Hi,

My first cousin (in his great and infinite wisdom) managed to (and now get this) damage my wife's CRV with my own Accord (while parking them both one by one inside our garage.)

He leaned with the front of my 05 accord against the plastic rear bumper of CRV (at an angle – behind the rear wheel of CRV). He popped the bumper plastic on the CRV (accord lived) that goes over the top of the rear wheel and into the rear bumper (it is actually all part of one bumper). I popped it back with my fist, but now 4-5 inches of plastic, while it did pop-in, it does not fit snuggly under the metal of rear panel - rather it is at the same level or slightly over the edge of the metal. On the other side plastic is underneath the metal entirely. The only way to notice the difference is to watch from very close or to touch it with hand and feel that it is not a snuggle fit.

My question is - can a body shops repair this and if so how (by heating the bumper)?

I mean the bumper now looks completely normal, its just that plastic does not fit the rear panel (where plastic bumper meets the metal of the rear panel) quite like the other side.

I am concerned that in the winter, because it is not 100% snug fit salt and water can creep in that space between (about nail width wide) and cause corrosion of edge of the metal panel that would normally be better pressed against the plastic of the bumper.

Or should I just let it be?

 

id try to get it fixed if it was my car, its probably something you can fix yourself, no need for a repair shop, they'll charge you alot for something that small.

 

The thing is - I popped the plastic back in and there is visible damage at all. The only thing is, it seems that plastic is somehow "different" so it does not fit as snuggly in. I don't know how to make plastic "sink in" deeper when it already popped in where it suppose to. That is why I mentioned body shop.

or should I try to heat it with a hair dryer?