Sliq

So I hit a ditch from going over the train tracks at a fast enough speed and broke my front lip off. Just two days after lowering my car. F'ing newb...

This is before when it was messed up without me touching it...



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As you can see there is a slight dent on the side of the bumper and the paint crack where its bent.

This is after when I took off the remaining front lip and screwed back on the front bumper...



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Kind of hard to see, but there is still a slight bent that is killing me. It's not as bad as I thought it was when I first saw it, but it still sucks regardless.

I know that the front bumper is of plastic material or some sort, but is there any place you guys know of that can repair this? I don't want to dish out a lot for a new front bumper just because of this, and I don't have the leisure cash to buy an aftermarket front bumper. So it's either repair or find a cheap front bumper in good condition. Any ideas?

chViETnk

that sucks. i remember with my rsx, from 280N to 101S there use to be a pothole there, i ran over it by accident and front off half my lip, the other half was still half bolted on and dragging on the freeway while i drove. lol

theonlineguy

when your cars that low, and you dont drive slow




your bound to get some damage

on the plastic part you can try use a heatgun on a mild setting, and try bend it back/massage it back into shape. then buff out any imperfections as best as possible. worked on many cars for me

lewiS2K

sad to hear sliq, I feel your pain ( I too shelled out a decent amount of cash on a cf lip) few weeks after i bought it, I cracked it...

O, how i hate f***ing pot holes..

dagle

i put my lip on and it was 2-3" off the ground and put the lip on the passenger's seat where it belonged. haha, but yeah it should be repairable. if you aren't driving the car every day you can probably take the bumper off and position some weight on it to make it mold towards the normal shape.

Sliq

yeah sucks cuz now im set back a lil with my set up and next mods.

does anyone have a heat gun i can borrow? this is probably my best bet. it looks like its fixable. although i now need to shell out some cash on a front lip again

lewiS2K

did you completely crack it?

Sliq

if youre talking about my bumper its not cracked. its just bent. its honestly not that bad if i can heat it up and bend it back into shape. it'll still bother me a little, but its better than dishing out 200+ for a front bumper.

my front lip on the other hand is in three pieces laying down in my garage making me depressed someone sell me their bb front lip!

dagle

lemme see the lip haha, its probably worth trying to put back together at least.

Sliq

haha its not. its in three pieces and not worth looking ghetto for. ill sell it to you if you want