Well yesterday on my way to work, entering the industrial Area. I'm trying to join a motorway and 3 cars are trying to exit. The roads here are soo retarded that we all have to cross over in the same place. So 2 of the 3 cars get in front of me as they're exiting, and I'm trying to join the motorway, as soon as the road clears up I start changing lanes but guess what!! the @sshole in front has come to a complete stop because he doesn't know how to use his mirrors to see if there's any on coming traffic and SMACK!! I clip his rear right bumper with my front right bumper, and the result :







The good side is that I have to change my front bumper so I'm just thinking of getting the Sports bumper and installing it instead (but I have to order it from the US) so it'll take a few weeks to arrive. I was really pissed off yesterday, but thank god the lights are ok, they just have a few minor scuff marks, should be easily sorted.

Even though I was in the wrong the guy was ****ting it because I know he had no license or insurance, hell I don't think he's even legally allowed in this country. So we each agreed to fix our own cars and went our seperate ways. His car was from like the late 70s, if it was a newer car I doubt the damage would have been soo much.

 

Wow! Sucks what happened to your bumper, but it could have been worse. Like you said, you were going to change out the bumper anyways. Just post some pics of your new bumper.

 

That Really Sucks bro, it's fixable, and it's good to hear that you came out of it safely.

The traffic there is horrible seriously; they drive this way all the time. And yea the no license no insurance part is nothing new, most Saudi's don't insure their cars.

 

Don't think that headlight survived! it looks like it took a good hit, and it kinda sitting at an angle, there alot of plastic brakets and screws behind that headlight! so be prepared to buy another one, u gotta take out the fender and bumper....or just the bumper and maybe fender liner, to see if anything in back is cracked or broken. since it sure look like it's sitting at an angle and pushed inwards! Good luck, and sorry about your mishap bro! Hate stupid drivers!!

 

When I said the headlights seem ok I mean that they're functioning. The headlights have moved out of place slightly (actually it's been pushed slightly out and I can see from in-between the bodywork and headlight housing that one of the brackets is snapped, so I'm hoping they can just change out the outer casing without having to charge me for the whole headlight kit with xenons. The Headlights are still held on tight, so I'm hoping it's just one bracket or something

it also looks out of place because the bumper and fender have been kinked so there's more of a gap between the two.


I wasn't planning on getting a new bumper, but since this happened it's given me the chance to do so

 

it's not that bad

 

^ thanks, that's what I think as well, I just hope once painted the colors wouldn't look too out of place

 

Ouch!

The bumper itself doesn't look too bad, hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like something that can be buffed out.

It's your fender and, as mentioned above, your headlights, that may be an issue. The fender will certainly need to be replaced or repaired. The headlights will likely have to be replaced as a whole. I have yet to find a dealership who can replace just parts of the assembly, nor have i been able to find the parts themselves. Long story... i have a similar issue with my headlights and it's starting to develop stress cracks at the edges. You may want to have it checked out before it's too late, those headlights cost a fortune.

 

Oh man...... that sucks.

But, like you say.... now is the time for that sport bumper you were talking about.
...are you thinking about the lip as well?

They could combine the packaging & you'd save big time on the lip shipping.

 

You know I have no idea why but Clearcorners e-mailed me today saying they can offer me a "slight" discount on their LED conversion but man they're still an arm and a leg. If the dealer gives me any issues with the lights or I have to pay for a whole set then I'll be seriously thinking about the LED conversion.

I'm not sure about the Lip, I love the way it looks, but the crappy roads here really make me think twice about these things. I'll see how the sports bumper fairs out and then decide, but thanks for reminding me because I forgot all about it.

 

sorry to see a fellow IP in an accident. well @ least this gives you the excuse to get that sport bumper that you've been wanting.
the downside of our color is that it is a PITA to color match. i've had my rear bumper repainted twice due to negligent "drivers" (if you can even call them that) running into my parked car. but anyway, both times the bumper was repainted, the color was slightly off.

 

Yeah I've been slightly worried about that, when I first got the mud guards they were already painted and were slightly different to the original color, but now if you look at them they've blended in, I'm guessing from the sun and stuff. I'm hoping within a few months the color won't look soo out of place.

 

That's almost exactly what happened to me about a year ago haha. Bumper was replaced under insurance and the light was polished to remove the scuff marks. The fender was simply repainted since it was chipped a little. Now is a good time to go with a sport bumper!! I should have done that when I had the chance.

 

Yeah I didn't think about changing it until my cousin brought it up, thank god he did the bumper should be being shipped to my FL address today, can't wait for it

 

Man you've had a bad week. Things have to improve for next week, doncha think?