Front bumper blues - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Rinn310 · 12-07-2013, 02:08 PM

Well... I've gone and done it. Wasn't paying attention and wound up scraping the bottom of the front bumper up.
You really can't see the damage unless you're looking at it from the ground, but its always there in the back of my mind. As an excuse though, I did come from 4x4 trucks and have never had a car like this.

Anyone else accidentally forgotten to stop short?

RojerLockless · 12-07-2013, 02:13 PM

Yup

sprintertrueno86 · 12-07-2013, 02:44 PM

Nope.

But I did scrape on a unpaved road.

Brndn704 · 12-07-2013, 02:53 PM

i scrape all day erryday.

636 · 12-07-2013, 02:53 PM

Never.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8CHBydNVo"]Hellaflush FRS Scraping HARD! - YouTube[/ame]

Mo707 · 12-07-2013, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 636

Never.

To low for me.... but damn. looks good!

humfrz · 12-07-2013, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rinn310

Well... I've gone and done it. Wasn't paying attention and wound up scraping the bottom of the front bumper up.
You really can't see the damage unless you're looking at it from the ground, but its always there in the back of my mind. As an excuse though, I did come from 4x4 trucks and have never had a car like this.

Anyone else accidentally forgotten to stop short?

Hello Rinn310 ......

Oh yes, I think a lot of us have run up on a parking stop or two....

Now, that you have "broken in" the paint under the front bumper ...... here are some variations to watch out for:

* parking stops that are not in line with the rest of them

* stops that are not perpindicular with the parking lines

* stops that are placed in a random fashion

* not all stops are the same height

* some stops have the re-bar pins that stick up

I just don't look under there anymore ..... hey, it's plastic and it won't rust.

Also, if someone points it out to me ..... they need to get a life!

humfrz

jdubious · 12-07-2013, 04:04 PM

Mine has some scrapes under there, im pretty sure they sold it to me like that because the car was driven from Houston to Dallas by some yahoo and had 255 miles on it when i picked it up

Cant see it unless the car is in the air, it does bug me tho

eddieEndo · 12-07-2013, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rinn310

Well... I've gone and done it. Wasn't paying attention and wound up scraping the bottom of the front bumper up.
You really can't see the damage unless you're looking at it from the ground, but its always there in the back of my mind. As an excuse though, I did come from 4x4 trucks and have never had a car like this.

Anyone else accidentally forgotten to stop short?

I drove straight into a parking stop because I forgot it was there

, fortunately (??????) all that ended up happening was scraping the shit out of the bottom of my bumper, can't see it unless you look under the car

DarkCard · 12-07-2013, 04:57 PM

Hah. you should see my undercarriage

Luis_GT · 12-07-2013, 05:42 PM

Not a single car at my house has a scratch free bumper...

Rinn310 · 12-07-2013, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Hello Rinn310 ......

Oh yes, I think a lot of us have run up on a parking stop or two....

Now, that you have "broken in" the paint under the front bumper ...... here are some variations to watch out for:

* parking stops that are not in line with the rest of them

* stops that are not perpindicular with the parking lines

* stops that are placed in a random fashion

* not all stops are the same height

* some stops have the re-bar pins that stick up

I just don't look under there anymore ..... hey, it's plastic and it won't rust.

Also, if someone points it out to me ..... they need to get a life!

humfrz

Agreed 100%. Sadly it bothers me more than anything sadly.

Maybe I'll buy a mod or something to make up for it

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kALMIGHTY · 12-07-2013, 05:59 PM

I've only ever scraped going out of my friend's community's entrance (it has a really steep ramp) and it happens to scrape there almost every single time unless there's no traffic around and I can take my sweet time going at an angle to avoid it. Luckily, I've had the bottom of my front bumper covered in Xpel Ultimate so it hasn't actually gotten to the paint yet but I do hate that scraping noise and it's basically unavoidable with these cars. And I'm at stock height!

The one time I did forget to stop early enough in a parking spot though, the curb happened to be really low and my bumper didn't even touch it. I would have cried if it did.

Missy · 12-07-2013, 05:59 PM

I'm getting a new front bumper due to the accident but I guarenteed you I'll probably somehow do it again..

Granted the way I got mine was stupid and I'll never be driving off the road again -_-

12-07-2013, 02:08 PM	#1
Rinn310 Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: Posts: 56 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Front bumper blues Well... I've gone and done it. Wasn't paying attention and wound up scraping the bottom of the front bumper up. You really can't see the damage unless you're looking at it from the ground, but its always there in the back of my mind. As an excuse though, I did come from 4x4 trucks and have never had a car like this. Anyone else accidentally forgotten to stop short?

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DarkCard Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Asphalt Scion Frs 6MT Location: New York Posts: 1,044 Thanks: 101 Thanked 564 Times in 286 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hah. you should see my undercarriage __________________ DarkCard Photography

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kALMIGHTY Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: TRD Ultramarine '13 Location: Calgary Posts: 1,377 Thanks: 190 Thanked 766 Times in 347 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I've only ever scraped going out of my friend's community's entrance (it has a really steep ramp) and it happens to scrape there almost every single time unless there's no traffic around and I can take my sweet time going at an angle to avoid it. Luckily, I've had the bottom of my front bumper covered in Xpel Ultimate so it hasn't actually gotten to the paint yet but I do hate that scraping noise and it's basically unavoidable with these cars. And I'm at stock height! The one time I did forget to stop early enough in a parking spot though, the curb happened to be really low and my bumper didn't even touch it. I would have cried if it did.

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