[Shop-talk] car repair at home (in my Shop)

[John Innis]

Interesting, we had the exact same issue on my wife's Subaru Legacy.  In
her case it was caused by trying to turn too sharply while backing out of
the garage and catching the bumper cover on the side of the garage door
frame.  Can happen any time you are backing out and catch something on that
front bumper cover just ahead of the wheel.  We fixed hers by epoxying a
piece of wire to the broken part of the clip as a reinforcement.  It still
pops out from time to time, so this is maybe not the best method, but it
seems to go for several months at a time before I have to pop it back in.
Not perfect but good enough for a daily.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
wrote:

> The front bumper on my wife's 2016 Lexus recently got damaged. No clue how
> as there are no signs of it getting hit. I was able to reattach this broken
> bit using the original mounting clip but it obviously didn't hold.
>
> Any thoughts on what I can use to try to fix this broken mount point so
> the OEM clip will hold it?
>
> Thanks
> tim
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