Did I bend anything?

[FunElan]

I feel like a complete idiot. I was pulling up in the driveway and I hit one of our columns with the right side of my bumper. It looks like it was moved half an inch backwards, and it moves freely up and down upon shaking it, just on the right side. What should I do????

TIA,

Matt

[kbmb02]

What should I do????

Slow down and practice hitting your apexes, THEN you can start racing . . . in the meantime, check the carriage bolts where the bumper brackets attach to the frame rail (presuming it's the front bumper you tagged).

[Guest Anonymous]

My condolences. First move the column, it has a lot of nerve jumping in front of your car. Sounds like your bumper mounting bolts may be dislodged from the bumper bracket, either where they attach to the car or to the bumper, or both. Could be a minor to medium sized fix depending on damage to the bumper, the bracket or frame rail. Good luck.

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Roger

'72 Malaga

[FunElan]

Thanks for the responses (Haha Ken). For clarification, the column is stone and attached to the house, so I can't really move it. There's no way I could've bent the frame rail is there?

[InkaSteve]

I feel like a complete idiot. I was pulling up in the driveway and I hit one of our columns with the right side of my bumper. It looks like it was moved half an inch backwards, and it moves freely up and down upon shaking it, just on the right side. What should I do????

TIA,

Matt

The bumper is designed to pull out of the bolt on the fender (there is a horizontal slot in the bumper tab, and sort of a rubber grommet). You can probably pull the bumper back out the 1/2 inch it was pushed in. The brackets are pretty puny. Then you can reattach the end of the bumper to the fender. Pull it until the holes line up again. Should be good as new.

Someone backed into my bumper once with their bumper hitch. (Girl on Cellphone in SUV). Tweaked and dented the bumper and euro license plate. Took it off and was able to pull and pound it back to almost new.