Hit & Run - Replace Bumper - Advice Needed

Unlikely you’d smell a Freon leak. If the A/C still cools, it probably didn’t break the seals.

 

A body shop will tell you that the real bumper, the one under the plastic cover, could be damaged and no longer protecting you as it should, especially that could be true if the telescopic mount thingy got pushed it and didn't come back out all the way. That would also guarantee that your new bumper cover would sit crooked. Is that a jagged hole in the bumper cover, or is it just black paint that can be buffed out? You might want to give a thought to popping the bumper cover back into shape, getting some touch-up paint so you can hold the insurance money for a rainy day. If this happened at Whole Foods instead of Safeway, I'd just say let the insurance company make everything right.

 

just put some duck tape on it like i did

 

The bumper isn’t that hard to remove .

Salvage yards in your area would have them and probably be close for the paint match.

Or you could do what I did and put the old school black bra on the front and no one will know the difference .

 

I personally dont let the ORIGINAL bumper go as the replacement bumper wont hold as good as the original in quality and painting. The replacement bumper color is going to break over time as its a paint on fiber plastic. If you can fix it (may be a heat gun would remove the dents and a slight and well crafted paint patch would fix the actual broken part.), try to stick around with the current bumper. Worst case, go for replacement.