Blikkem

Hey everyone,
My insurance company put some 3rd party bumper on my car. The thing cracked when I scraped it on a snow bank when it was really cold out. I want to bite the bullet and pay for a Honda bumper it seems to be made from a better material. My question is if the Honda bumper will be that much better then the 3rd party?

Waddya think?

decibel_dj

sounds like the 3rd party bumper was fiberglass or really cheap ureathane which would explain why it cracked. the stock bumpers are ureathane. u have 2 choices either go to the dealer and get the factory bumper (hopefully its in stock and in ur color) or go to the junk yard and get one (but then u might have to paint it)

Blikkem

I found one on ebay pretty cheap. The dealer wants $227.
The guy on e-bar replaced his (probably a mod) and now has his original
bumper for sale. He says it's primer black so I can paint it.

Thanks. No more cheap urethane for me.

decibel_dj

i have a funny feeling the bumper u had was fiberglass cuz ureathane (even the cheap stuff) is hard to break. i hit a speed bump (wasnt paying attention) at 40mph and landed hard on my ureathane lip and i only cracked the paint. the lip was fine

Blikkem

I don't know. It looked like urethane, just a thin bumper and it was about 15 degrees out so it was probably brittle from that as well. I know my original bumper was never this easy to crack. I hit a high curb and all it did was scratch the paint. With this thing I hit a hard snowbank while parking 5 mph at the most and the thing had a hole in it. Not just a crack but a hole. I'm trying to get my insurance company to at least paint and install it for me.

crappy, crappy, crappy.