"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote in message
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> Elle <honda.lioness@gmail.com> wrote in news:e9dad137-9980-4a03-aeba-
> 5762cb9543e2@32g2000yqj.googlegroups.com:
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>> dan <d...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> snip but all read and found helpful
>>> It is fairly easy to remove the rear bumper to see what's going on under
>>> there.
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>> I checked everything people listed here. The factory shop manual has a
>> single page for directions on how to get the bumper cover and
>> styrofoam absorber apart, and it is dead-on correct in what (easily
>> accessed) screws and bolts to remove. Everything looks good! I am
>> amazed that the styrofoam absorber is not cracked nor does it appear
>> deformed. At most, the bottom 3/8-inch of the styrofoam has small
>> indentations from where gravel from the road accumulated over the
>> years between the styrofoam and bumper cover. Then the gravel got
>> pushed into the styrofoam some, either from this rear-ending or lesser
>> ones over the years. The bumper beam looks fine.
>>
>> I guess the styrofoam, the bumper beam, and the car moving some upon
>> collision took the force (in the vein of Tegger's post). Kudos to
>> Honda engineers or whoever sets standards for bumpers. A little more
>> touchup paint here and there; some Armor All, and I think my Civic
>> will be good to go.
>>
>> Thanks again Jim, Tegger and Dan.
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Yeah, you really have to check them over after a rear-ender. My wife got it
in her 92 Seville. The bumper was shoved forward on one side and some other
damage. I went to the Caddy dealer to pick it up after it was supposededly
fixed. The bumper was replaced and looked fine. I got down on the ground and
looked underneath. There was a small shock absorber on each side that went
to the bumper. The one on the impact side had been damaged and compressed.
Did they replace it? Hell no, just shoved a bunch of shims behind it and
rebolted it. I was pissed, raised hell and got it fixed right. Talk about
shade tree mechanics, at a Caddy Dealership, no less. Really tightened
my Van Allen belt !