Hi, I managed to crack and scratch the offside front/side of my front bumper on my silver grey convertible XKR (reg 12/9/01, variant QAB2 version 4E12). It was low speed, so hopefully not too much damage to anything else. I can see the offside orange indicator cover is damaged and the offside headlight assembly has been pushed up a bit at the back at the top, but otherwise appears undamaged.

I took it to a local bodywork shop and they said the material (some sort of plastic) cannot be welded, so i would be be best off getting a secondhand one from a breakers. Does anyone know a) whether this advice is correct b) if not, does anyone know who can repair it, I'm in North West London and c) if correct, where I could find a replacement secondhand bumper?

Thanks for any help!

 

Hi Bryan, that does look quite nasty, but I don't know the ins and outs of plastic welding. Some plastics can be welded successfully these days, but one opinion is not conclusive. Possibly worth checking with another bodyshop or 2. The front nosecone / bumper is usually a damaged part in any accidents, so you may need to try a few breakers before you find someone with a suitable version in stock.

People like Auto Reserve are usually a good first stop, but simply type "Jaguar Breaker" into a search engine and you will get several hits.

Good luck.

N6 JMX

Many thanks Jim. Sounds as though it'd going to be search the breakers time!  It will need a respray anyway, so may as well get one from a breakers and spray it, rather than mess around trying to repair it.