Picked up my 05 Furby last weekend and have already damaged it by reversing into a low post! :eek: Bit of a bang (luckily I wasn't going much more than 5 mph) and the rear bumper is now damaged. I'm on a business trip 150 miles from home to make matters worse!

I hoping that it's only the bumper that needs replacing, I've checked in the boot and around the spare wheel and can't see any rippled/bent metal work! I'm off to the body shop first thing Saturday for an estimate, anyone have any ideas on the cost of a replacement bumper to prepare me for the shock! I'm paying for the repair myself as my NCB isn't protected (doh!) and my excess is rather large!

Can't believe it in 7 years driving it's my first accident!! What a wally! :(

Ps. No jokes about the need for parking sensors please!

At that speed, you are right. Most likely only the bumper is damaged.

Probably £300 for a new spoiler and spraying? As a guess that is. Not much labour involved really - around 1.5 hours perhaps? maybe 2. Bet Ross could change one in 45 minutes or less.

As you edited, so will I Thought about getting parking sensors? :P :P

Oddly enough I've finally got round to writng my Parking Sensor fitting guide. :P

Might be finished later :P

Depending on how/where the dent is, you may be able to fix it yourself if you take the bumper off. This thread has some pics that might help.

I may get them fitted to my new 06 model as they may be a life saver (or pocket saver) shame I didn't get them from Factory. will skoda do this at a dealer? or do they have to be bodged?

Dealer or DIY fit.

Be patient and the guide will be up soon.

Thanks I was hoping for around

Off to the body shop this morning to get the bad news, I'll post up the costing should anyone else be as unfortunate as me!

I'll try and get a picture up too!

Well bodyshop won't give me a price till monday, but said the bumper & rear splitter need replacing.

Skoda quoted the following:

Rear Bumper - £95.87 + VAT

Rear Splitter- £141.71 + VAT

Rear Bar (behind bumper if needed)- £42.62 + VAT

Bumper & Splitter will require spraying, so I may save some labour costs by doing the removal and fitting myself. Still looks like £500 is a more likely estimate from the body shop now!