Lude is Out of Commision for a bit - Honda Prelude Forum

red92si · 03-22-2002, 02:29 PM

Well, I was coming back to Studio City today from Long Beach. I was getting off of the freeway and creeping along at like 1mph, when the huge GMC Denali in front of me stopped and I guess I wasnt paying attention, and the passenger side of my bumber went right into the overly huge trailer hitch

. I guess I am going to have to get a whole new front bumper. The best thing is the girl who gets out of the car was like 20 something. I was thinking, why do you need to be driving such a huge SUV with this trailer hitch.

Im really mad at myself right now. I will be taking it in to my bodyshop tomorrow morning. Hopefully have it out of there by wednesday. Does anyone in here know how much a new front bumber cover costs?

Wish me luck that I dont get raped for money.

red92s · 03-22-2002, 02:34 PM

you can get a new front bumper cover off Ebay for fairly cheap. . .it's the paint that is going to make it expensive.

red92s · 03-22-2002, 02:36 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...957528&r=0&t=0

$85 plus shipping. . .thats a pretty good deal

red92si · 03-22-2002, 02:39 PM

$85 is a good deal. I just want it fixed as soon as possible. My bodyshop guy can probably turn this around in 48 hours. If I bought it off ebay, I would have to send the guy the money, then he would have to ship it me from Illinois. I wouldnt get it fixed for quite some time if I bought it over ebay. Thanks for the help though.

red92si · 03-23-2002, 01:17 AM

Well, I got my estimate to fix the damage to my Lude. Total is $1063. Im very sad

. Well at least I can get them to fill the holes in the new bumper cover so I dont have that "H" on the front anymore. So thats a good point. Plus, when I bought the car the front bumper cover was not on perfect, like it had been in an accident before. So now it will be 100% perfect. Now I just have to learn to leave a 1 mile cushion in front of me at all times while driving, I guess that is the only way to keep from getting into another accident.

My Lude will go into the shop tomorrow, and I will get her back on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

red92si · 03-23-2002, 11:34 PM

Good news... my bodyshop guy is going to fill in the two small holes that hold the front "H" symbol on. Now I will have a clean front. It makes me feel better after handing over $1000.