Scratches underneath M-Sport bumper

Deaner · 05-24-2016, 11:46 PM

My 2013 335i M-Sport coupe has just over 17,000km's on it with no scratches to be seen on the car but when I took a look UNDERNEATH my bumper I noticed in the MIDDLE part ONLY of the bumper, there were many long, deep scratches. These can't be seen unless you basically lay down and look underneath the bumper, but I still lost sleep over this. I'm wondering if you guys have scratches as well and if this is something that's basically unavoidable?

VTECaddict · 05-25-2016, 01:40 AM

The bottom of my bumper is basically black from all the scraping (I'm lowered). You get over it/used to it with time.

It's pretty unavoidable unless you never park head in, and never drive up/down driveway ramps or go over speed bumps. In other words, if you just park in the garage and never drive it.

Delta0311 · 05-25-2016, 03:18 AM

I call that part of the bumper, the scratch pad. It is damn near impossible to avoid scratches underneath the front bumper. They are very hard to notice though.

Efthreeoh · 05-25-2016, 04:12 AM

Park the car in your living room and wipe it down with clean baby diapers every night.

ozziewizzle · 05-25-2016, 04:26 AM

You soon get over it....I cracked my Msport bumper and after a few days it seemed like I was the only one noticing it because everyone kept commenting on how nice my car looked. I plan to do a front pre LCI to LCI conversion at some point when I get bored of the car which will probably be never but nevertheless it helps the cause.

Wolf 335 · 05-25-2016, 09:30 AM

It's avoidable if you stop pushing your front end over the parking curb, that's what's causing that.

Deaner · 05-25-2016, 09:38 AM

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It's avoidable if you stop pushing your front end over the parking curb, that's what's causing that.

I do angle onto the driveway, one wheel at a time. I'm so confused on how the scratches are this bad...

NiNeTyOne · 05-25-2016, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Park the car in your living room and wipe it down with clean baby diapers every night.

thkfast · 05-25-2016, 10:09 AM

I've got that problem too. Those deep black gouges cut into the underside of my white bumper cover. I pull into parking spaces very carefully and stop ahead of contact, but every now and then - crap! One of my friends suggested I mask it off and just shoot it with satin black paint. I haven't.

A body shop gave me an estimate of $700 to repaint it. I try to look the other way whenever the scratches are visible.

NiNeTyOne · 05-25-2016, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by thkfast

I've got that problem too. Those deep black gouges cut into the underside of my white bumper cover. I pull into parking spaces very carefully and stop ahead of contact, but every now and then - crap! One of my friends suggested I mask it off and just shoot it with satin black paint. I haven't.

A body shop gave me an estimate of $700 to repaint it. I try to look the other way whenever the scratches are visible.

A bumper respray at the dealer is $400, how do they come up with $700?

thkfast · 05-25-2016, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NiNeTyOne

A bumper respray at the dealer is $400, how do they come up with $700?

Apparently paint and body work costs more here.

I put a shocked look on my face when he said $700, but the price was the price.

floydarogers · 05-25-2016, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

The bottom of my bumper is basically black from all the scraping (I'm lowered). You get over it/used to it with time.

It's pretty unavoidable unless you never park head in, and never drive up/down driveway ramps or go over speed bumps. In other words, if you just park in the garage and never drive it.

+ If I drive my truck for a few days, I forget and go over a tire-stop curb soon after. I scrape mine a few times a year; it's not worth losing sleep over.

Wolf 335 · 05-25-2016, 11:22 AM

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EyeGuy · 05-25-2016, 01:29 PM

If it really bothers you, buy a touch up paint pen from bavauto and call it a day. Not worth taking it to bodyshop because it is inevitable that it will happen again.
That and nobody can see it.

dmatre · 05-25-2016, 01:37 PM

Slap a carbon-fiber lip on it and call it a day (that was my solution).

Welcome to NBA Jam · 05-25-2016, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Deaner

These can't be seen unless you basically lay down and look underneath the bumper, but I still lost sleep over this.

Seriously?

I think every car has scratches underneath the bumper. It's designed for that; that's one reason why it wraps underneath.

If those scratches bothered you, then I don't recommend looking:

Under your side skirts
Under your fenders
At your brake calipers
Behind your rotors
In front of your radiator
Behind your wheels
At your steering wheel with a microscope

unrealii · 05-25-2016, 04:07 PM

I scratched the underside of my bumper twice today..this is what happens when you drive an SUV for half the time then forget you are in a low car

hongsc · 05-25-2016, 04:53 PM

Consider yourself lucky that the front bumper doesn't get stuck on a parking block and.......

Game · 05-25-2016, 04:57 PM

Never once cared about the underside of my bumpers. If you're lowered, it's going to happen.

VTECaddict · 05-25-2016, 08:43 PM

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Consider yourself lucky that the front bumper doesn't get stuck on a parking block and.......

