Where to start? - Page 2

Tigg · 09-10-2008, 06:28 PM

Hopefully if I see you, it's not under any circumstances like that.

JelloGata · 09-11-2008, 11:59 PM

Hopefully not...

I don't know how much longer I will be working in Laurel. I may start back up at school. In Oct so I may find a part time job in the Towson area, whereI will be going to school, or the White Marsh area.

outlawd · 09-30-2008, 12:30 AM

Well if i see you broke down on the side of the road ill stop to help ya, since i live in essex im right around the corner from white marsh... and my GF works and goes to school in towson.

yellows cougars are not hard to miss... mine is LPG but its the only one ive ever seen with an exhuast

JelloGata · 10-02-2008, 08:48 PM

*Sigh*

Well I have a slight problem..

Unfortunatly I like to wake up EXTREMELY early in the morning to go to the gym and as I was pulling up into the parking spot I pulled my front end over the curb. Sorry to say that it wasn't my first time so I wasnt to worried I just knocked it into reverse and backed up a little bit so I wouldn't be over the curb. I heard the usual nasty scraping noise...

When I left the gym I backed out and when I started to drive forward I heard a loud scraping sound and I felt like I rolled over something.

[tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few]

That's what I heard scraping on the asphalt and when I drove forward I drove over it. I had to back up to get it from under the car. And since I was sp far from my house and I had nothing to tie it up or anything to keep it from scraping I had to tear it off...

Now i am at my bf's shop checking out the damage on the lift and it looks like there is a lot just from bumping up on the curb. My front bumper looks like it wants to come off its kinda shaky and loose...

[tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few]

This is the whole car on the lift you can't really see too much of the damage from the side but you can see the crack on the front lip.

[tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few]

I know this looks REALLY bad but if it makes it any better I didnt do all of the damage. The lip was half way destroyed when I bought the car.. And yeah my fingers are all in the pic...

[tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few]

I don't know if you can see it but the bumper is almost completely seperated. Sorry all I have available to me right now is a camera phone...

So what do I do replace the whole front end?

skater · 10-02-2008, 10:52 PM

If it's the stock bumper cover, you can pick them up for around $300 new (call Bill Jenkins - username TeamFord on here), or if you watch the for sale forums you can occasionally score one for about $100. The former will have to be painted (expect about $300 for that), the latter might have to be painted depending on what color you get.

Sorry to hear about it. I have waaay too much experience damaging bumpers on my Cougar.

Tigg · 10-03-2008, 06:57 PM

Sounds painful.

Check around local junkyards to find a bumper too. But, unfortunately most of the cougars in there have front end damage. Still worth a try though.

frinesi2 · 10-03-2008, 10:31 PM

I'm pretty late to this thread, sorry that my welcome to the forums isn't at a happier time :-\

But like Tigg said, you might be able to find a bumper in a junkyard. I'm not sure that particular yellow color carried through all four years of the cougar, but maybe you could find an 01-02 bumper if you can't find a 99-00. It would bolt up like stock.

skater · 10-04-2008, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frinesi2

...but maybe you could find an 01-02 bumper if you can't find a 99-00. It would bolt up like stock.

I know that the fog lights are different, so she'd need those as well. That's going to quickly get more expensive.

frinesi2 · 10-04-2008, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skater

I know that the fog lights are different, so she'd need those as well. That's going to quickly get more expensive.

True, but fog lights can be lived without for a while if its necessary to get a new bumper. If she doesn't already have fog lights, then its even easier.

Tigg · 10-04-2008, 12:43 PM

Definitely still worth mentioning as an option anyway though.

09-10-2008, 06:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
Tigg Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 2,887 Images: 10	Re: Where to start? Hopefully if I see you, it's not under any circumstances like that. __________________ ~~ Nicky ~~ 2000 Spruce Green v6 mtx ~ Tigg@CougarDB 2004 Twilight Blue 6MT G35 Coupe Tweeter 3-18-77 ~ 7-9-03

09-11-2008, 11:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
JelloGata NECO Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Aberdeen, MD Posts: 19 Images: 3	Re: Where to start? Hopefully not... I don't know how much longer I will be working in Laurel. I may start back up at school. In Oct so I may find a part time job in the Towson area, whereI will be going to school, or the White Marsh area.

