Check the underneath of your front bumper. - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

djmm · 08-26-2014, 05:50 AM

I just did so recently and guess what I found, a few scratches!
You gotta really bend over and look just beneath underside of the front bumper though.

When my car hit a bump I always thought men it must have scraped some parts underneath or whatever. Didnt know that it was my bumper after all this time.

Not a big deal as you really can't see it but with the paint loss. I worst that it will get rusted quickly as the underside always get water splash.

As a result of this, there is one petrol station that I don't visit anymore as it has elevated driveway and my car always hit it when it enters.

aznatama · 08-26-2014, 06:53 AM

either you have some crazy high speed bumps, or you're lowered. This is expected of lowered cars. If it's stock, it's probably parking blocks.

WNDSRFR · 08-26-2014, 07:24 AM

Plastic doesn't rust.

Frishkorn · 08-26-2014, 07:38 AM

Or in my case it was done by a dealership, washing my car when I told them not to. They hit the car wash wheel guide, then blamed it on me. In short, I'll never go to North Hills Toyota in Pittsburgh, PA ever again (second time they damaged a vehicle of mine).

VacantSky · 08-26-2014, 07:46 AM

jdubious · 08-26-2014, 08:32 AM

Mine was sold to me brand new like this. I didn't notice until like a month later and figured it was gonna be like that soon enough anyways. Here I am almost a year and a half in with no new scratches :/

Tcoat · 08-26-2014, 08:36 AM

Parked mine the other day and when I got out and walked past the front I noticed I was about 1/4 inch away from the curb! I would have had nobody but myself to blame for the damage if I had pulled up only 1 inch further.

Sportsguy83 · 08-26-2014, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmm

Not a big deal as you really can't see it but with the paint loss. I worst that it will get rusted quickly as the underside always get water splash.

Not sure is Serious....

djmm · 08-26-2014, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WNDSRFR

Plastic doesn't rust.

Oh lol - I just remembered it's plastic. Brain snap. Well at least I don't need to bother touching it up to prevent rust lol

But my car is normal stock one, I remember I hit it when:
- going down ramp on some normal ass park lot
- going upramp

And I didn't even drive that fast, just normal exit and enter speed. And the car wasn't carrying anything heavy either.

Luis_GT · 08-26-2014, 09:09 AM

lol... my bumper is scratched to hell and back and IDGAF... will get worse once I lower it... eventually.

sluflyer06 · 08-26-2014, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznatama

either you have some crazy high speed bumps, or you're lowered. This is expected of lowered cars. If it's stock, it's probably parking blocks.

My car is not lowered and my bumper has scraped coming out of a parking lot even crawling and crossing it sideways, so these cars WILL scrape on steep incline no matter how careful you are and not lowered.

Tcoat · 08-26-2014, 09:26 AM

Mine is lowered and you learn very quickly how to do ramps, laneways, speed bumps, etc. at an angle! Doesn't take much of an angle to clear but straight on can be very, very bad sometimes!

Turbo95eg6 · 08-26-2014, 12:07 PM

Nice and spotless under mine boys… I've mastered the art of low ground clearance with my previous slammed vehicles.

sklimo · 08-26-2014, 12:12 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72746

Read through that

08-26-2014, 05:50 AM	#1
djmm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: toyota Location: Australia Posts: 358 Thanks: 25 Thanked 163 Times in 81 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Check the underneath of your front bumper. I just did so recently and guess what I found, a few scratches! You gotta really bend over and look just beneath underside of the front bumper though. When my car hit a bump I always thought men it must have scraped some parts underneath or whatever. Didnt know that it was my bumper after all this time. Not a big deal as you really can't see it but with the paint loss. I worst that it will get rusted quickly as the underside always get water splash. As a result of this, there is one petrol station that I don't visit anymore as it has elevated driveway and my car always hit it when it enters.

08-26-2014, 06:53 AM	#2
aznatama Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: 2014 BRZ MT (Sold); 2006 V70R Location: Fairfax Posts: 873 Thanks: 10 Thanked 186 Times in 150 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	either you have some crazy high speed bumps, or you're lowered. This is expected of lowered cars. If it's stock, it's probably parking blocks. __________________ '14 BRZ LTD MT DGM

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