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Offline vaheedakhtar

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can someone name this part?
« on: March 03, 2013, 12:12:50 pm »

You may have read about my stupid mishap last week - where I managed to drive my car into my own wall  :rolleye:

Anyways, the car's since been to the garage and the new bumper has been fitted....ish.  The mechanic, who is a good friend of mine, said that because this part (see picture) has been pushed back, slightly, the corner of the bumper won't go on in line. So there's now a quarter inch gap between where the wing and front bumper meet. He did suggest getting it on a Jig - but If I can find the part, I may as well try and get a new one on. The other problem it has caused is the headlight isn't lining up to the correct height. So the passenger side headlight is also slightly pushed back- once secured in place. 

He also wasn't 100% of what the actual name of the part is. He mentioned  either a "bumper backing bar" or "impact bar"

The picture has been taken from the side of the car with the bumper off.

I've tried to find a decent OEM parts diagram on the net, but can't find one which lists these parts of the car.




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Re: can someone name this part?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2013, 12:16:30 pm »
Crash bar.
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Re: can someone name this part?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2013, 12:20:39 pm »

Is that for definite, Alex? 

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Re: can someone name this part?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2013, 12:26:35 pm »
Isn't that the 'fanny magnet'?

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Re: can someone name this part?
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 12:34:36 pm »
Isn't that the 'fanny magnet'?

I wish. hahaha