Damaged the Front bumper and need help

Zoom On · 06-01-2007, 01:30 AM

Ok took out a small tree, a curb and 3 rims, front bumper and other little odds and ends under the car I am sure. What I need now is a new front bumper. So I am going to go with the Lorinser DTM front bumper/spoiler. Where would be a good place to buy from?

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Zoom On · 06-01-2007, 02:13 AM

Is the Carlsson RS still being made for the w208? I like that one too.

cicbenz · 06-01-2007, 08:18 AM

Damn, what happened?
Are you ok?

Stiggs · 06-01-2007, 09:29 AM

We need pics!

Zoom On · 06-01-2007, 10:40 AM

well technically it was stupidity. Going a wee fast with another car and came to a corner (long sweeper) and hit a small bump/manhole cover, pitched the back end enough to break loose. Did some high speed rear end swap, but by the time I had in controll I was pointed 30ish degrees towards the curb. Passengers front took a direct hit and totally took it out. Rear bent did not blow and the inside back driver slapped against the curb. As I was up on the curb I hit almost dead star a 3" tree snapped off bumper height. Tree landed in the back seat. Funny thing is I am an arborist and never have use a car to trim or remove a tree in the past and would not recommend it! Body damage was limited to a damaged bumper small dent in hood under star and 3 rims toast. I am taking it into an alignment shop to check under. I will get some pictures up later. Anyone got a bumper? lol my first thought well not first was well now I have a reason to get that Lorinser.

RDD · 06-07-2007, 11:06 PM

Hey, I saw your car at Tru-Line today. Sorry about that front bumper. Let me know where you get your new one and how much it costs. I've been considering getting a new one for a while (maybe a Brabus one) but I have a number of gadgets attached to my current front bumper (radar/laser jammer pods) and I want to see if it's worthwhile to make the swap. Nothing wrong with my current bumper except that a couple of the crossmembers are broken (whose isn't) but the middle piece is still in there.

Zoom On · 06-07-2007, 11:50 PM

So what were you doing down there too? Yeah I figure I would take it to the best, man is he good. Anyway I am having him do the repairs under, put on the H&R springs, Kmac front and rear too. The bumper is going to be Lorinser from CarNutz and I think BelRed auto rebuild will do the fit and painting.

RDD · 06-08-2007, 01:11 AM

He did an alignment on my car 4000 miles ago and I was going in to make sure the tires were wearing properly.

I had an alignment shop done by another place last year and even though they told me that the "pulling" of the car was normal I had my doubts (a couple of other places told me that a little tramlining was normal too). A year after I had that alignment done the outside edges of my front tires were completely bald. I think Byron told me they pointed the front tires inward too much (snowplowing effect).

Zoom On · 06-08-2007, 01:41 AM

Yeah the guy really knows his stuff, very detailed. I am very happy I took it there. So were you just getting a follow up on the alignment? Did he charge for that.

RDD · 06-08-2007, 02:22 AM

Follow up alignment. No charge. Takes him 2 minutes.

Maybe I'll see you there next time.

Zoom On · 06-08-2007, 09:15 PM

So did you pass muster? Yeah we will have to hook up sometime and compare stories. What city is your practice in?

RDD · 06-09-2007, 06:30 PM

Yeah, my tires were wearing well after 4k miles.
I'm an associate for a practice up in Smokey Point (37 miles one way hence the laser jammer).

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Zoom On · 06-09-2007, 07:41 PM

I put one on my hybrid and was getting ready to put one on the 55 before I trimmed that tree with my bumper. What on did you use? I have the M20 for both. Chaps me though before I bought them I was getting
zapped all the time, since then I have not seen a single radar gun to see if it works.

RDD · 06-09-2007, 07:50 PM

M20 as well. I just had it installed and have not seen it in action yet. Maybe I'll put one on the A4 if it proves itself useful on the CLK. $399 installed was what I got quoted originally but the day I went in there to have it installed another guy (the owner) told me it would be $550 installed b/c they had to pull my front bumper. I agreed. It took them 5 hours to put in though b/c I have a few other aftermarket goodies in that bumper. The A4 is a lease though so I'm wondering how hard it is to transfer to another car down the road.

Zoom On · 06-09-2007, 10:34 PM

I did mine myself, bought the unit out of PDX for 289 and think it took about an hour or so. But I did a fairly custom install for the light and switch so it looks good. I was holding off on the benz waiting to figure out how to go through the firewall and I did get a response on here that gave me a good local, but I have had issues since then.

ProjectC55 · 06-09-2007, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoom On

Ok took out a small tree, a curb and 3 rims, front bumper and other little odds and ends under the car I am sure. What I need now is a new front bumper. So I am going to go with the Lorinser DTM front bumper/spoiler. Where would be a good place to buy from?

Talk to Blackbenzz.

Zoom On · 06-10-2007, 02:46 AM

Thanks 55 but I got it ordered local, should be here first of next week. Not really how I wanted to go about justifying it but.. hey it will be on.