09-30-2008, 12:30 AM	#13 (permalink)
outlawd NECO Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Baltimore Posts: 31	Re: Where to start? Well if i see you broke down on the side of the road ill stop to help ya, since i live in essex im right around the corner from white marsh... and my GF works and goes to school in towson. yellows cougars are not hard to miss... mine is LPG but its the only one ive ever seen with an exhuast __________________ 2002 2.5L ATX (WeaponR SRI, MSDS Headers, Magnaflow Duals) "And if you never met me, then you've no right to judge me I've got a good heart but this heart can get ugly"-DMX

10-02-2008, 08:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
JelloGata NECO Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Aberdeen, MD Posts: 19 Images: 3	Re: Where to start? Sigh Well I have a slight problem.. Unfortunatly I like to wake up EXTREMELY early in the morning to go to the gym and as I was pulling up into the parking spot I pulled my front end over the curb. Sorry to say that it wasn't my first time so I wasnt to worried I just knocked it into reverse and backed up a little bit so I wouldn't be over the curb. I heard the usual nasty scraping noise... When I left the gym I backed out and when I started to drive forward I heard a loud scraping sound and I felt like I rolled over something. [tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few] That's what I heard scraping on the asphalt and when I drove forward I drove over it. I had to back up to get it from under the car. And since I was sp far from my house and I had nothing to tie it up or anything to keep it from scraping I had to tear it off... Now i am at my bf's shop checking out the damage on the lift and it looks like there is a lot just from bumping up on the curb. My front bumper looks like it wants to come off its kinda shaky and loose... [tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few] This is the whole car on the lift you can't really see too much of the damage from the side but you can see the crack on the front lip. [tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few] I know this looks REALLY bad but if it makes it any better I didnt do all of the damage. The lip was half way destroyed when I bought the car.. And yeah my fingers are all in the pic... [tried to put a pic here but it didn't work guess this is different from the other forum i was on ill have the pic up in a few] I don't know if you can see it but the bumper is almost completely seperated. Sorry all I have available to me right now is a camera phone... So what do I do replace the whole front end?

10-02-2008, 10:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
skater Capital Curmudgeon Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bowie, MD Posts: 6,850 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Where to start? If it's the stock bumper cover, you can pick them up for around $300 new (call Bill Jenkins - username TeamFord on here), or if you watch the for sale forums you can occasionally score one for about $100. The former will have to be painted (expect about $300 for that), the latter might have to be painted depending on what color you get. Sorry to hear about it. I have waaay too much experience damaging bumpers on my Cougar. __________________ 1999 Cougar, Laser Red, 2.5L V6, MTX / 2004 Impala, Superior Blue, 3.4L V6, ATX / 1991 Airstream B190 7.5L V8

10-03-2008, 06:57 PM	#16 (permalink)
Tigg Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 2,887 Images: 10	Re: Where to start? Sounds painful. Check around local junkyards to find a bumper too. But, unfortunately most of the cougars in there have front end damage. Still worth a try though. __________________ ~~ Nicky ~~ 2000 Spruce Green v6 mtx ~ Tigg@CougarDB 2004 Twilight Blue 6MT G35 Coupe Tweeter 3-18-77 ~ 7-9-03

10-03-2008, 10:31 PM	#17 (permalink)
frinesi2 NECO Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Catonsville, MD Posts: 422 Images: 6	Re: Where to start? I'm pretty late to this thread, sorry that my welcome to the forums isn't at a happier time :-\ But like Tigg said, you might be able to find a bumper in a junkyard. I'm not sure that particular yellow color carried through all four years of the cougar, but maybe you could find an 01-02 bumper if you can't find a 99-00. It would bolt up like stock. __________________ I fix my car all of the time. Nothing else matters, not school, not sleep, not my bank account. But for those ten seconds or less, when everything works right, I'm free.

10-04-2008, 12:43 PM	#20 (permalink)
Tigg Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 2,887 Images: 10	Re: Where to start? Definitely still worth mentioning as an option anyway though. __________________ ~~ Nicky ~~ 2000 Spruce Green v6 mtx ~ Tigg@CougarDB 2004 Twilight Blue 6MT G35 Coupe Tweeter 3-18-77 ~ 7-9-03

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