There's a one inch rip in the bottom passenger side of my front air dam on
my 2004 S430. I got it when I parked facing into the curb. The car was
fine when I parked but the air suspensions must have let out the air while I
was away. When I backed up, the air dam scraped over the curb and resulted
in the tear.
Is this a quick and relatively inexpensive fix? Will I be dinged for this
when I return my car at the end of lease if I leave it alone? It's smaller
than their "credit card size" test, after all.
Thanks in advance,
Ricky
Tiger - 28 Aug 2006 14:59 GMT
Ask the dealer if you will be penalized according to your their lease test.
Otherwise, it can be repaired... if not torn... dealer probably want to
repaint the whole bumper... independent might just paint that section...
Richard Sexton - 28 Aug 2006 16:38 GMT
>There's a one inch rip in the bottom passenger side of my front air dam on
>my 2004 S430. I got it when I parked facing into the curb. The car was
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>when I return my car at the end of lease if I leave it alone? It's smaller
>than their "credit card size" test, after all.
The sleezy fix is to put a bit of fibreglass soaked in resin behind it so
at least it doesn't look too terrible. The proper fix is to replace or
repair it.

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