06-01-2007, 02:13 AM	#2
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	Is the Carlsson RS still being made for the w208? I like that one too. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-01-2007, 09:29 AM	#4
Stiggs MBWorld Fanatic! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 7,188 Drives: 2003 CLK55	We need pics! __________________ 1999 CLK430 Black/Black(Gone) 1999 ML430 Black Opal 2003 CLK55 Black/Black

06-01-2007, 10:40 AM	#5
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	well technically it was stupidity. Going a wee fast with another car and came to a corner (long sweeper) and hit a small bump/manhole cover, pitched the back end enough to break loose. Did some high speed rear end swap, but by the time I had in controll I was pointed 30ish degrees towards the curb. Passengers front took a direct hit and totally took it out. Rear bent did not blow and the inside back driver slapped against the curb. As I was up on the curb I hit almost dead star a 3" tree snapped off bumper height. Tree landed in the back seat. Funny thing is I am an arborist and never have use a car to trim or remove a tree in the past and would not recommend it! Body damage was limited to a damaged bumper small dent in hood under star and 3 rims toast. I am taking it into an alignment shop to check under. I will get some pictures up later. Anyone got a bumper? lol my first thought well not first was well now I have a reason to get that Lorinser. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-07-2007, 11:50 PM	#7
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	So what were you doing down there too? Yeah I figure I would take it to the best, man is he good. Anyway I am having him do the repairs under, put on the H&R springs, Kmac front and rear too. The bumper is going to be Lorinser from CarNutz and I think BelRed auto rebuild will do the fit and painting. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-08-2007, 01:41 AM	#9
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	Yeah the guy really knows his stuff, very detailed. I am very happy I took it there. So were you just getting a follow up on the alignment? Did he charge for that. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-01-2007, 08:18 AM	#3
cicbenz Super Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 559 Drives: 1973 Yugo	Damn, what happened? Are you ok?

06-07-2007, 11:06 PM	#6
RDD Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 132 Drives: 07 A4, 05 A6	Hey, I saw your car at Tru-Line today. Sorry about that front bumper. Let me know where you get your new one and how much it costs. I've been considering getting a new one for a while (maybe a Brabus one) but I have a number of gadgets attached to my current front bumper (radar/laser jammer pods) and I want to see if it's worthwhile to make the swap. Nothing wrong with my current bumper except that a couple of the crossmembers are broken (whose isn't) but the middle piece is still in there.

06-08-2007, 01:11 AM	#8
RDD Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 132 Drives: 07 A4, 05 A6	He did an alignment on my car 4000 miles ago and I was going in to make sure the tires were wearing properly. I had an alignment shop done by another place last year and even though they told me that the "pulling" of the car was normal I had my doubts (a couple of other places told me that a little tramlining was normal too). A year after I had that alignment done the outside edges of my front tires were completely bald. I think Byron told me they pointed the front tires inward too much (snowplowing effect).

06-08-2007, 02:22 AM	#10
RDD Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 132 Drives: 07 A4, 05 A6	Follow up alignment. No charge. Takes him 2 minutes. Maybe I'll see you there next time.

06-08-2007, 09:15 PM	#11
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	So did you pass muster? Yeah we will have to hook up sometime and compare stories. What city is your practice in? __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-09-2007, 06:30 PM	#12
RDD Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 132 Drives: 07 A4, 05 A6	Yeah, my tires were wearing well after 4k miles. I'm an associate for a practice up in Smokey Point (37 miles one way hence the laser jammer). .......................................

06-09-2007, 07:41 PM	#13
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	I put one on my hybrid and was getting ready to put one on the 55 before I trimmed that tree with my bumper. What on did you use? I have the M20 for both. Chaps me though before I bought them I was getting zapped all the time, since then I have not seen a single radar gun to see if it works. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-09-2007, 07:50 PM	#14
RDD Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 132 Drives: 07 A4, 05 A6	M20 as well. I just had it installed and have not seen it in action yet. Maybe I'll put one on the A4 if it proves itself useful on the CLK. $399 installed was what I got quoted originally but the day I went in there to have it installed another guy (the owner) told me it would be $550 installed b/c they had to pull my front bumper. I agreed. It took them 5 hours to put in though b/c I have a few other aftermarket goodies in that bumper. The A4 is a lease though so I'm wondering how hard it is to transfer to another car down the road.

06-09-2007, 10:34 PM	#15
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	I did mine myself, bought the unit out of PDX for 289 and think it took about an hour or so. But I did a fairly custom install for the light and switch so it looks good. I was holding off on the benz waiting to figure out how to go through the firewall and I did get a response on here that gave me a good local, but I have had issues since then. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

06-10-2007, 02:46 AM	#17
Zoom On Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sammamish Posts: 280 Drives: '02 CLK55	Thanks 55 but I got it ordered local, should be here first of next week. Not really how I wanted to go about justifying it but.. hey it will be on. __________________ Dr. Jekyll .................&............. Mr.Hyde-brid

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