Wife backed into me...need Magnum bumper fixed..ugh!

[McKinneyMagnum]

Following my lovely wife home last night and we come to a stop light. She is driving the Magnum RT and I am behind her in the Alero. Just sitting there when all of a sudden I see her rolling back so I lay on the horn to no avail...BOOOM. She rolls back into me!! I then layed on the horn 3 more times and she didnt move...just kept sitting there bumper to bumper. Finally she pulls fwd and I see the damage. Nice indention and puncture of the rear bumper right below the license plate holder. :sad:

So, anyone know of a good place here in the Dallas area to get the bumper fixed or replaced?? Inferno Red Magnum.

HELP

[Mr.PEZO]

Nope sorry, How the heck was she rolling back????

[McKinneyMagnum]

She had it in Neutral while waiting for the light and somehow forgot to keep her foot on the brake :( I was pounding my horn to stop her but didnt seem to phase her....ugh!!

[moparmisty]

Still have the wife?

[a2fire2i]

What did the insurance company say about that? Will they still fix it, or are you paying outta pocket??

[Mr.PEZO]

Well that sux , Tell her not to do that again... luckly you were behind her...

[sugar-tj]

that sucks, my ex-wife took my 79 magnum to work one day, and slid into a truck, ( winter) the car wasn't even two months old,
i still have the car, hehehe

[dirtymagnum]

Let her drive the Alero. Should be good for a few extra mods.

[MySRT]

I have a spare Inferno Red rear bumper but I am in NC. Shipping may be high.

[fsvoboda]

With any luck you'll be able to find an Inferno Red rear bumper cover in a salvage yard, and then it's an easy swap. (I hear that those Inferno Red drivers tend to run into things head-on.)

[STAGE 3 R/T]

sorry to hear about the damage! it could have been worse off!

[boggart]

You can get a brand new fascia from MPSC for $240 or less, shipping isn't as bad as I thought it would be, about $30 from NC to KS. Dealer list is $299

Either way it has to be painted.

[cadzilla74]

Yeah, $300 unpainted. You're looking at $500+. Why in neutral, it's a friggin' automatic? Why couldn't she hear the horn? Why couldn't she feel the impact? Dude, you have bigger issues with yer ol' lady than this "accident". Which bar were you following her home from? My wife knows better than to park too close in the garage to my Magnum so I can get the garbage cans out to the curb without touching either car and she wears a 100mg Morphine patch to ease the pain of her cancer surgery. She's loopier every morning than I can hope to get all day at a sports bar!Hope you get yer car fixed up OK. If you have a $500 deductible this one is gonna be your nut all the way.

[PowerWagon896]

Following my lovely wife home last night and we come to a stop light. She is driving the Magnum RT and I am behind her in the Alero. Just sitting there when all of a sudden I see her rolling back so I lay on the horn to no avail...BOOOM. She rolls back into me!! I then layed on the horn 3 more times and she didnt move...just kept sitting there bumper to bumper. Finally she pulls fwd and I see the damage. Nice indention and puncture of the rear bumper right below the license plate holder. :sad:


So, anyone know of a good place here in the Dallas area to get the bumper fixed or replaced?? Inferno Red Magnum.

HELP

I'd say you have a few "treats" coming.

[McKinneyMagnum]

So it sounds like the entire bumper cover can be replaced. Is that the only way to fix it? Also, if I order one it will need to be painted to match I'm guessing.

As to why this happened...not sure. It was a long light so we both put the cars in N to save a bit of fuel at idle. And we live in a very flat part of Texas so I guess she thought it wouldnt roll...she was wrong.

[adaptabl]

As to why this happened...not sure. It was a long light so we both put the cars in N to save a bit of fuel at idle. And we live in a very flat part of Texas so I guess she thought it wouldnt roll...she was wrong.

Sure....That is not going to save fuel. What clown told you this? You would have turn your car off to save any fuel. It saves fuel to turn your car off if it is idling for more than 15 seconds. (we have idle natzis around here handing out info at drive thru's. Still there is no way I will be turning off my car if it idles for more than 15 seconds.

[moparman53]

She had it in Neutral while waiting for the light and somehow forgot to keep her foot on the brake :( I was pounding my horn to stop her but didn't seem to phase her....ugh!!

I'll bet the back of your hand or your foot up her --- would phase her. :blam: Just kidding. :) I'd never condone smacking your old lady around; even if she did deserve it.

[ZMagnum]

My wife won't back into me anymore. :sad:

[Turf]

My wife won't back into me anymore. :sad:

lol :)

get the pre-painted bumper cover from MyRT, it would save a lot of problems with matching the paint.

MyRT, you dont happen to have a front drivers side fender do you?

[MangoInTX]

Sorry to hear about the misfortune McKinneyMagnum. I predict defensive driving in the significant others future... j/k LOL.

I know a stretch-n-dent place in Wiley. Looks like it’s established you need the fascia and paint. If you would like a hand let me know I would enjoy learning how the fascia comes off.

Isn’t there a write up (thread) on removing the front fascia?

[chasb]

Following my lovely wife home last night and we come to a stop light. She is driving the Magnum RT and I am behind her in the Alero. Just sitting there when all of a sudden I see her rolling back so I lay on the horn to no avail...BOOOM. She rolls back into me!! I then layed on the horn 3 more times and she didnt move...just kept sitting there bumper to bumper. Finally she pulls fwd and I see the damage. Nice indention and puncture of the rear bumper right below the license plate holder. :sad:

So, anyone know of a good place here in the Dallas area to get the bumper fixed or replaced?? Inferno Red Magnum.

HELP

SHe has now justified many many dollars of mod money that you can spend as her penance

[MAGNUM8R]

My wife won't back into me anymore. :sad:

Same here, what gives????

[moparman53]

Sorry to hear about the misfortune McKinneyMagnum. I predict defensive driving in the significant others future... j/k LOL.

I know a stretch-n-dent place in Wiley. Looks like it’s established you need the fascia and paint. If you would like a hand let me know I would enjoy learning how the fascia comes off.

Isn’t there a write up (thread) on removing the front fascia?

Ratman had a video of when he installed his cop bars (don't know what else to call them). He had to remove the fascia for that.

[MangoInTX]

Thanks moparman53! I found the vid, it was a bit dark but I got the jest of it.

[McKinneyMagnum]

Thanks MangoInTX...it's our rear bumper that is dinged up :( I am going to take it around to a few places to get some ballpark prices. Do you have contact info for that place in Wylie??

[MangoInTX]

Thanks for not thumping me on the head over which end it was, I forgot you said in the first post you were "behind her in the Alero" :)

The place in Wylie is J&B Auto Body (972) 442-4372
:thumbs_u:

[McKinneyMagnum]

No problem!

Are our bumpers 'fixable' or does it just have to be entirely replaced?

Anyone know??