I just found out that my '95 Mustang (only had it for a few months) had a really poor repair job done on it about a year ago. At the time I bought it, I knew it had been in a slight fender-bender and the impact had been on the front end.
Last week, someone backed into my PARKED car on the driver's side front quarter-panel. In looking at what repairs would be needed, the body shop noticed what a poor job the previous repair had been. So much so that the styrofoam padding in the front bumper assembly had been DUCT TAPED back together and reused.
Needless to say I am a little frustrated that it wasn't fixed correctly, but now what do I do? I don't need an entire new bumper, but can I get JUST the foam padding? Maybe a salvage yard? Can I go back to the place that repaired it 15 months ago and ask them to do it correctly, now that it's changed ownership? Am I just stuck?
1998 SVT Cobra #4941 of 5174 built on June 19,1998
4.30s, Speedcal, WMS CAI, Pro 5.0 shifter, Sniper Tuner, March pulleys, Mac O/R H pipe, Flowmaster orig. 40's, King Cobra clutch, D/S rotors, FRPP 9mm's, Max. Motorsports C/C plates, Termy front control arms, H&R SS springs, MM solid steering rack bushings, Tokico HP struts and shocks, Mac subrames, HID Bi-Xenon 6000k kit, Saleen 18" wheels, Saleen S-281 spoiler, sequential tails
Up Next: Termi diff, 31 spline Axles, LPW girdle, MM LCAs
Not yet, I just found on Saturday. But these shoddy repairs were made before I bought the car.....should I call the former owner's insurance company? Or are you meaning I should call mine?
call yours. you pay insurance so they can fix YOUR car. well, YOUR car has a screwed up bumper. so they gotta fix it. while you are at it, you may want to look into an aftermarket bumper.
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1998 SVT Cobra #4941 of 5174 built on June 19,1998
4.30s, Speedcal, WMS CAI, Pro 5.0 shifter, Sniper Tuner, March pulleys, Mac O/R H pipe, Flowmaster orig. 40's, King Cobra clutch, D/S rotors, FRPP 9mm's, Max. Motorsports C/C plates, Termy front control arms, H&R SS springs, MM solid steering rack bushings, Tokico HP struts and shocks, Mac subrames, HID Bi-Xenon 6000k kit, Saleen 18" wheels, Saleen S-281 spoiler, sequential tails
Up Next: Termi diff, 31 spline Axles, LPW girdle, MM LCAs
Yeah, that's one approach I guess. I just have fabulous insurance (USAA)...the cheapest around, and I would hate to have something like that on my claim record when I pay insurance to cover my driving and others' driving into me....not for a previous owner's shoddy repair.
It looks like I can get a new bumper absorber for about $150 here at a Mustang shop in town...better than it becoming a claim on my insurance.
New front bumper assembly? 
