Dazzagt

Arghhh :-(

Driving back from the inlaws this eve, down from the coast back to London, heavy rain and wind on the motorway so not driving quick (80 mph ish) as the girls were asleep in the car.

Large hard rubber tile or something square blew up in front of me smashing the grill and bumper and smashed number plate completely lost to lower front plastic mesh piece all bar the edges and cracked the lower bumper.

Now need new centre piece and I suppose remove the bumper etc

afaedC63

That sucks, especially when its not your fault. Does insurance over there work the same way as in the states?


Edward

Mort

Wow that sucks for sure. Got any pics? Trying to picture the damage from your description but got a little lost...LOL. You need a new number plate, grill and bumper?

Will you be claiming insurance or is it not that bad or worth it? If you do claim will it be a comprehensive claim or will they ding you with a collision claim? Because the vehicle was in motion I think they might ding us (New Brunswick,Canada) with a collision claim which will affect rates or free claim allowance. Along with deductible that may make the claim a losing proposition.

Dazzagt

I know, well I could claim but depends on the cost to fix v excess need to price up the damage today

Dazzagt

Will get some pics later this afternoon, was dark and wet and windy by the time I got home, and just pissed with the fact I was simply driving home.

New Plate, Grill, bumper is split so not too bad, still all looks a mess

CJM-C63

Same thing happened to me the highway here in Connecticut...I-95 to be exact and its the worst stretch of highway I think in the state...Hit a piece of shredded tire from an 18 wheeler that came up under the car in front of me and smashed the lower grille piece!! Dealer had to take whole bumper off to replace..It was the passenger side which the oil cooler connects to so it was a pain in the *** to fix...Cheap part thank God and I got a hook up at the dealer so charged me next to nothing....Still annoying as hell!!

Case1906

Make sure you check your coolers for possible damage. That might not be apparent.

driftmotion

I have a spare one if you need LOL

GregMVF4

UK roads!

I was on the M2 just before Xmas, heard an almighty CRACK! and a dimple in the windscreen appeared just off the bottom on the passenger side. Didn't come all the way through, but the damage looked (from inside) like someone had stuck the bottom of a coke bottle to the screen.

Guessing it was a lorry wheel nut or similar - had the same thing with the wife's car, but that punched a 30mm diameter hole through the front spoiler - left some grease around the hole.

Luckily no damage to bonnet (given how low it hit, I was expecting it).

Dazzagt

Cheers will do

LOL thanks

Yep exactly !

Dazzagt

Well have new plates on and polished up the front, luckily all bar the spilt down the centre the bumper is OK, collected new mesh from Mercedes Benz Ascot, under £30 for the part, although they wanted £300 to fit it, saying the whole bumper needs to come off, etc. Now I know the bumper needs removing, but seriously ... £300

So either a DIY job, or my not so local (Liverpool) indy said he will do it when he does my service as part of that ( mate so hence the 300 mile journey ) but make sense as saving about £300 on the service and hopefully getting bumper back to its proper self again.

Thanks for the advice guys

olszowa12

£300 for replacing a mesh grille in the bumper... ridiculous.

Dazzagt

Lol Matt, no it was £25 for the mesh part, they wanted £300 to fit the mesh back into the bumper