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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:06 AM
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So I was driving on the freeway heading south on the 5 and as I was driving, either someone's front bumper or some large piece of metal that looks like a bumper was flying around and hit my car. I had no time at all to make any actions to avoid it, and right after it hit my car i ran over it. The right side of my front bumper is about 5 inches dented in, scraped all over, and also has a large hole. My headlight is fine, and my grill is fine but everything below and to the side of my headlight and grill is damaged; my reflector is also missing :x Im pretty sure I need a new front bumper, so I was looking around google to see where to purchase them and found a good amount of sites to buy them from but I was wondering if you guys know about any places that sell them for a really good price. If my post is dumb please don't flame, just curious on where I can get a good deal on my bumper :x Thanks
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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Do you want a stock bumper or aftermarket??
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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Get ur insurance to give you some money for it, then get an aftermarket...
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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Same thing happened to me, I got mine from a member on here in the classifieds, name was manny007 I believe. Real nice guy, he shaved the emblem for me, just had to get it painted for like $200..
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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..A good place to look..

General Section - or - Classifieds/Market Place
General Section - or - EBay
General Section - or - Local Junkyard
General Section - or - The same highway where you got hit by a stray bumper

decisions... decisions..
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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stock bumper is what im looking for, ill post up pics later when i have time. The place I get an oil change at said I should just go to the dealer and look for an estimate? I guess we'll see what the stealership says. Pretty sure they're going to tell me to give them my all my little pretty pennies.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 01:31 PM
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Time for an upgrade!
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The dealership will leave you broke

on the upside you should be glad you are getting a new front bumper, I wish i could get a new one, I have so many little scratches from rocks kicking up and hitting it. . .
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Originally Posted by ssarow
The dealership will leave you broke

on the upside you should be glad you are getting a new front bumper, I wish i could get a new one, I have so many little scratches from rocks kicking up and hitting it. . .
my car only has 16k miles on it :x my bumper was really clean
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Try checking out the for sale sub forums, a lot of people are selling their bumpers, even if you can't find one in your color, you'll still save a lot more than buying a brand new bumper and painting it.
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do i even need to say it........ pix!
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Originally Posted by Escobar
Same thing happened to me, I got mine from a member on here in the classifieds, name was manny007 I believe. Real nice guy, he shaved the emblem for me, just had to get it painted for like $200..

How many random bumpers are flying around hitting people on the interstate? This could be a pandemic.
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Originally Posted by youngh
So I was driving on the freeway heading south on the 5 and as I was driving, either someone's front bumper or some large piece of metal that looks like a bumper was flying around and hit my car. I had no time at all to make any actions to avoid it, and right after it hit my car i ran over it. The right side of my front bumper is about 5 inches dented in, scraped all over, and also has a large hole. My headlight is fine, and my grill is fine but everything below and to the side of my headlight and grill is damaged; my reflector is also missing :x Im pretty sure I need a new front bumper, so I was looking around google to see where to purchase them and found a good amount of sites to buy them from but I was wondering if you guys know about any places that sell them for a really good price. If my post is dumb please don't flame, just curious on where I can get a good deal on my bumper :x Thanks

Do you not have comprehensive insurance? File a claim, get estimates, let repairs insue. That's what we pay insurance premiums for, to use it when needed.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by bryan@Z1
How many random bumpers are flying around hitting people on the interstate? This could be a pandemic.
I dont think its so much bumpers flying around, more road debris but I could be wrong
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 10:00 AM
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that reminds me of the time a rock was bouncing off the parkway and i was able to avoid it. But that just my driving skills.....
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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This didn't happen.
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