M-Sport Bumper Damage!!!

shifterboy45 · 06-11-2009, 05:21 PM

OP I feel your pain --

I have a '09 alpine white 335 that I drive very lilttle, so I try to keep it in "showroom condition"-- bumpers will be bumpers, getting a knick or 2 is par for the course. I took a drive up the coast and came back with tiny chips in front bumper cover- I beat myself up for all of 20mins and pulled out the touch up paint and went to work.

Thinking that was gonna be my only incident, I condfidently backed ever so gently into a freakin' barrel in a restuarant parking lot (35mins ago -- stupid, stupid, stupid!!

). It just grazed the bumper and no paint was damaged, just a lil crease in the rear bumper cover (which seems to be returning to it original form - or maybe its my imagination

). So even the smallest infraction is a nightmare.... these things too will pass and I see you are taking steps to move on, good show, sorry to hear .. but always remember "a clean car is a happy car"!!

good luck with the new ramps too

Raikkonen · 06-12-2009, 04:28 PM

haha. Thanks man. Maybe this stuff is more noticeable because of our "lighter" colored cars? Anyway, it is a daily driver and by no means a museum piece, so I'll take it it all in stride. I'll definitely be on the lookout for barrels however the next time I'm backing up in a parking lot.

06-11-2009, 05:21 PM	#23
shifterboy45 Major 23 Rep 1,179 Posts Drives: 2009 335i Coupe Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North by Northwest iTrader: (0)	OP I feel your pain -- I have a '09 alpine white 335 that I drive very lilttle, so I try to keep it in "showroom condition"-- bumpers will be bumpers, getting a knick or 2 is par for the course. I took a drive up the coast and came back with tiny chips in front bumper cover- I beat myself up for all of 20mins and pulled out the touch up paint and went to work. Thinking that was gonna be my only incident, I condfidently backed ever so gently into a freakin' barrel in a restuarant parking lot (35mins ago -- stupid, stupid, stupid!!). It just grazed the bumper and no paint was damaged, just a lil crease in the rear bumper cover (which seems to be returning to it original form - or maybe its my imagination). So even the smallest infraction is a nightmare.... these things too will pass and I see you are taking steps to move on, good show, sorry to hear .. but always remember "a clean car is a happy car"!! good luck with the new ramps too
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06-12-2009, 04:28 PM	#24
Raikkonen Captain 389 Rep 827 Posts Drives: 2024 X5 M60i Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grosse Pointe Park, MI iTrader: (2)	haha. Thanks man. Maybe this stuff is more noticeable because of our "lighter" colored cars? Anyway, it is a daily driver and by no means a museum piece, so I'll take it it all in stride. I'll definitely be on the lookout for barrels however the next time I'm backing up in a parking lot.
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