front bumper...

[jibm]

i really cant belive it, someone has just reversed into my from bumper and put a 2 foot crack in it above the numberplate luckily i wa walking away from having just parked and heard the noise. the guys has admitted its his fault, had a car full of kids and was really sorry. however front bumbers are hard to come by right?

what's even more infiriating is that in only just been painted about 6 weeks ago

i would be grateful for some advice, do insurance companies just try repair them? which i am not happy about, then genuine part is very costly iirc?

thanks for you help

[phat///M3]

If its not that bad then it will be repaired, but you could always talk to your garage and tell them to request a replacement as CF is hard to fix? Just make an excuse that it will now be fragile in that point and thus wont absorb the impact of a future accident, thus being unsafe.

[shimmy]

PM Nords and see what his recent experiences were.

A fix is possible but takes time and car will be off the road whereas replcement can take months.

[TANKSLAPPER]

I waited over 6 months for mine from BMW with out any joy, at a cost of £3,500 just for the part not labour !

I cancelled it in the end found a new one on ebay for £800.00 (like new)

[jibm]

just been quoted £2871.00 (painted) by cooper cobham 15 working days delivery from factory, but they have not stock.

[TANKSLAPPER]

Originally Posted by jibm

just been quoted £2871.00 (painted) by cooper cobham 15 working days delivery from factory, but they have not stock.

Yes I was told the same, next week, next week.............. oh, out of stock,........... next month, & so on..............

They come painted from the factory, all they do is bolt it on. 30 mins later job done.

I bet thats plus VAT

Hope things have changed, this was about 18 months ago

Best of luck

[monkeycsl]

What a pain in the arse i had someone hit my rear diffuser and it took 5 months to get repacement.Worse is my insurance has now gone up on both csl and r32 because some dozy twit cant drive.I have to notify them of a claim for 3 years so on both cars prob cost me a grand.when i questioned the insurance company bout it not being my fault they said as i have been in a accident i am now more likely to be involved in another one so hence the rise.Oh and i was protected no claims what a joke.

[Nords]

Originally Posted by shimmy

PM Nords and see what his recent experiences were.

A fix is possible but takes time and car will be off the road whereas replcement can take months.

Originally Posted by jibm

just been quoted £2871.00 (painted) by cooper cobham 15 working days delivery from factory, but they have not stock.

That sounds about right. I have claimed on insurance after hitting a big badger at 70, and the cost came to £8k and then £2K for the hire car on top as it took 2.5 months. The good thing is that the badger damaged the AC system so that and all the pipes are sparkly new bits (not covered on warranty!)

[AlexGTT]

Speak to Julian/Anthony @ Simpson Motorsport. They can repair carbon and have done loads of CSL bumpers. It'll save $$'s and shouldn't take too long either.

[J13NY S]

Originally Posted by TANKSLAPPER

I waited over 6 months for mine from BMW with out any joy, at a cost of £3,500 just for the part not labour !

I cancelled it in the end found a new one on ebay for £800.00 (like new)

I remember that bumper, is there still a drink in it for me??

As AlexGTT says Simpson’s can repair it, I think the last time I was down Julian said they have a new mould to make bumpers.