blaitarch Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I was reversing out of my driveway this evening, and the bottom of the bumper scraped. This happened http://img.waffleimages.com/6877660b2ceab9e3464bbee573c918fb647c5f8c/t/car_damage1.jpg http://img.waffleimages.com/552072ce3ea114a6b3a2da6cddc2cdb545a46299/t/car_damage2.jpg http://img.waffleimages.com/a91cd39e0c16a51f59b372b37f3e736a9e1a9650/t/car_damage3.jpg http://img.waffleimages.com/a22d22a71e9407ad4e64d6bdccab02224efcbe0b/t/car_damage4.jpg This shouldn't have happened, should it? Is it covered by warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondgraymetallic21 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I see no picture, but I highly doubt the bumper just scraped, you probably ripped it off. (Hit at way too high of a speed or bottomed out too far). And I highly doubt ripping your bumper off counts for warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 So wait...you are telling us that the bumper fell off while you were backing out of the driveway? That is completetly normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondgraymetallic21 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I think he's saying it fell off when he "smashed" the front end of the car into the driveway. It is very possible to scrape parts of this car, especially if you've lowered it, but they shouldn't fall off unless you really hit it good. See a lot of people do this when they first get a car/lower a car, have no idea how low it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaitarch Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Yeah apparently, WaffleImages doesn't like this forum. It may be a 'lower' car, but the plastic retainer clips they use to secure the bumper to the fender are for crap. I've driven a low tire air Camry into the same curb and circumstance and all that happened was it scraped. No bumper popping off. Real downer on component quality, there. http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8536/cardamage3lo6.th.jpg I got it fixed for $90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 What's the problem...just pop it back on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Just be glad that the fastener broke and not the bumper skin itself... Sounds like a properly designed fastener to me. The Crimson Dynamo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaitarch Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 I've scraped other cars on the same driveway curb (sloped suburbia style curb), and I've never had a bumper pop off. Merely cosmetic scrape damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondgraymetallic21 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Well for having so many lowered vehicles, I'd think at some point you'd stop hitting the same driveway. LoL This has nothing to do with warranty due to driver error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 If its happening going in or out of a driveway, then just cut sideways. your lucky it did not get damaged too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 This is definitely an issue with cheap clips. My bumper didn't fall off completely on one side but I did lose a clip. Now part of the bumper bulges out and doesn't line up with the fender. Mine wasn't caused by hitting a driveway or anything, so I think it's just a shoddy part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaitarch Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Well for having so many lowered vehicles, I'd think at some point you'd stop hitting the same driveway. LoL This has nothing to do with warranty due to driver error. I've never driven any car actively differently. I don't choreograph my driveway exits, so they differ in minor ways each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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