Not a Happy Bunny at the moment!

[steamship]

Just in from a hour and a half finishing of the car. Has to have been the most expensive Chinese takeaway ever! Having spent the last two days trying to get the car ready for the annual meet, I finished around 7pm. Got cleaned up, headed off to fill her up, and then to the local takeaway as was too tired to make anything.

Parked nose into the kerb. Seemed okay when I looked at it whilst waiting on my order, with at least an inch of clearance. You can guess the rest.

When I got home, I discovered that after the last work was done on it, the undertray wasn't replaced. This meant that the bottom of the bumper wasn't secured either, so was hanging lower. Also turns out that the bumper wasn't secured properly at either side. Something to catch the kerb and not a lot of screws in place to hold it there. The broken foglight mounts are the least of my concerns.

[Spanker]

Originally Posted by steamship

Just in from a hour and a half finishing of the car. Has to have been the most expensive Chinese takeaway ever! Having spent the last two days trying to get the car ready for the annual meet, I finished around 7pm. Got cleaned up, headed off to fill her up, and then to the local takeaway as was too tired to make anything.

Parked nose into the kerb. Seemed okay when I looked at it whilst waiting on my order, with at least an inch of clearance. You can guess the rest.

When I got home, I discovered that after the last work was done on it, the undertray wasn't replaced. This meant that the bottom of the bumper wasn't secured either, so was hanging lower. Also turns out that the bumper wasn't secured properly at either side. Something to catch the kerb and not a lot of screws in place to hold it there. The broken foglight mounts are the least of my concerns.

I feel for you Sean
I thought I was the only one to have a last minute disaster.
I was cleaning the inside of my car this evening when I noticed that the passenger floor was wet.
I took the dash side panel off and unhooked the orange connector to find the usual air-con drain culprit. So I unblocked it (the other side can wait) and am in the process of drying everything out - mats and chipboard relay box cover.
And I only just checked to see if everything was dry last week.
I should have been more thorough.
But I'm sure it'll be OK in the morning though.
I hope you can make good for tomorrow

[steamship]

Originally Posted by Spanker

I hope you can make good for tomorrow

I'll be there. Nothing a big roll of black gaffer tape won't fix!

[HPsauce]

Been there, done that. More than once. On BOTH S8's.
As a result I have a fairly comprehensive selection of plastic and metal fasteners for wheel arches, undertray, bumper etc. all in the car. And I'm probably not alone.
Get the Duct Tape out and we'll see what we can do between us.

And if the back edge of the bumper is damaged (likely) bring a small saw that can cut frayed edges off. Stanley blade with various options is what I used.

[MikkiJayne]

Yup, btdt, albeit with the A6. Got hung up on a kerb and had to just drive off with all the horrendous crunching that ensued. At least on an FL D2 you can replace the bottom half of the bumper without having to paint it.

If it makes you feel any better, having worked on my car solidly since Vera's left, I still have the front discs and pads to change before we leave at 10:00 thanks to Euro Car Parts unwavering commitment to utter incompetence. By 4pm yesterday I told them to cancel the week-old order and MPD have promised they will get them by 08:30

Always something last minute

[moltuae]

Same here - done that too. I know just how you feel Sean. Almost ripped my bumper off in exactly the same way once.

I usually reverse up to kerbs now or stop short of over-hanging them.