I had one of those "I am a complete idiot" days. Many times when I parked I did hear a very light scratching noise when coming to the "park stopper" indicating that the stopper was a little higher then my car. Usually no big deal and with another tiny noise one can back out.
But this time it did not work, something got completely stuck and I ripped out the left part of my front bumper when backing out. Getting out of the car it looked like I was just in a major accident ! However I could push all back in and the bumper seems to be 100 % ok. However some of the brackets and holding parts broke and I had to temporary "duct tape" the bumper to the fender.
Going to a "Tesla approved pharmacy body shop" will for sure cost me an arm and a leg. So seeing what kind of work some members on this forum do, it should be easy to fix this myself. (As a background, I just did a complete overhaul of a 23.000 pound wheel loader torque converter and gearbox, so no repair newbie....).
So I guess what I need to do is:
1.) Completely remove the front bumper
2.) Check for damaged part and replace them
3.) Mount the bumper back.
I hope somebody here did this already and can tell me the exact steps, hopefully with also some pictures how this looks unmounted. Also where would I get any parts ? I assume I only need some tiny plastic parts and screws, is that something Tesla would sell ?
Below are some pics, its hard to see the damage, I tried my best
As browsing pics on the Tesla browser is always a paint, I attach thumbnails and the originals can be seen here:
Bumper Damage
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But this time it did not work, something got completely stuck and I ripped out the left part of my front bumper when backing out. Getting out of the car it looked like I was just in a major accident ! However I could push all back in and the bumper seems to be 100 % ok. However some of the brackets and holding parts broke and I had to temporary "duct tape" the bumper to the fender.
Going to a "Tesla approved pharmacy body shop" will for sure cost me an arm and a leg. So seeing what kind of work some members on this forum do, it should be easy to fix this myself. (As a background, I just did a complete overhaul of a 23.000 pound wheel loader torque converter and gearbox, so no repair newbie....).
So I guess what I need to do is:
1.) Completely remove the front bumper
2.) Check for damaged part and replace them
3.) Mount the bumper back.
I hope somebody here did this already and can tell me the exact steps, hopefully with also some pictures how this looks unmounted. Also where would I get any parts ? I assume I only need some tiny plastic parts and screws, is that something Tesla would sell ?
Below are some pics, its hard to see the damage, I tried my best
As browsing pics on the Tesla browser is always a paint, I attach thumbnails and the originals can be seen here:
Bumper Damage
I
