I'm just gonna open this thread up by first stating that this is my worst day ever and that I AM indeed an idiot and a noob. Secondly, the evo is my dream car and I have always taken great care of it by babying it like my own child.

Alright, so long story short, I accidentally grazed the bottom of my front bumper on a curb (damn that curb). And the outcome is pretty bad. I'll let the pics do the rest of the talking:









I know, its really bad . I can't drive happy knowing that this monstrosity is on my car. I have decided to sand it and touch it up with some spray paint using this:

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spr...t_matched.aspx

Do you guys have any tips or suggestions?

Thanks, and yeah you guys will probably yell and whatnot, I just want you to know that i'm crying on the inside too

 

Get a lip it will cover it up!

 

Sand and paint then get a lip and be more careful, other than that enjoy the car and don't sweat it

 

Sorry for your misfortune, but I gotta add that if the entire car had a paint job or painted logos that look like that scuff it'd be kind of cool looking. Good luck fixing it man. A lip to cover it up is definitely a good option.

 

That was my first thought. Thats what I'm gonna end up doing as well. Having a lowered EVO in Texas equals disaster. A lip will cover it right up.

But if you can't live with just the cover up, looks like you will have to perform a lot of sanding to get it perfectly smooth. Looks like there are a lot of gouges/deep valleys/pits in the plastic. I would send it to a body shop.

 

yeah get a lip but question for this is is there something you can put on the bottom of a lip so that you can protect it from rubbing??

 

Thanks for the responses. I will def consider a lip after I do some performance upgrades (i'd rather spend that money towards a new exhaust). As for protecting the lip from rubbing, maybe some 3M? *shrug*

 

Just take it to a body shop and have them fix it for you. I doubt it's a tough job. Probably just require some sanding and partial painting on the damaged area.

 

u think urs is bad let me show u my Painfull scratch!

this happened a week after i got the evo

 

It's an Evo, not a Ferrari. Get some red vinyl and put it over it. Problem solved. Then go to the track and not give a crap.

Same with you Nomad, though it does look like an VIII to me and not a IX... VIII front bumper? Your's would be even easier to fix than the OP's with some vinyl, touch up paint, or just covering it up. You can pull the whole lip off and take it to a body shop and have them fix that pretty easily. On the OP's X the front lip part is attached to the whole front bumper, not seperate like it was on the IX and VIII.

I know I'm getting some black vinyl to cover up the screw holes and other mounting holes for the front license plate. Stupid Subaru

 

I hurt a little when I saw those pictures. Anyways, I'd say your best option would be to get a lip and be much more careful with it. Body shop work shouldn't be too costly either. Sanding + painting it yourself probably won't make you happy because it won't be perfect and you'll always know its there, nagging at you, where ever you go, whenever you take pictures...

 

buy a cf lip and cover it. and stop parking so damn close to the curb

 

The lip is the best option, some lips are right underneath it tho, its okay man...try curbing some rims, that's painful.

 

next time do not park nose first (rear bumper clearance is higher than front bumper clearance),

 

most lips available would be able to cover that up for you.

but if you're like me, you'd fix it THEN get a lip to cover it.

since you didn't graze it above the edge there, you can ask a shop to "blend" it for you quite easily - what they do is sand and paint the scratched area to color match, then clears the entire area around it and sand/buff it down. it's the most cost effective method as long as they can match it correctly. since that area is almost under your car, even if the color doesn't match exactly, people will hardly notice.