Sad day for the Boxster, its been punched in the rear...

[concept84]

Heya,

So I walk out to my car the other night and I notice a nice dent punched right into the back bumper near the driver's side taillight. Probably a pick-up backed into it or something.

I'm trying to figure out the best (read: cheapest) way to get this fixed, as the bumper isn't creased in any way. It looks like it could be popped out, I (and any dent removal places) can't seem to figure out how to get behind the dent without removing the rear bumper.

I know I have the option of replacing the bumper and getting it paint-matched, but I plan to repaint the car in spring of next year anyway, so it'd be a waste of money to fix it "correctly" at the current time.

Does anyone have any ideas for me? I live in central NJ if you have a shop or DIY guy in the area that you know. Thanks!

[rick3000]

Sorry to hear about this happening but at least they didn't do any more damage.

The bumper is plastic, and if it hasn't cracked you may be able to fix it yourself so it looks alright. You're probably going to need to remove the bumper, do a search for instructions. Then just try and pop it back into place, like you said. The only tip I know of is to use a hair dryer to heat the plastic, that will help it move back into place more easily.

[Quickurt]

you could try a combination of a suction cup and heat gun.

[chaudanova]

look up and try out a paintless dent removal shop, or PDR tech in your area that can come by to fix it...

[AUDIOGUY]

Plastic has a memory like most molded items. Try to heat the bumper up as suggested and it should be pliable enough to push back out into shape. Worst case, you could probably have the cover removed, repaired and refinished for 400 bucks or so.

Best of luck!

[Kirk]

It's not that big of a deal to remove the rear bumper. All you need are a couple screw drivers... I'd take the rear bumper off, heat the area, and try pushing the dent back out from the inside.

[vipola]

even if it look a big job, removing the bumper is probably simpler than trying to repair it on the car

good luck with your dent..

[pk2]

Getting behind it is really easy with a bar of some sort. I did it with mine and yes it just "pops" out. You may have to remove the plastic under carrage pan thing (mines not on, so I didn')

Regards, PK