[alienz]

Hey Guys,

would like some help here.. could any of you help to verify if you have a noticeable gap at the area between the rear bumper and taillight? You would need to open up the boot.

Long story short, I was rear ended at fairly low speed in a congested traffic because the guy behind wasnt paying attention that traffic has stopped completely.. the accident was definitely avoidable in my opinion. Anyway, there are dents and scratches to the bumper and diffuser and on first glance a respray and bodywork would fix it. I had a chance to inspect more on the damages after reaching home, and I noticed that my rear bumper had misaligned especially on the right rear.

I would avoid a bumper replacement if possible usually but more than 10years ago I reversed my first car against a grille and after repair, the alignment never got back to the original condition and always had a 2-5mm gap along the bumper to the main body. Thats my worst fear with my current situation
My car is barely 16months and lightly used also due to the pandemic. How I wish i could avoid the accident completely.

Sharing some pics on the bumper gap. Is it factory quality or its caused by the accident?

Thanks in advance everyone

[jd_perspective]

doesn't look consistent with factory quality. my first thought before reading your text was "they got a love tap from behind" then I read your text. who knows really. good luck.

[Encanto]

How anybody in here will know whether this bumper was misaligned from factory or by the rear end bump???

Take it to a body shop and let them fix it.

[Seaford]

The painted bit fo the ‘bumper’ is pretty much cosmetic and not part of the shock absorbing system. I wouldn’t be at all surprised is it has popped out of place if it has been subject to a light ‘kiss’…..only held on by plastic clips.

[alienz]

Originally Posted by Encanto

How anybody in here will know whether this bumper was misaligned from factory or by the rear end bump???

Take it to a body shop and let them fix it.

My bad, i should rephrase

Does my bumper look misaligned?

[alienz]

Originally Posted by jd_perspective

doesn't look consistent with factory quality. my first thought before reading your text was "they got a love tap from behind" then I read your text. who knows really. good luck.

Thanks, i was hoping someone with a G20 could just snap a picture and compare. Problem is I couldnt take the bumper off to check on the clips until an 'accident surveyor' is on site to inspect.

Just my luck to get into this

[alienz]

Originally Posted by Andybird

The painted bit fo the ‘bumper’ is pretty much cosmetic and not part of the shock absorbing system. I wouldn’t be at all surprised is it has popped out of place if it has been subject to a light ‘kiss’…..only held on by plastic clips.

Hopefully it can be solved by replacing the clips. Thanks for all the replies

[Encanto]

Originally Posted by alienz

My bad, i should rephrase

Does my bumper look misaligned?

Yes, the rear end hit broke the bumper supporting clips. Now the bumper is crooked.

Remove bumper, replace broken clips, realign bumper.

[alienz]

Originally Posted by Encanto

Yes, the rear end hit broke the bumper supporting clips. Now the bumper is crooked.

Remove bumper, replace broken clips, realign bumper.

Thanks Encanto , appreciated