[s-cars] Parking curb, meet my wallet.

[Sean Douglas]

Matt:

Ouch!

I just had my front bumper repainted and I had the bodyshop repair the
little vertical plastic supports, I think 3 or 4 of them were broken
(not me - previous owner).

As long as the vertical supports are not missing, then it's a straight
forward fix with the right type of adhesive. I'm not sure what its
called, but I can try and find out. If they are missing, then try and
find a sacrificial bumper from a breaker and cut them off.

Sean



> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of matt ludwig
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: //Scar //Scar list
> Subject: [s-cars] Parking curb, meet my wallet.
> 
> 
> the hits just keep on coming.
> 
> did a classic move today in the 98F+ heat here in DC- pulled too far  
> 'over' a parking curb and when backing away, ripped the lower 
> grills,  
> belly pan and outer clips for the painted bumper off my 
> avant. pretty  
> happy about it for about 3 miliseconds until i realized what a pain  
> in the @#$$ it was going to be. in addition to these getting  
> temporarily out of 'place', it also ripped out 3 of the 5 supports  
> holding the black, lower part of the bumper assemble (part where  
> belly pan slips into) to the painted, upper part of the bumper and  
> what the removable lower grills snap into. following me here?
> 
> the result is i need to somehow repair/fix/make new these supports  
> (and thus the structural integrity of the upper/lower bumper  
> junction) w/o purchasing a new or used bumper, as those run ~ 
> $950USD  
> i just learned.
> 
> any wise sage on the list who has fell victim to this bit of 
> audi god  
> spite have any suggestions? the first idea(s) that come to 
> mind are; 1. use some sort of plastic weld/epoxy to replace 
> the snapped off,  
> vertical supports and then
> 2. using short, black screws along both top and bottom of the  
> 'removable' vents to make them not so...
> ...but I am having second thoughts.
> 
> thank you all as always.
> 
> sincerely,
> 
> 
> matt ludwig.
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> Washington, D.C. / Portland, ME
> 
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