F430 rear bumper seriously damaged arrggghh!

Arrggghh!

I feel for you Stef!

I'd say the bumper itself will be easily repaired by someone familiar with working with those materials.

I'm not so sure about the "extractor" but suspect it too can probably be repaired but you may need several layers of material built up behind in order to give it structural rigidity.

I look forward to seeing how your repairs turn out. Best of luck.

 

Stef,

I'll bet a body shop can fix that fiberglass just fine... if it were me I'd have them repair it (from what I see). I'm sure the other guys can chime in here...

 

Stef- All easily repairable. The bumper is plastic composite of some sort, as is the extractor, and repairs at a good shop should be indistinguishable from new. Both my front and rear bumpers have been repainted and will need it again in a couple of years.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

Boy,i can feel your pain!!!! Hate to see this...I never did this with my F cars, but a had a one year old 993 cab that I was backing out of the garage to wash with the drivers door open!!! bent the door, the lock, ruined the paint with a dented scratch!!! Talk about stupid...i never did that again....the good news is this is all easily repairable at a good shop...should be good as new..think of it as a lesson learned and if its the worst thing that happens to your car, then its not too bad....SS

 

Stef,

Very sorry to hear, and I empathize, but these things happen to those of us who drive our cars - so you are in good company. I had a slight stress crack in the rear bumper and some scrapping to the rear diffuser, which was repaired and resprayed by a reputable shop here, and both look terrific with a very modest invoice.

Have the shop cut polish your car at the same time, and your first drive after you pick up your car will have you feel great about your car and help you to forget the whole incident.

CG

 

Completely fixable!

And, when it's done, you'll be happier than ever!

Keep us informed. Sorry to hear about it though... but, it will be beautiful again before you know it.

 

They will need to remove them, but all of those are definately repairable, in my opinion....

Sorry that happened.
I REALLY dislike enclosed garages!

I look all 12 ways before moving around in them....

Hope it's all good again soon!!

 

The sinking feeling will go away the faster you get in to the shop.

Mike

 

Stefvan,

Its not that bad. I have done worse, so no worries.

I would not say its an easy fix, because you would need to resurface and paint the whole bumper and panel that is scratched, but it would not cost much.

If you need a new part, you can get parts from a "f430 kit car", they are built to exact specs and the material is the same. It is just MUCH cheaper because it does not come from Ferrari.


That guy with the CS Modena on here "chris" had a big hole in his extractor, and did a perfect job repairing it by himself.

Send him a PM, I am sure he can give you the answers you exactly need

 

yep, enclosed garages are a pain! I've done the same exact thing with my car, stone cold sober.

 

As others have pointed out, it is nothing too serious to fret about.

I once reversed in a friend's driveway not seeing his kids bike laying down behind me. It took a chunk of the extractor out and damaged the rear bumper a bit.

I took it to a competent and reputable shop and both were repaired as new. Both are made from composite plastics and easy to fill in, then you sand down the old paint, re-prime and paint.

The extractor is even easier as there is nothing that it needs to "match" whereas the bumper needs to be professionally painted so as to avoid any difference in tone between the bumper and grill/rear quarters.

 

may be a good time to upgrade for the scuderia look.

 

It is repairable as stated; but it may well be cheaper to use 2nd hand salvage diffuser and bumper. There are heaps available, they are bolt on and cheap.

 

Hey man, sorry about your mishap. I vicariously learned the lesson of always checking your surroundings before backing up. But the better lesson learned here is to order your next car with parking sensors (or backup camera) < he he>.

Both bumper and diffuser can be repaired by somebody who knows what he's doing. But the difusser will be trickier. Here's what I'd do in your place: remove both bumper and diffuser, take them to a reputable bodyshop in a truck's bed, and ask HOW they'd fix them, and what kind of guarantee they'd give you against the repair showing over time. I'd also ask if difusser will have its previous structural integrity; if not, I'd buy a new one (or an unbroken used one and just paint it). It's critical the same kind of material is used for the repair so it doesn't expand and contract at different rates, which is what makes a repair visible over time (we're talking thousandths of an inch, but that's enough to make a repair visible). The homework you have to do is find out exactly what material both parts are made of (fiberglass, FRP, etc), and make sure bodyshop has worked with them before, plus they can guarantee their work for at least 5 years. And best of all, your car will be safely parked at home while the repairs are done; that'd be my main worry. Good luck, and please keep us posted.

 

No sensors on the back Stef?
Even if they were there, it might not have picked it up anyway.
Bad luck there....you don't deserve it.
Rob.

 

I HAVE A NEW REAR DIFFUSER IF YOU NEED IT. MY EMAIL [email protected]

 

It sucks man!

 

a half way decent body man will fix that and paint for less than $1,000.

 

Extractor is the easiest part to fix. As you probably already know. Just check so they will fix some sort of reinforcement at the backside or it will sooner or later crack again.
Reinforcement type - Al tube and epoxi. And let it all hardeneing for a couple of days before they start with the surface.
Maybee it is time to change colour on the extractor?

//A

 

800 ECY.


http://cgi.ebay.de/FERRARI-F430-DIFFUSOR-STOSSSTANGE-430-REARE-BUMPER-/400188944075?pt=Autoteile_Zubeh%C3%B6r&hash=item5d2d1eaecb


//Anders

 

May be a stupid suggestion, I actually installed a wireless reverse camera via 2.4GHZ, just hook up the reverse light, and a iPhone size monitor stick to windscreen. ( for my normal daily car) Then you can see what's going on at the back. Total price may be USD200. So a huge saving compare to this very bad luck situation.

Good luck buddy, may be its good time for the scud tail upgrade.

Try yahoo.co.jp for parts they are sometimes better buy than e-bay.

I will post some link fir you later.

 

May be rear carbon upgrade

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r72228475

Just a wild thought.