My missus had a little carpark bump today and has knocked the front bumper out slightly. It is sticking out slightly at the passenger side just near the wheel.

I've had a quick look but I dont know where the fixings are for it so that I can tighten it back up.

Also, she took a small bit of the plastic off right near the bottom of the bumper. How hard is it to fill it and touch it myself?

Thanks

If she's chipped it, there's a fair chance she's also torn the bumper location bolt out pf the bumper, which would be new bumper time.

If you want to have a look, remove the relevant arch liner.

It's probably just the bumper skin so as said it is held on by torx pan-headed screws in the arch liner - and screws under the black plastic side bump-strip trim that has to be prised out with something like a tape covered wide screwdriver blade.

If it's deformed, a bit of gentle heat might encourage it back. If any fixing holes have pulled through make up a large 'washer' out of some suitable plastic sheet/metal.

You can get bespoke filler for plastic bumpers but TBH for just a nick any 2-part body filler/glass resin and/or a blob of touch up paint will suffice.

Thanks

Going for a fiddle with it now....

Just had a play and at the side, the bumper is sticking out about 15mm from the bodywork. It seems a couple of mm too high too. I can push it in too the position I want (flush) but the arch liner seems to just spring back to the current position. It is the same at the other side, but not quite as bad. All the fixings behind the bumpstrip seem fine with no visable play at all.

I think I might have to create some new fixing points for the arch liners?

Unbolt it all. Figure out what is bent, and what isn't. post back.

Fill using plastic weld wiht some spare bumper material from another bumper, or special plastic filler - not ordinary or it will crack off.

Freezing it can get it's 'memory' back.

Greg.

Not sure how easy it is to remove the whole arch liner for a better look/how it all fits together? It might have ridden up out of channelling connecting with adjacent bodywork (lip of the arch) or trim? If you try freezing(?) the plastic will get very brittle. Heating, perhaps bending to required shape and then rapid cooling to fix would be more helpful I think. You might need a new liner I guess.

If taking the bumper off - I forgot other screws top/bottom and inside grille vents (other stuff - washers/temp sensor may be attached).

You only need to plastic weld for splits. Any 2-part epoxy filler (wood/body etc.) will be fine for an imperfection and certainly won't just flake off!

Sure Kandy, but as "Plastic Padding type elastic" is the same price as the ordinary stuff, if you have to buy something, why not buy something that's right for the job?

That's my point really - there's invariably something that'll do the job in (my) shed/garage already and needs using up. Hayne's actually recommends using standard car body filler except for splits (not that they're the last word on such things). The Octavia bumper plastic is pretty cheap/inflexible anyway and any significant knock/flexing usually results in paint crazing/flaking anyway I've found.