New Bumper?

[tomicarr]

Hi All,

Had a little accident a while back, drove into a Golf of all things (hardly a mark on the other car). There's some damage to the front passenger side.

Took the bumper off with the help of my dad but it looks like the lugs/clips on the top near the wing are knackered. Is there a fix for this or it is time for a new bumper?

Absolutely gutted as there isn't another mark on the car :mad:

[BenS]

The clips are "suicide clips" - break 90% of the time when removing the bumper. You can try gluing a thin metal bracket on to reinforce it or do what my bodyshop did and put a screw under the wing panel and zip tie it to the ring next to the last bumper clip. You should be able to un-dent the wing too with some hot water and pushing from the back.

[tomicarr]

Cheers, I'll give that a try this afternoon

[Chris_Blue]

Well made the Golf's ...

[BZYS]

Alright mate. That happened to me the first month I got my license. I was in a carpark and I thought I was in reverse when in reality I was in first gear. Hit the wall and the left side of the bumper detached exactly like yours.
I left it for 6 months or so and when my MOT was due got it fixed then. They put a screw in the bottom and somehow reattached the bumper. It's not perfect but only when you really look at it you would see that it's a tiny bit outta place. Costed about 20£ I think.

Hope you get it sorted

[WTF]

My Sister had a dink in her DS3 in a car park (so low speed) the other car had a small bump but nothing too visible. Hayley's car had a whole array of damage including the headlight cracking, the DRL coming out, bumper popping off etc. Really surprised how much damage was done from such a small bump.

[Hyperkev]

"Really surprised how much damage was done from such a small bump." Said that to the wife after the second kid ��

[WTF]

Haha!

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[Funky]

"Really surprised how much damage was done from such a small bump." Said that to the wife after the second kid ��

Hahahaha. Nice one Kev

[Chris_Blue]

Quite impressed you actually accepted you may have been at fault
Not many peeps do that

[tomicarr]

Hey all, managed to get it sort of re-attached in a way where it's not popping out, also lost one of the DRLs but my dad has managed to re-attach it for me. Looks tonnes better now! I am going to need a new front wing though as it's been knocked quite badly and doesn't quite line up anymore and it won't pull out.

I can live with it for the moment though.

[BenS]

Good work with what you have managed! Keep your eye on ebay and local breakers for white DS3s with rear damage so the front is untouched.