Scraped front bumer

tommyv · 08-28-2007, 04:26 PM

My car bottomed out on the bottom of the front bumper yesterday. they actually raised the speed bump in my work parking lot late in the day. tons of people were bottoming out.... Anyway, there are some serious gouges on the underside. Is it possible to buff that out of the plastic or should I just take it to the dealer? Thanks in advance.

Chesmu · 08-28-2007, 05:51 PM

underside of your bumper's gonna look like that. you can't buff out gouges.
you can always get a lip to cover it, but that's gonna get scratched up, too.

TiAg335i · 08-28-2007, 07:27 PM

you cant buff that out. a body shop would jsut epoxy it and then repaint it. i would just leave it.

SpecC · 08-28-2007, 07:59 PM

you could use splitters to cover up most of it on the sides, but these things happen, so i would just leave it and be careful wherever you go

smog · 08-29-2007, 02:18 PM

same happened to me recently. i ended up wet sanding it + scratchx. looks pretty bad, but at least i can't feel the gouges.

08-28-2007, 04:26 PM	#1
tommyv Enlisted Member 0 Rep 34 Posts Drives: 2007 328xi coupe Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southeastern PA iTrader: (0)	Scraped front bumer My car bottomed out on the bottom of the front bumper yesterday. they actually raised the speed bump in my work parking lot late in the day. tons of people were bottoming out.... Anyway, there are some serious gouges on the underside. Is it possible to buff that out of the plastic or should I just take it to the dealer? Thanks in advance.
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08-28-2007, 05:51 PM	#2
Chesmu Brigadier General 96 Rep 3,011 Posts Drives: 2013 X6 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Phoenix,AZ iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00] 2006 330i [0.00]	underside of your bumper's gonna look like that. you can't buff out gouges. you can always get a lip to cover it, but that's gonna get scratched up, too. __________________ "Teach the ignorant. Ignore the stupid."
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08-28-2007, 07:27 PM	#3
TiAg335i Trance Life 345 Rep 4,706 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	you cant buff that out. a body shop would jsut epoxy it and then repaint it. i would just leave it.
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SpecC Completely obsessed with detailing 308 Rep 15,441 Posts Drives: E90 SG 330i, white Scion tC Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Francisco and Davis iTrader: (4)	you could use splitters to cover up most of it on the sides, but these things happen, so i would just leave it and be careful wherever you go
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08-29-2007, 02:18 PM	#5
smog Private First Class 3 Rep 120 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa clara iTrader: (0)	same happened to me recently. i ended up wet sanding it + scratchx. looks pretty bad, but at least i can't feel the gouges.
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