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Old Mar 14, 2002
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gouge out of my bumper

i went to walmart last night and when i came out i het the alarm and it sounded 3 times which means that my car was tampered with, so i looked around my car and see this big a$$ gouge taken out of my bumper and like 3 little scratches around it the gouge is about 1/4 inch deep maybe a lil less and about the size of quarter, so my question is is there any way to fix this i got some touch up paint and took care of the scratches but that gouge makes me wanna [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG] so let me know is it fixable or am i out a bumper?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]
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i would bring it to a paint shop, they will most likely patch/spray it or tell you if you need a bumper. i'd stay away from touch up paint, especially on a new ride
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gotta get that thing refinished...i've seen it patched up before and the paint will never match...
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sorry to hear about that. Some people are so jacked when it comes to oher peoples stuff.
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Could it be from a shopping cart? Need to park far far away...

Sorry to hear that.

Even more reason why I am considering a 2-3 year old Civic EX so I don't have to go through that first ding trauma!
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i had a nasty dent on my front bumper. it was on the front bumber near the bottom of the passenger's side. i pulled the front clip off heated the plastic bumper with a hair dryer and popped the dent out. then i used touch up paint and a wet sand fine grit sand paper to cover the scratches. this produced great results. you're talking about a gouge missing not a dent right? on this you need to take a trip to your hardware store and get a fiberglass or bondo patch kit. follow the steps for the fiber glassing to hide the hole. then if you're confident enough to use touchup paint, wet sand sand paper and a buffer it should hide it nicely.
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when ever i park my car i try to park in garage or far away as possible from the buiding so no one will put door dings or dents or Fu*ck with my car.
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<< when ever i park my car i try to park in garage or far away as possible from the buiding so no one will put door dings or dents or Fu*ck with my car. >>


Very smart move.
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<< Could it be from a shopping cart? Need to park far far away...

Sorry to hear that.

Even more reason why I am considering a 2-3 year old Civic EX so I don't have to go through that first ding trauma!
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This is very true. Don't park near the front entrance or shopping carts. I saw an old lady push a cart into someone else's car so she didn't have to deal w/ putting back.
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