Dimples on rear Bumper - Vantage Roadster

[blackice1]

The are brackets behind those dimples , and yeah genrally after a slight impact , the bumper gets pressed against these brackets.

I have know of the brackets being rounded off to help this, so that the isnt that connection , and the bumper sinks back down .

A bodyshop could do this pretty easy .

[Gio1210]

BingoBob said:

@Gio1210: the 7 that you saw had exactly the same dimples?

On the same height, but some closer some further from each other!

[BingoBob]

Aston approved bodyshop reckons this is not impact damage but manufacturing defect. They have put a warranty claim into AM. We shall see what they come back with.

[Steve jm]

Still looks like impact damage to me, but keep us posted...

[BingoBob]

Will do!

[BingoBob]

Concensus from the experts is that the issue was the incorrect mounting of the bumper at the factory leaving it too close to the supports underneath. Heat from the exhaust caused the bumper to go soft and mark it.

AM fixed it under guarantee. It was done by repositioning the bumper correctly then using a heatgun to let the bumper find its initial position. Job's a good'un and no paint required. Yay!

Hats off to Gaydon customer service.

[mrs triple s]

It doesn’t matter what you do it will come back my husband has the same problem he’s got the bumper off it’s the number plate light holder pulling the bumper out of shape it’s stuck on with silicone cut it off and the dimples will disappear just leave bumper out in The Sun for a couple of days ps do not stick holder back on

[oilit]

Wow thats an impressive thread revival

[BingoBob]

Well, it's been 10 years and they haven't come back!

[oilit]

That is equally impressive!

[BingoBob]

I do like a good zombie thread.

[mrs triple s]

Balls just spent 4 hours at Aston Martin thay just cut the number plate light holder off a v8 vantage and the dimples got 80 percent better then 5 minutes with heat gun now good as new

[mrs triple s]

And there are no brackets behind the dimples that fit on the bumper

Edited by mrs triple s on Friday 13th May 16:15

[BlackV8]

mrs triple s said:

It doesn’t matter what you do it will come back my husband has the same problem he’s got the bumper off it’s the number plate light holder pulling the bumper out of shape it’s stuck on with silicone cut it off and the dimples will disappear just leave bumper out in The Sun for a couple of days ps do not stick holder back on

Would you be so kind and explain/show which part you had cut off ? just curious how the number plate lights hold if you cut something in this area off. Thank you !

[mrs triple s]

The number plate light holder is stuck to the bumper pulling the bumper out of shape you can fix number plate holder with a small bolt hope this helps

Edited by mrs triple s on Saturday 14th May 12:55

[BlackV8]

Thank you …

[mrs triple s]

It’s a right job getting bumper off but the end result is perfect