I went over one that had the piece of rebar sticking up like an inch. Didn't realize until I backed out and there was a loud pop. Some of the screw holes got tore through lol.

hovigstyle · 05-25-2016, 08:50 PM

Wow dude just drive with no bumper

Lshaw · 05-25-2016, 10:36 PM

amazing thread.

05-24-2016, 11:46 PM	#1
Deaner Private First Class 25 Rep 106 Posts Drives: 2013 BMW 335XI M-Sport Coupe Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Alberta iTrader: (0)	Scratches underneath M-Sport bumper My 2013 335i M-Sport coupe has just over 17,000km's on it with no scratches to be seen on the car but when I took a look UNDERNEATH my bumper I noticed in the MIDDLE part ONLY of the bumper, there were many long, deep scratches. These can't be seen unless you basically lay down and look underneath the bumper, but I still lost sleep over this. I'm wondering if you guys have scratches as well and if this is something that's basically unavoidable?
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05-25-2016, 01:40 AM	#2
VTECaddict Where'd my VTEC go? 481 Rep 6,067 Posts Drives: 06 330i 6MT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle, WA iTrader: (4)	The bottom of my bumper is basically black from all the scraping (I'm lowered). You get over it/used to it with time. It's pretty unavoidable unless you never park head in, and never drive up/down driveway ramps or go over speed bumps. In other words, if you just park in the garage and never drive it. __________________ AW/Terra \| ZSP \| ZPP \| ZCW \| iDrive \| CA Mods: BC BR coilovers \| Blacklines \| M-tech rear \| dual exhaust \| M3 steering wheel \| BMW SSK \| ZHP shift knob \| High-kick CF spoiler \| NBT Retrofit M3 front control arms \| M3 rear guide rods \| Manzo rear toe and camber links \| Monroe rear shock mounts \| Varrstoen ES1 19x9.5+20 Front, 19x11+25 rear
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05-25-2016, 03:18 AM	#3
Delta0311 Banned 7478 Rep 10,120 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 335xi E92 2016 228xi Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ iTrader: (1)	I call that part of the bumper, the scratch pad. It is damn near impossible to avoid scratches underneath the front bumper. They are very hard to notice though.
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05-25-2016, 04:12 AM	#4
Efthreeoh General 17317 Rep 18,740 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Park the car in your living room and wipe it down with clean baby diapers every night. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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05-25-2016, 04:26 AM	#5
ozziewizzle Private 38 Rep 97 Posts Drives: 2009 E93.335i.N54 MSport Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: London iTrader: (0)	You soon get over it....I cracked my Msport bumper and after a few days it seemed like I was the only one noticing it because everyone kept commenting on how nice my car looked. I plan to do a front pre LCI to LCI conversion at some point when I get bored of the car which will probably be never but nevertheless it helps the cause. __________________ BMW e93 335i Cabriolet M Sport. Sapphire Black, N54, Michelin Pilot Sport 4s
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05-25-2016, 09:30 AM	#6
Wolf 335 Brigadier General 2341 Rep 3,539 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: GTA - Greater Toronto Area iTrader: (0)	It's avoidable if you stop pushing your front end over the parking curb, that's what's causing that.
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05-25-2016, 10:09 AM	#9
thkfast Major 261 Rep 1,029 Posts Drives: 2015 F82 M4 Sakhir Orange DCT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA iTrader: (1)	I've got that problem too. Those deep black gouges cut into the underside of my white bumper cover. I pull into parking spaces very carefully and stop ahead of contact, but every now and then - crap! One of my friends suggested I mask it off and just shoot it with satin black paint. I haven't. A body shop gave me an estimate of $700 to repaint it. I try to look the other way whenever the scratches are visible. __________________ "The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity with which others attempt to prove him wrong." 2015 F82 M4 - Sakhir Orange Metallic 2013 E92 M3 / 2013 E92 335is / 2010 E90 335i / 2007 E90 335i
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05-25-2016, 01:29 PM	#14
EyeGuy Second Lieutenant 165 Rep 247 Posts Drives: 08 335xi coupe, 17 nx200t, 23 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY -> Fl iTrader: (2)	If it really bothers you, buy a touch up paint pen from bavauto and call it a day. Not worth taking it to bodyshop because it is inevitable that it will happen again. That and nobody can see it.
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dmatre Captain 665 Rep 740 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Sedan Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The Carolinas iTrader: (0)	Slap a carbon-fiber lip on it and call it a day (that was my solution).
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05-25-2016, 04:07 PM	#17
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Game ------ 7409 Rep 10,215 Posts Drives: G87 M2 (sold) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago'ish iTrader: (25)	Never once cared about the underside of my bumpers. If you're lowered, it's going to happen. __________________
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05-25-2016, 08:50 PM	#21
hovigstyle Hovigstyle 2 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335I, CF CSL TRUNK Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: CALIFORNIA iTrader: (0)	Wow dude just drive with no bumper
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05-25-2016, 10:36 PM	#22
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