SuperMario

So I'm on the Turnpike coming back from work on Wed. and there's a huge piece of a truck axle in the middle of 3 lanes, pretty much all over the place; was able to swerve and get out of all that mess.
I'm driving again after work on Thursday and bang!!! a stupid piece of tire in the middle lane, couldn't do anything to avoid it....

Anyway, bumper and grille cracked, hood got damaged too!!! Insurance will cover for it, but now I need your advise to get hopefully a different one from OEM.
If possible please post pics and prices and hopefully links where to find these. I appreciate your help for fixing my baby...

I'll take some pics tomorrow and post for your enjoyment...not mine.

NEED4MAXSPEED

HEY I HAVE AN 05 FRONT OEM GRILL THAT WAS ON MY MAX FOR ONLY ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I CHANGED TO STILLEN , AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED AN AFTERMARKET FRONT BUMBER, THAT I HAVENT INSTALLED YET. BOTH R IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

05 OEM GRILL $50.00 (+SHIP COST)
05 FRONT BUMBER $300 (+SHIP COST) I FIRST HAVE TO GET IT OFF, & INSTALL MY AFTERMARKET . LET ME KNOW robert

larsim

Hey man - why are you YELLING? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

SuperMario

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback.
I'm still deciding on the 07 bumper/grille or maybe the RLM bumper, depending on the answer from another thread.

If I have to stick with the 04 bumper, then I'll let the insurance get a new one and get the S4.1 grille, I've liked that one for a while.

I know I promised some pictures, so I'll try tomorrow, may be posted late though. I also noticed some scratches; when the tire tread was going underneath my car it hit the door on the side and touched one of the mud guards, they'll have to fix that too. I'll ask the repair shop to check any damage under the car. I looked and didn't see anything major, hopefully nothing serious, but they'll be able to check better. There's also this rattling noise, sounds like a small chirping bird coming from the front of the car, it may be the bumper or a piece behind it touching the chassis.

ramberg

iTrader: (29)

I feel for you. That happened to me last year when I was driving down to Florida.

brio_max

iTrader: (9)

I would go with that set! Just a thought

SuperMario

I had the estimate done, my insurance will pay so far about $1,500, the hood won't have to be changed, but will be repaired. They wanted me to fix it at one of their places, but I'm going with a repair shop that does really good work.

I went today to get their estimate and to get the '07 bumper & grille I don't have to put a lot of extra money which is a great thing.

I hope you can answer a question though:
Will it fit straight into my '04 or does it need any different pieces or something like that? Please let me know, I want the '07 pretty bad.

Also, PICS coming soon, a little late, but almost here.

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

the bumper and grille will fit however you will need to modify the hood slightly to match the contour lines.. just finished doing that swap on a local members car. looks great.

SuperMario

Bumper & Grille cracks


The tire flipped right onto the hood...yes it was a big tire!
See the pic just below this one, see how far it went




This is the right rear bumper, see the mud guard slightly scratched on the edge; the tire 'exited' my car through here!!!

SuperMario

How difficult is that hood mod? What do you have to do specifically?

larsim

Ouch!! That definetely must've been a big a$$ tire!!

larsim

Search around. I know there was a guy who did it. I think his name was Presence or something......

SuperMario

I have searched, but haven't been able to find any thread specifically about this issue. Is Presence still a member?

KCMAXX

iTrader: (22)

There are grilles, bumpers, etc. on Craigslist.

I saw an 04 bumper that was silver already for around $200.

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

There you go
http://www.6thgenmaxima.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3742

SuperMario

Whoa, quite a bit of fixing, but will have to do. It should look sweet on a silver Max. Will post pics when done

Luong

I recently got into a mild accident so I will have to replace my bumper as well (06 Max) how much is a stock replacement bumper?? ballpark figure that is. I feel your pain SuperMario btw. I was just telling a couple of my friends who helped me bolt the bumper back onto the fender and cover up the hole in the bumper about switching over to an 07 grill and bumper. Hope you get it fixed up soon.

SuperMario

My insurance was using after market parts for the estimate, I think it's like $147 for the '04, but my shop quoted somehow above that for the '07, I don't know exactly how much. Tomorrow I'll finalize the 'deal' with the shop to find out the total cost. I'll keep you posted

NISMOMAX002

does anyone have an 04 silver rear bumper and left tail light for sale?

SuperMario

You sound like you got into a little fender incident yourself.
I would try eBay for those, I've seen plenty of tail lights in there. I don't know about rear bumpers, but I've seen front ones in there. Sometimes they are in the color you need.

BTW, silver rules

SuperMario

BTW, just a quick update since I'm at it; my Maxi is going into the shop tomorrow morning ready for the '07 front

The 'boss' said I'll have it back by the end of the week, I'm all excited, I'll post pics when done

Hilbe

iTrader: (3)

Did you just get the 07 grill, bumper, and hood?

larsim

Nice!!! Post up pics when done!!!!

SuperMario

Nope, have to go the cheap route, only replacing new bumper & grille.

If I'd get the new hood, would have to buy new front lights & I believe new fenders also (don't quote me on the fenders), a more expensive solution. In other words, my wife would kill me

See message #15 and go to that link, my repair shop is willing to do a similar solution and guarantees the work while I own the car. He's very professional, I've seen his work on 2 different cars from a friend of mine, so I have no problem trusting the work.