[stu14t]

Your thoughts please fellow forum members on the best fix:

Pulled into a car park and stopped in a space. I saw the fence in front and thought I needed to pull up further and didn't see the 9" wall, nether did the parking sensors either. I don't think it's too bad, I was only going at a snails pace and to if you didn't know better you wouldn't see it. But I know it's there and need to get it fixed. The bumper hasn't moved and all panel gaps are looking good.



It's pushed the little lip and there's a wee dent too.

Here's the other side to compare:

[Jeff123]

I bought mine at 2 years old and 28k miles. The front spoiler was stone chipped so I got a local guy to spray all across the bottom of it - charged me £80 cash. He (rightly) said that it would soon get chipped again and this has happened. If I was you, I would go down the route of either forgetting the bump or getting a modest paint job done.

[Watsey]

That's easily fixed. Local bodyshop or a ChipsAway type service. <£150 for sure.

[rossm]

Get a front splitter to cover it up

[NISFAN]

Good man maths solution is to get the MP splitter, as above has mentioned.

[SkyJawa]

Splitter or if not Chipsaway, they did my old car on those bits, couldn't tell it had been done....

[Jeff123]

Chips away wanted £250 to do mine. As mentioned, I paid £80 cash. If you are as tight as me, thats your option.

[stu14t]

Cheers, I hadn't thought of a splitter, that seems like a good option.

I'm off to see a local body shop to see what they say and if it's only a couple of hundred, I'll just go for it. It will need to be sorted sometime before it goes back.

[Ronstein]

Originally Posted by Jeff123

I bought mine at 2 years old and 28k miles. The front spoiler was stone chipped so I got a local guy to spray all across the bottom of it - charged me £80 cash. He (rightly) said that it would soon get chipped again and this has happened. If I was you, I would go down the route of either forgetting the bump or getting a modest paint job done.

I've taken the route of accepting it's happened and it'll happen again, so I'm not wasting money on it (as with kerbing alloys).

[Hooded]

Should be between £80-£100 to get that fixed with a decent smart repair .. you won't notice it at all on the lower part of the bumper if the guy who does it is half decent at his job.

[999rigger]

Get it wrapped and it will cut down on chips and scratches.

[RoShambolt]

Originally Posted by rossm

Get a front splitter to cover it up

Best advice ever.

I had a similar encounter with a concrete fence post on the rear, had it repaired, they removed it, heated it to push out the dent and resprayed the whole bumper, it was a flawless job and I have much more faith in it than a smart repair. £220 all in.