Has anyone scratched up the bottom of their bumper yet driving a sport model? Usually coming out of driveways I scratch the black plastic peice if I go out too fast but today somehow, I got the left side of my bumper on the bottom scratched up. Has this happened to anyone and is it even worth fixing/touching up since it probably will happen again?

 

happens to me all the time, especially now that im lowered on DF's. im planing on getting a new bumper some day. was gonna get the JDP CF Lip but if im scraping...forget about it

 

If nobody can see it, why worry? =) You're just driving yourself nuts like I did ... I scraped the underside of my front bumper the day after I bought the car.... It's gonna happen anytime a car only has 5 inches of frontal ground clearance.

 

Yuppers.....

You're gonna scrape every now and then...don't waste your money, you'll just scrape again. Probably the day after you touch it up

 

i say do it if you want its all up to you. imma do it cuz i got the fundings n the income to do so

 

Yah, not so much on the GE, but I've scraped it a few times. Even though I went out on an angle and did everything right (100% absolutely no fault of mine), some areas are just prone to scratchage.

 

Here, too, and certainly after it was lowered. I have one of those awful V shaped driveway/road transitions, so I have to pull in and out of my driveway at an angle. And with TW, it's highly noticeable if it's bad enough.

I recenyly masked off the chin, cleaned it up and hit it with some white spray paint. I know I'll do it again in the future, so I'm not going to bust my butt trying to make it perfect. That's what I love about white - it's very forgiveable that way.

 

Thanks everyone...I think you are right, its bound to happen again and no one will see it since its under the bumper. I guess its just frustration for me since I just got mine a month ago. Thanks again everyone for your thoughts!

 

I know your pain That first scratch is a bitch...even if it's where you can't even see it.

Even in stock trim I scraped a few times. Now that I'm lowered I definitely take an angle...still forget every now and then. It's unavoidable really. If only the world was really flat. Damn that Christopher Columbus dood!!!

 

I too have to repair mine since today i kinda killed a tire onto a stone curb and scraped my front lip very well. maybe ill just sand it down and spray the bottom black

 

I haven't scraped the Fit's nose yet, but it's just a matter of time before I forget or get a bit careless. It happened all the time with the Neon. There are LOTS of poorly designed intersections and driveways around here.

 

Just buy a mugen front spoiler every time you scrape it. Only $450 a pop.

 

Lol, Yep, right after I lowered it on the Eibachs. I keep a bottle of touch up paint from Honda in my garage.

 

If you haven't ripped off the rubber thing under there entirely yet then you're in pretty good shape.

 

I can't wait to see what will happen in snow/ice slop of winter.

 

I saw a guy in a Jetta yesterday pull backwards off a curb stop in a parking lot. It was evidently too tall for his nose. He had popped some of his bumper clips and it looked like he'd rear-ended someone (bumper hanging off on one side).
When he pulled back a large piece of styrofoam shaped like the inside of his bumper was sitting on the ground.
He didn't see it, or hear the bumper scraping on the ground (which it was) and he just drove away.
I was in my car, waiting for a parking spot, so I couldn't flag him down.

He's going to think someone backed into him and left without leaving a note.

 

Thankfully, the Fit is short, so I have no reason top pull up close to a car stop.

 

Yeah, don't feel pressured to pull up close like the big boys and you will be fine. Besides, when you pull in further it only makes the Fit look that much tinier compared to the other cars...