Ouch!

[Karacticus]

Does anyone know what the part number is for the front bumper cover for a 2007 3.0si Coupe? I checked realoem.com and couldn't find it there, though I've got some hints from pelicanparts.com that it might go 51-11-xxxx.

I'm out of town, and my wife borrowed the car today. I had to tell her I still love her anyway. She really does feel bad

May just be a fill and spray, but am interested in the part data. Of course now there's also $s to replace/repair the clear mask, which was a little overpowered.

[AtoB]

oooo.....i feel your pain.... i caught my lip going through a car wash on the wheel retaining rail. it pulled, crazed the paint and took a nice big chunk out of the spoiler. i was able to get mine filled, sprayed, and yes.... re-clear-bra'd. find a good body shop, see what they say and cross your fingers.

[BlackSapphireZ]

live with it

[Dammmittt]

Sucks man...my body scrape is underneath where you can't see it, but it still hurts.

[Rick Hunter]

It sucks any way you see it. Good thing your car's grey... it would be even more visible if it was another colour.

If I knew something that would happen, I would have liked it to have been me doing the damage. But oh well... I guess the wifey won't be drivin' your car anytime soon, huh?

I'm not really concerned with the flesh wound on your car. What's with the blood stain?

[3002 tii]

Originally Posted by AtoB

oooo.....i feel your pain.... i caught my lip going through a car wash on the wheel retaining rail. it pulled, crazed the paint and took a nice big chunk out of the spoiler. i was able to get mine filled, sprayed, and yes.... re-clear-bra'd. find a good body shop, see what they say and cross your fingers.

never go to machine car wash!!! =(

[BigLeo48]

Hey...it looks like my Z4MC! Learning to live with it...but I'll get it fixed one day.

Hey I own a machine carwash and they are not all created equal. Mine will NOT touch your car whatsoever and does a great job. Check out my postings on the subject here;
http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthre...=101526&page=2

But I would never use an older conveyor wash and some of the touch types (aka wiper snippers)

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Rick Hunter

It sucks any way you see it. Good thing your car's grey... it would be even more visible if it was another colour.

If I knew something that would happen, I would have liked it to have been me doing the damage. But oh well... I guess the wifey won't be drivin' your car anytime soon, huh?

I'm not really concerned with the flesh wound on your car. What's with the blood stain?

We have these things called bugs here in Iowa

That is why nobody drives my car but me. Sounds like you week is going about the same as mine though!

[Palantirion]

After you get it fixed, pick up a set of RPI's skid plates

[rosierobins2003]

Ah, I touchdown at least a couple of times a week, careful as I try to be I just can't help it.

Rosie

[AtoB]

Originally Posted by Palantirion

After you get it fixed, pick up a set of RPI's skid plates

they would have ripped right off... trust me on this one.

[AtoB]

Originally Posted by Dubbedown

never go to machine car wash!!! =(

it's funny, when i was young and drove civics, i ALWAYS hand washed my cars. but as i've gotten older, i've gotten lazier, and never have enough time.

[Karacticus]

Thanks for the commiseration.

Would like to have some kind of smart answer for the blood, like say it was from the employee I had to terminate this Monday before hitting the road on business travel, but Hawkeye's got it right-- bugs.

Not warm enough to wash the car last weekend, & now it's warm enough the bugs are coming out.

Miss the car while I'm on travel, but am OK with putting the miles on the Hertz's Malibu the company provides. How Hertz makes any money when we keep doing things like renting a car for 4 days for $40 a day and we bring it back with another 1200 miles on it beats me...

[Palantirion]

Originally Posted by AtoB

they would have ripped right off... trust me on this one.

-I believe you, that looked like a serious impact. I just meant that getting them to protect from minor scrapes would be a good idea since they are cheap and you have to paint anyway.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Karaticus

Thanks for the commiseration.

Would like to have some kind of smart answer for the blood, like say it was from the employee I had to terminate this Monday before hitting the road on business travel, but Hawkeye's got it right-- bugs.

Not warm enough to wash the car last weekend, & now it's warm enough the bugs are coming out.

Miss the car while I'm on travel, but am OK with putting the miles on the Hertz's Malibu the company provides. How Hertz makes any money when we keep doing things like renting a car for 4 days for $40 a day and we bring it back with another 1200 miles on it beats me...

Because it is a Malibu. In those 4 days you just paid 2 months of car payments! At that rate they ahve the car paid off in a couple months and then it is pure profit from there (besides the maintenance).

I am loving the weather... I just bought a house in Marion so I drive right by RC to get to work... perhaps I'll see you around this summer.

[Incompatible]

Unless you're active in showing your car, no big deal. A little bit of time spent cleaning up the rough edges and some touch up paint will cover most of the damage. Keeping in mind that 1. This will happen again, and 2. It's in a low visibility area, you can spend a lot of money for short term cosmetics. Save your money and when it gets to the point where you can't live with it any longer have it professionally repaired or replace the cover. In the mean time drive it and enjoy it.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Incompatible

Unless you're active in showing your car, no big deal. A little bit of time spent cleaning up the rough edges and some touch up paint will cover most of the damage. Keeping in mind that 1. This will happen again, and 2. It's in a low visibility area, you can spend a lot of money for short term cosmetics. Save your money and when it gets to the point where you can't live with it any longer have it professionally repaired or replace the cover. In the mean time drive it and enjoy it.

That is my thought as well. As soon as I can't live with all of the rock chips and such I am going to upgrade to the M bumper... probably in a year or two. It helps that my bumper is black so I don't even need to repaint at all

[dekaliber]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

That is my thought as well. As soon as I can't live with all of the rock chips and such I am going to upgrade to the M bumper... probably in a year or two. It helps that my bumper is black so I don't even need to repaint at all

In the same boat

I don't know if it's just me though, but I've found the paint to be shockingly resistant to scratches on 2 occasions. Once I pulled up too far and heard a scraping sound from under the front bumper, and the other time I took a right turn too sharply and heard a loud scrape from the right side sill. No real damage to either part after checking under the car with the flashlight.

[rosierobins2003]

SocalSizzle has had like 4 new front bumpers. She probably knows someone that can get you a special deal....

[nOLd]

I feel you..... it's really hard to maintain a perfect paint finish. dings, rock chips, scratch bumper its unavoidable. Even if you wrap your car (clear bra) you wont get a scratch but you'll get a dent.

[plasmasmp]

I just did the same thing a couple of days ago on a tiny little street with smooth undefined rounded curbs. The pain is killing me.

[F87LUV]

see what happens when you let women drive