Hi, new poster here, though I have lurked for a while, and I could do with a bit of advice / sympathy. As the title says, I reversed into a wall and have now got some damage that'll need sorting out. It mostly seems to be a dent and some scratches, but I'm not sure if I should be worried about the parking sensors. This happened earlier this evening so I've not had a chance to call any repair places. Any idea what this might cost to get sorted? Anything else I should be aware of? 

 

 

It depends on how much you are prepared to do yourself to save a few pennies.

 

A quick and dirty fix, warm up the bumper plastic with hot water or hair dryer and push it out from behind. There will be a few light creases left in the plastic and for around £100 you can then get the paint sorted. Get a replacement lamp off the bay for about £50. Make sure the paint isn’t broken around the lamp area. 
 

Or for approx £400, buy a bumper from a dealer and get it painted then swap it yourself. The parking sensors can be transferred over (probs need a tube of bonding mastic to stick the sensors back in). Plus a lamp £50. Check the paint as above. This is not much harder than building flat pack furniture. 

 

Or let a body shop sort it, over £500+ depending on what else they find damaged. 

 

Were the parking sensors not working? 😅

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Edited 31 August, 20205 yr by Gizmo
Totally irrelevant to the question asked.

13 hours ago, BigEjit said:

It depends on how much you are prepared to do yourself to save a few pennies.

 

 

Thanks for the advice. I am not handy when it comes to cars, so I'll see what I can get done locally. 

 

@matthall94 funnily enough I'd just turned down the volume for the parking system earlier in the day...  I probably jinxed myself 🤣 In my defence, I was reversing down a slope which got much steeper than I realised very quickly. Still not great, but these things happen. 

On 09/08/2020 at 22:41, talie said:

 

Thanks for the advice. I am not handy when it comes to cars, so I'll see what I can get done locally. 

 

@matthall94 funnily enough I'd just turned down the volume for the parking system earlier in the day...  I probably jinxed myself 🤣 In my defence, I was reversing down a slope which got much steeper than I realised very quickly. Still not great, but these things happen. 

 

The parking sensor should be fine, there's a tonne of space behind the bumper before it'd hit anything, if you're unsure, start the car up, press the parking sensor button, get out and wave your hand near it, if you can hear it screaming, it's fine