard to notice. Needless to say, I returned the check to the insurance company
The first ding is always the hardest to stomach.
Last summer I ran in to a thrown tread from an 18-wheeler on the northeast extension with my '02 Civic Si. Luckily, the truck was getting it's tire replaced about a mile up the road. I stopped, looked at the football size dent in the bumper and had the truck driver call his office. I ended up talking with the company owner who passed on his insurance information. After all was said and done I received a nice check from the trucker's insurance company. Before I brought the car in to have the bumper replaced, I took a blowdryer and heated the dented area from underneath the car and behind the bumper. Working slowly I pushed the dent out. All that was left when I was done was some moderate crazing of the paint encircling where the dent had been. A few coats of Zaino Z5 and It's hard to notice. Needless to say, I returned the check to the insurance company
The first ding is always the hardest to stomach.
I'm still pissed.
Thanks for the advice.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: monroe, nj
Originally Posted by Aging Bull
Spent about an hour today and managed to press the plastic out...now it just looks like the paint has some minor cracks..
I'm still pissed.
Thanks for the advice.
I'm still pissed.
Thanks for the advice.
How did you pop/press it out? using the hairdryer like Chuckdu described? I've got a dent about the same size as your's in the same location I want to attempt to fix myself.
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