Front Bumper cost/rescue

[McHaggis69]

Hi,

was visiting Portobello beach today and entered a car park (some rough ground) not realising a raised manhole cover would catch the front bumper.

Its split the bumper in several places and scratched it to hell on the underside nearside. On that side its pulled the clips which attach it to the wing.

I'm going to assume its a throwaway job - anyone any clue the ballpark for a new front bumper painted to match and fitted?
I've seen the actual bumper for sale for around £200 which was surprisingly cheap I thought.

 

[gusTaco]

Hello

This is the list of parts that were changed in my car when it was hit whilst parked.

These figures are from BMW and the car was repaired at the dealers

 

[McHaggis69]

 

[mcbutler]

Hi,

was visiting Portobello beach today and entered a car park (some rough ground) not realising a raised manhole cover would catch the front bumper.

Its split the bumper in several places and scratched it to hell on the underside nearside. On that side its pulled the clips which attach it to the wing.

I'm going to assume its a throwaway job - anyone any clue the ballpark for a new front bumper painted to match and fitted?
I've seen the actual bumper for sale for around £200 which was surprisingly cheap I thought.

I had a quote from loyds refinishers in Plymouth to swap a std bumper for an M style one and paint to match, they quoted me £350 all in.
Add the price of a used bumper, around £200

 

[mcbutler]

Hello

This is the list of parts that were changed in my car when it was hit whilst parked.

These figures are from BMW and the car was repaired at the dealers

Good to see BMW reaming the insurer for parts most likely not required at all....

 

[Deepseaskateboard]

Hi,

was visiting Portobello beach today and entered a car park (some rough ground) not realising a raised manhole cover would catch the front bumper.

Its split the bumper in several places and scratched it to hell on the underside nearside. On that side its pulled the clips which attach it to the wing.

I'm going to assume its a throwaway job - anyone any clue the ballpark for a new front bumper painted to match and fitted?
I've seen the actual bumper for sale for around £200 which was surprisingly cheap I thought.

Body repair shops can weld plastic these days, it’s the labour of getting it off, welding, sanding, respraying, and re-assembly which is the costly part. I had a cosmetic rear bumper repair from BMW at about £600.

So I would be looking to pay about that much for a complete hassle free job.

If you are able to remove the bumper, source the clips and call out a mobile body repair technician, they could probably do a smart fix for about £200ish but you would have to re-attatch it.

Best to get some quotes.

A new bumper may work out just as expensive as repairing the old one.

 

[McHaggis69]

Thanks all - I'd be happy at £500-£600 ish all in if I can source it all at that.

Feel like a complete muppet. You know when you hear that grind and scraping...

 

[tiglon]

I'm guessing it's the clips on the top corners that have broken, they break pretty easily when you catch the bumper on anything.

Part number is 51117192158, about £20 off eBay IIRC. A bit awkward to fit but not complicated, if you want to try to get it repaired and refit yourself.

Don't beat yourself up, we've all been there

 

[gusTaco]

Good to see BMW reaming the insurer for parts most likely not required at all....

I would have taken the excess hit as well if it wasn't for my dashcam!

 

[mcbutler]

Good to see BMW reaming the insurer for parts most likely not required at all....

I would have taken the excess hit as well if it wasn't for my dashcam!

Yep, they are a god send and will be very valuable in preventing prison time once the highway code and associated road regulations change later this month

 

[Deepseaskateboard]

Good to see BMW reaming the insurer for parts most likely not required at all....

I would have taken the excess hit as well if it wasn't for my dashcam!

Yep, they are a god send and will be very valuable in preventing prison time once the highway code and associated road regulations change later this month

Care to elaborate?

I wouldn’t do too well in Prison.

 

[Zed Baron]

I'd be putting a claim with the council, nothing ventured nothing gained

 

[Nanu]

I'd be putting a claim with the council, nothing ventured nothing gained

Defo worth a go. If they were aware of the issue or it was so obvious that they should have been, then ask them the question why it wasn’t repaired in a reasonable timeframe and in the meantime coned off to prevent drivers from doing what you did.

 

[Pondy]

I'd be putting a claim with the council, nothing ventured nothing gained

+1

 

[PointedMarlin]

I had a bit of a scare today, driving to work at traffic lights I’m second or third?? Behind a 4x4 we start to cross the intersection & obviously due to his height he drives straight over a cardboard box, which I just don’t see & ultimately can’t avoid.

I have to drive over it as I don’t have the option of swerving round it & cant stop in time.

Fortunately I’m pretty sure it was empty & the car must’ve shot it out to the side or flattened it because I pulled in to the next bus stop & got on my stomach. Couldn’t see the box or any major damage underneath but reading this I’m going to have another look & check I didn’t miss the fact that my bumper is now on a random crossroads in Four Oaks :!:

 

[BeardyJon]

Hi,

was visiting Portobello beach today and entered a car park (some rough ground) not realising a raised manhole cover would catch the front bumper.

Its split the bumper in several places and scratched it to hell on the underside nearside. On that side its pulled the clips which attach it to the wing.

I'm going to assume its a throwaway job - anyone any clue the ballpark for a new front bumper painted to match and fitted?
I've seen the actual bumper for sale for around £200 which was surprisingly cheap I thought.

That's a bugger, sorry man. If it's just the bumper, you can probably get a 2nd hand one for around £200-300 and a respray will be around £200-300 also. I bought a new rear diffuser from a BMW dealer in Germany off Ebay for about £200 and had it resprayed and fitted in Leith for £300. TBH I think they probably overcharged me a bit but having said that, the finish has lasted and I wouldn't have wanted to argue about it.

 

[Zed Baron]

When I was 18 (a million years ago in the 80s) I had a suped up 1970 Mini, 1300cc, race clutch, extra oil cooler, water cooler, halogen lights. Massive alloys and arches, roll cage, corbeau seats and harnesses and enough dials to fly a jumbo jet, candy apple red with a big white Cooper stripe, it was lowered and it was v quick. One night driving home I went across a patch of road they were resurfacing and a man hole cover caught my rear exhaust box, ripped it off and the rear valance and bent the rear subframe!

 

[ihadablackdog]

If you want to claim off the council be prepared for a forensic investigation into your cars history.

Go and get photos of the manhole cover and loads of the damage. Take a tape measure or ruler to include in the photos to show the height.

Download the form from your council website. They will likely want proof of last service, mot etc and loads of other crap that is not relevant at all.

 

[McHaggis69]

Hi Folks

£400 for invisible repair.
£1000 to replace and colour match.
I could go for a secondhand bumper as some have suggested, but to be honest I’ll probably use my usual place for the repair.
In terms of contacting the council, I think thats a non-starter. Its not an official car park as such and looks to be a privately owned site (but everyone parks there). Its just some rough ground down near the beach. If it had been an official council car park I wouldn’t have hesitated to claim.

Thanks for all the help and advice (and the odd bit of sympathy lol).

 

[mcbutler]

I would have taken the excess hit as well if it wasn't for my dashcam!

Yep, they are a god send and will be very valuable in preventing prison time once the highway code and associated road regulations change later this month

Care to elaborate?

I wouldn’t do too well in Prison.

Watch both of these, everyone should be aware of the info given freely here

https://youtu.be/4eCJE2bfdd4

https://youtu.be/tO69N9G_9Iw