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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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About a month ago, I was parallel parked on a city street. The car parked in front of me started to back up, and I could see it was coming straight at my car. I honked the horn (because I was still in the car), but the car did not react and hit my front bumper. I got out of the car, looked at the bumper, and saw no damage, not even a scratch. No indicator lights came on either. Is there any possible way that I could have internal damage or damage to the steering column or front axle? Thanks.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Unlikely, that's why the factory uses Urethane front and rear fascias-can't understand people replacing their front/rear fascia with FIBERGLASS ones????
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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Theres a styrofoam form and rubber absorber under the bumper cover. They may have deformed that styroform a little but nothing to worry about
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You're lucky. My son in law backed his '08 into a guy's truck after we all yelled at him to stop, and we couldn't see a mark. The next day in the light there was a wrinkle in the area where the rear fascia meets the fender panel, but it could have been worse. If it was sheet metal, it'd cost some coin.
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