Cracked Front Grill, Fog Light Fell In...

Hey,

I'm new to the forums. I drive a 2008 Mazda 3 Sport GT and had a little incident recently..

Back in the winter the front grill of the car got cracked. I took it to the Mazda Toronto dealership and they quoted $2586.70 to repair the car. It wasn't much of a problem so I decided to hold off.

Recently I just noticed the left fog light was missing :whoa Upon closer inspection, the fog light has fallen into the car. It stills works, it's just not being held in place anymore.

I was just wondering what are my options because I don't have $2500 to fix the car at the moment. Is there a cheaper alternative to repair this damage?

Here are the pictures:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/89/img7645zd9.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9465/img7642ef8.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5357/img7643pe9.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9072/img7644jd6.jpg

What is your budget for repair? $1000? Have you tried going to an independent body shop and getting a quote for the repair?

I'm sure you should be able to Jerry rig something to hold the fog light back in there. I'd get under the car and remove the slpash shield to see what you can access from below.

Looks like you had a rough winter and that price quoted is probably about right as you need a new facia, grill and possible fog light housing or mounting bracket, prep time, paint and labour for installation.

Bring it over to my place and we'll see if we can repair some of that damage.

Shoot me a PM.

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Originally Posted by FLIPDADY

Bring it over to my place and we'll see if we can repair some of that damage.

Shoot me a PM.

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there u go, joe works at mazda of toronto so he can help u out.

Im thinking, why did the fog light fall in? that might be covered under warrenty if it fell in by itself

This could also be an option...

http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=113892.0

well I can order a new grill in, try to see if I can fix the fog lights, and use a lip to cover the rest of the damage, should be pretty cheap for everything

more info on the lip here

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25748

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/nextmod/3-1.jpg

PMs sent

The bumper replacement seems like an option but there aren't any solid pictures in that thread?

I'll try giving my dealership a call today and see what they say about the warranty or whatever

No warranty on that foglamp from the looks of it. I've seen this many times at the dealership where customers hit something breaking the foglamp bracket.

As for the bumper grille $33 and I'm pretty sure all you need is the foglamp bracket which is $17.

Nothing will be covered by warranty because the fog light fell out because of you accident.

I thought these pictures were ok??
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.ph...014#msg2372014
and here
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.ph...988#msg2389988

and here (all from that thread...?)
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/IMG_1498.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/IMG_1494.jpghttp://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/IMG_1493.jpghttp://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/IMG_1492.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/IMG_1486.jpg

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Originally Posted by FLIPDADY

No warranty on that foglamp from the looks of it. I've seen this many times at the dealership where customers hit something breaking the foglamp bracket.

As for the bumper grille $33 and I'm pretty sure all you need is the foglamp bracket which is $17.

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If I bought a replacement bumper grille and foglamp bracket would it by easy to replace by myself or would I still need to take it to a repairshop and get them to fix it?

As for the replacement bumper, if I purchased one would it completely solve my issue of all the damages to the car?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by munchgrunch

If I bought a replacement bumper grille and foglamp bracket would it by easy to replace by myself or would I still need to take it to a repairshop and get them to fix it?

As for the replacement bumper, if I purchased one would it completely solve my issue of all the damages to the car?

Thanks

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It will be a lot easier if you did remove the bumper. You could also go on a set of ramps and just drop the splash shields to get access to the fogs and grille.

so ya fog light bracket, lower grill, plus the lip, you should be good to go lol

not sure why its $2700 from the dealers though

maybe there is something we dont see?

Where could I order a foglamp bracket and bumper grille for those prices?

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Originally Posted by FLIPDADY

No warranty on that foglamp from the looks of it. I've seen this many times at the dealership where customers hit something breaking the foglamp bracket.

As for the bumper grille $33 and I'm pretty sure all you need is the foglamp bracket which is $17.

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I can fix that mesh and fog light up and reduce your costs of repair? send over a pm if your willing.