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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

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YOUR RESEARCHGouged rear bumper 987.2

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bumper cover and not metal

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Reported cause
The Cayman is not a garage queen (daily driver with 47k miles - the paint is very good with very few swirls even) and I am very fortunate it was the bumper cover and not metal.
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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

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Repair because they crack again

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Sometimes if polymer panels are cracked deeply or damaged severely they can't be repaired because they crack again, that was told to me by a phenomenal body shop owner friend.
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Leading evidence: 'bumper cover and not metal' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'bumper cover and not metal' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Repair because they crack again' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Repair because they crack again

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Sometimes if polymer panels are cracked deeply or damaged severely they can't be repaired because they crack again, that was told to me by a phenomenal body shop owner friend.
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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

Repair on this at a body shop

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What do you all think is the possibility of a repair on this at a body shop.
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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

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Repair because they crack again

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Sometimes if polymer panels are cracked deeply or damaged severely they can't be repaired because they crack again, that was told to me by a phenomenal body shop owner friend.
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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

Repair on this at a body shop

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Suggestion
What do you all think is the possibility of a repair on this at a body shop.
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Gouged rear bumper 987.2

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bumper cover and not metal

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Identified cause: 0
Suspected cause: 0
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Reported cause
The Cayman is not a garage queen (daily driver with 47k miles - the paint is very good with very few swirls even) and I am very fortunate it was the bumper cover and not metal.
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POST 1Original post

Hello all: I am in idiot and backed in too sharply into my parking spot and caught the edge of the bumper cover behind the rear wheel on the concrete column. As you can see below it is chewed up along the edge - not smooth scrapes. What do you all think is the possibility of a repair on this at a body shop. The Cayman is not a garage queen (daily driver with 47k miles - the paint is very good with very few swirls even) and I am very fortunate it was the bumper cover and not metal. I guess I am introducing myself in that awkward pose trying to take the photo. Thanks. Patrick

POST 2Original post

Sometimes if polymer panels are cracked deeply or damaged severely they can't be repaired because they crack again, that was told to me by a phenomenal body shop owner friend. However, in this case? A good technician should be able to hit that with some filler, sand it out, spot it and blend it.

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