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1st March 2013, 03:34 PM
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Being a fool part #1
Yeah, day off so went to Swindon for some quotes and information on wheel refurbishment and decided to pop to McDonalds for some really bad food.
Guess who parked with the bumper over the kerb and the kerb was the perfect height to lock under the front lip of the bumper..... ....cue putting the car in reverse and my brain in neutral.  Pulled the bumper off very nicely, well about 6 inches. Pulled lots of the plastic bumper parts off the central metal bar and caused the under tray to fall to the ground. Next step was swearing and zip ties to get me home, then a couple of hours sorting everything out. All back on, no major damage apart from have broken some of the plastic parts on one of the headlight washers. So moral of the story... Never go to Swindon 
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#2
1st March 2013, 03:41 PM
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you might want to check the mounting brackets either side as they tend to break off and a pair of new ones are about £20, otherwise the bumper will flare out by the arch and not be kept in
Oh, and newsflash *There are kerbs like that everywhere not just Swindon* So don't blame Swindon haha I've lived and worked in the area for 20 years and never done that before!  (he said touching wood furiously) 
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#3
1st March 2013, 04:09 PM
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queue backing in to ALL parking spaces near kerbs lol
Ever since owning a Leon Cupra R that you couldn't get your foot under the front splitter I avoid driving straight into spaces with kerbs at all costs
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#4
2nd March 2013, 12:53 PM
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Ahhhhh that's why the side of the bumper pokes out a few mm now by the wheel arch!
I was looking at that yesterday and pushing it to see if it clipped back in. All makes sense now! Now time to fine the plastic doohicky thingy that sits on top of the washer jets and connects it to the coloured bit on the bumper.
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2nd March 2013, 04:15 PM
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2nd March 2013, 04:21 PM
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I did that more than once with my PF S8 and one or both lower grilles popped out each time.
 Luckily I noticed before long that they had gone missing, though on one occasion I had to go back later and find them in the dark under some bushes. Makes me wonder if some enterprising kid could search around the kerbs in car parks for missing bits like they do on some golf courses for lost balls (bushes, ponds etc.) and sell what they find?
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2nd March 2013, 05:37 PM
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#8
2nd March 2013, 06:09 PM
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I also nearly lost a fog light thingy like this, went back to the car park and found it a couple of hours later.
What I really want to know, though, is where is 'being a fool part #2'?
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3rd March 2013, 09:59 AM
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#10
3rd March 2013, 10:37 AM
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Its item 32 on the above diagram Retainer - 4D0807253L for the left one and Retainer - 4D0807254L for the right one Should be about £7.50 each Basically it adjusts in both directions so that you can align the edges of the bumper correctly and there is a small upstand top and bottom that the bumper slides behind (which is what breaks off if the bumper gets pushed back)
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