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Therightmike 08-19-2013 02:58 PM

Scraped The Underside Of My Front Bumper
 
I was exiting a gas station into traffic. I never thought for a second that the car might bottom out on the road, not even that much of an incline. Heard a Scraping sound and pulled over.

There is a 1.5 inch square scrape on the underside of my front bumper by the "fang" part that sticks out. You can't see it, its completely underneath.

My question is, what should I do to prevent it from getting worse? Take it to the dealership to get it touched up? Plasti dip the underside of the front bumper? Just Leave it?

Thanks for the help!

Kimsey47 08-19-2013 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therightmike (Post 1151432)
I was exiting a gas station into traffic. I never thought for a second that the car might bottom out on the road, not even that much of an incline. Heard a Scraping sound and pulled over.

There is a 1.5 inch square scrape on the underside of my front bumper by the "fang" part that sticks out. You can't see it, its completely underneath.

My question is, what should I do to prevent it from getting worse? Take it to the dealership to get it touched up? Plasti dip the underside of the front bumper? Just Leave it?

Thanks for the help!

Did the same thing but decided to just leave it as it is impossible to see. The plastidip idea doesn't sound bad though!

ayau 08-19-2013 03:02 PM

I'd just leave it. Even if you get it touched up, you're bound to scrape it again.

Plastic dip won't be thick enough to protect the bumper. Your only option is to add an aftermarket front lip.

The good thing is that the bumper is plastic, which means you won't have to worry about rust forming.

Therightmike 08-19-2013 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayau (Post 1151449)
I'd just leave it. Even if you get it touched up, you're bound to scrape it again.

Plastic dip won't be thick enough to protect the bumper. Your only option is to add an aftermarket front lip.

The good thing is that the bumper is plastic, which means you won't have to worry about rust forming.

Will more paint flake off over time? Will it get worse or stay the same with Canadian winters?

SliverBrz 08-19-2013 04:59 PM

I did this too not to long ago, was sad about it for a week then decided to throw on a lip lol.

To be honest, you can't see it, it won't rust so i'd just leave it.

xXDeathMaliCeXx 08-19-2013 05:27 PM

About a week or two ago I scraped coming out of my buddy's driveway. I hate those driveways that have the same curb as the side of the road...scraped the crap out of the front bumper. I don't really care, even though I'm not lowered scraping is just part of the game :lol: I just have to be more careful next time and take it at a heavy angle.

Just throw a front lip on there or leave it. It won't get any worse than it is right now without scraping more.

rcm47 08-19-2013 05:52 PM

#lowcarproblems

You learn to live with it.

Wes 08-19-2013 06:02 PM

You should be fine, or just throw on a lip like everyone says. No point in touching up since its bound to happen again esp if you can't even see it.

Acree 08-19-2013 06:38 PM

Just an option here, but I've always had the idea to take the front bumper off and sand the entire underside. Rough it up really really well and then take it to a place that does trunk bed liners. Apply a healthy layer and it should protect the bumper pretty well.

FRiSson 08-19-2013 09:17 PM

Got the same thing hitting some debris in the road at night. Cover it up with some industrial rubber adhesive.

Slash 08-19-2013 09:22 PM

So sand all of the paint off, rough it up, and bed liner it. To protect it? You just destroyed it to make it look worse.

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GTB/ZR-1 08-19-2013 09:22 PM

The good news is that only roadkill will see it--I wouldn't sweat it.

My wife (unbeknownst to me--until much later) rode it up on a curb the first night I got it.

ghoti 08-19-2013 09:44 PM

2013 people still care about small unnoticeable underbody scrapings?

Acree 08-19-2013 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slash (Post 1152331)
So sand all of the paint off, rough it up, and bed liner it. To protect it? You just destroyed it to make it look worse.

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You're an idiot. Try actually reading the post. :clap:


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