Another Rear Bumper 156

I've recently had a mild shunt from behind.
The damage *seems* superficial - a small chip & a nice faint imprint of
the offending bumper.
If the inside of the boot looks OK, and the boot still opens & shuts as
it did before, is that all I need to look for? Is there compressable
foam that means the bumper is trashed each time a bump happens, or is a
quick cosmetic patch possible.
TIA
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CGB

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:02:16 +0100, "CGB" >
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>I've recently had a mild shunt from behind.
>The damage *seems* superficial - a small chip & a nice faint imprint of
>the offending bumper.
>If the inside of the boot looks OK, and the boot still opens & shuts as
>it did before, is that all I need to look for? Is there compressable
>foam that means the bumper is trashed each time a bump happens, or is a
>quick cosmetic patch possible.

On my old Lancia Delta, there was a plastic beam inside the bumper
'shell' to perform the job of absorbing a rear impact. If this is
the case with the Alfa (I haven't needed to check mine), then you
should consider examining inside the bumper; it's absorbed an impact
once, but what happens next time, for example, when your children are
sitting in the back?

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