So I hit a piece of tire that came spewing out from under a SUV on my way this morning to Mountain High Ski Resort on the 15North at 6:30 AM. I thought I did some quick maneuvering to dodge the tire piece... but unfortunately I fell victim the the assaulting piece of rubber.

The damage... devastating.

My foglight housing is holding on by like 2 screws (I think). Good thing is that I was going to take off my bumper anyways today to install an ETS Intercooler and RRE Stealth intercooler Piping.

Anyone know what potential clips/screws/thingys I broke that I may need to order from .

 

Another Pic....

 

Here are the parts that make up that part. Seems like there is only 1 type of clip then, a speed nut and a screw. I couldnt tell you how many of each, but Im sure you can figure that out by looking at it.

Clip - MN173431
Speed Nut - MU432003
Screw - MS450156
Bracket - 8321A137

 

I ate a piece of truck tire coming out from the back of a SUV as well a few months ago. It hit the front mesh grill and I just went to a hardware store and got some washers and screws to do a quick fix. I upgraded my IC pipes at the same time too . The piece of tire was literally bouncing towards me and it was either speed up so it hits the grill or slow down where it will hit my hood/front windshield since there was traffic all around on the highway .

 

hopefully it did not tear the mounts on the bumper, the whole foglight surround is screwed to the bumper. good luck

 

That sucks... It would be my excuse to delete the fogs though, I was never a big fan of them.

 

I took apart my bumper and looked at it... the entire fog light setup got detached from the bumper (broken literally). So I used my brain and melted the plastics back together to literally fix the foglight. Then I just buffed out the tire damage and its as good as new =).

While doing it though, I also upgraded my Intercooler and Piping.

Total Time: 3.5 hours

ME: One happy Camper

 

Lets see some pics of the good work

 

i have a whole unit/fog light+ assembly/ in the box never saw even rain
if you interested PM me. It was on the car less then 2 months in the summer.
My seller history next to my name.
rob

 

Thanks but no thanks... it actually wouldn't help if I bought it because the attachment points to the bumper itself was ripped out. However, luckily I was able to fix it. I'll post pictures later today.

 

ouch, i actually hit a tire too, straight on in the middle cause i couldnt dodge it due to cars on my side. good thing my car is black, but u can see the scratches it made on the plastic now.