"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
05/06/2015 at 10:25 • Filed to: advice, volvo, s60
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"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
05/06/2015 at 10:25 • Filed to: advice, volvo, s60 | 1
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The bottom of our S60 got attacked by a piece of rebar sticking out of parking spot. The bottom of the bumper ended up getting caught, and ripped a little underneath. Now, we need your advice on what to do.
There are two options here. Option one, is the much cheaper one. The bodyshop will take off the bumper, bondo and sand down that part and repaint. This will be nice because its cheaper. The original bumper will also be re-used which saves the VIN number which is seen under the hood.
Option two is to go and replace the whole bumper with a new one. This is the one issue however: OEM Volvo bumpers come pre-painted from the factory. This sounds all nice and good, except for the fact that the car is a 2012. It’s spent a few years in Florida. The car itself is Ember Black Metallic. I would like to think that the paint fade won’t be too bad; but until the new bumper is on we cannot really tell. It’ll also be more obvious that the bumper was changed.
What do you think the better course of action is here? Any advice is appreciated at this point! It should be noted that you can’t actually tell there was any damage unless you get under the car. From the front you’d never know.
Rico
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05/06/2015 at 10:30 |
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Option 1 seeing as it is literally UNDER the car and not in view and likely would never pose an issue if you never fixed it other than harming resale value.
yamahog
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05/06/2015 at 10:31 |
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I wouldn’t bother replacing the whole fascia because of a scrape on the bottom, especially if it won’t be painted to match. Just have it repaired.
And not sure it this is a lease or purchased car but if you ever try to sell it with a mismatched fascia, people will assume it was in a front end collision and won’t believe you when you tell them it was nowhere near that severe.
JGrabowMSt
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05/06/2015 at 10:35 |
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I wouldn’t even worry about it. At most, I would take the bumper off, glue a solid piece of plastic support on the inside of it, and just forget any paintwork.
Paintwork is really expensive, fixing that bumper could come close to $1000 if they repaint the whole thing. I would just reinforce the inside of the bumper so it can’t crack any more, and call it a day. Maybe $50 at home depot, an afternoon with some clamps, and that’s it. It’s so low and so far back that it’s simply not worth it. We’re not talking about a Concourse car or some exotic, it’s just an S60.
EL_ULY
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05/06/2015 at 10:38 |
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Whoever owns that parking lot should pay... just sayin
crowmolly
> JGrabowMSt
05/06/2015 at 10:41 |
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This. Glue it together and do some basic repairs to make it less noticeable if it bothers you.
CalzoneGolem
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05/06/2015 at 10:42 |
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You’re forgetting the cheapest and easiest option: do nothing.
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JGrabowMSt
> crowmolly
05/06/2015 at 10:47 |
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Not even mentioning that Bondo will literally not help one little bit with this kind of issue. Unless the body shop does actual fiberglass repair, they’ll just be taking money from you.
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crowmolly
> JGrabowMSt
05/06/2015 at 10:53 |
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They could use a filler and try to blend it. But it really doesn’t seem worth it.
Bozi Tatarevic
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05/06/2015 at 10:56 |
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Get a piece of rigid plastic and some glue or a plastic welder. Take the bumper off and stick it behind the crack to reinforce. You can fill the crack and touch it up if you like but I wouldn’t mess with it further or you can do some stitching:
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JGrabowMSt
> crowmolly
05/06/2015 at 11:02 |
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My experience with Bondo is that it needs something supportive underneath first, the shop would have to start with fiberglass or a plastic patch behind it, which he may as well do himself. I wouldn’t even bother with painting it.
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crowmolly
> JGrabowMSt
05/06/2015 at 11:09 |
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Absolutely.
Body filler isn’t to be used as fucking modeling clay. They would need to use filler on top of a solid base to blend the repair.
m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
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05/06/2015 at 11:23 |
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Body shop should easily be able to fill it and blend the paint to match.
AndrewGee
> JGrabowMSt
05/06/2015 at 13:42 |
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Could just drill a very small hole on top of the crack to stop it, did it on my car about 2 years back and it's not gotten any worse.