E60 Motorsport front bumper getting pulled off all the time........

[NUSTAD 243]

My wife and I may be muppets........but we have managed to pull the front bumper off the E60 four times. Even really low parking bars are a problem. It goes up without a sound and then when reversing it catches.......

Anyone else have this issue with their E60 Motorsport?

We try to avoid but skill is clearly lacking.

[aja540i 1908]

I havent done it yet, but i will keep an eye out from now on! 4 times sucks, maybe if you lower it you will tap it going forward instead of ripping it off on the way back out!!!

[Michael. 2313]

Time for a higher non motorsport bumper?

[Matth5 471]

Did that a couple times with my E46. Has the same issue where the bumper can hook onto things when you reverse.

E92 msport bumper seems better designed underneath so doesn't have this issue, although it's still rather low on mine so I just reverse park all the time so I can park further in without risking my bumper.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Matth5

[andrewm 236]

Im in an e39 but yeah I caught mine a few times so now just don't let the bumper reach those things, usually means the cars arse is hanging out a bit.

[KwS 2433]

Yup, stop rolling so far forward is the easy answer. Have you still got all your under trays?

[Driftit 2125]

Ha this happened to us the other week. Same side pulled off too. But this time it damaged all the paint and slightly creased it. It was a larger than normal bumper destroyer though.

Going in to get repaired next week. It was the first time it has ever caught though. Many years of owning lowered cars has taught me never to park forwards over these pointless things. Momentary lapse by the Mrs parking in the dark one night.

Edited September 30, 2015 by driftit

[Breaker 980]

Yip, wife did the E61 the week before we toured away for fortnight, pain in the ARSE. meant to have had it properly fixed, still haven't, looks 98% OK though

She is very careful now, so am I as I don't want to hear the ' told you so' speech if I take it off

[Breaker 980]

To err is human, the front is very low

[qube 3570]

reverse into the park > problem solved

[NUSTAD 243]

Agreed - Mrs has self identified she needs to reverse into those parks. To add insult she scraped the side on a rock today........#%?€

Yesterday I went to the panel shop to get a quote on my e38 which has some rust from a previous owner dodgy repair and laughed with the guys I wasn't in there to fix the E60. Oh the irony.

[kiwi535 538]

is that on a std height carS?When i had the e34 it was motorsport height,which i never had any trouble with,but i would not want to go any lower.

[DR1FTMONKEY 15]

My E46 likes to scrape if I'm not careful, have had lowered cars in the past though so am usually cautious. The stuffed roads in Christchurch though can mean there's a dip right before a judder bar which is a pain.

[KwS 2433]

THe front bumper of my swift wouldnt even clear one of those parking things.... i learn quick

[jeffbebe 1560]

My E31 scrapes on fallen leaves. Reversing into parks is a must.

[Gaz 1065]

It's the cats eyes that get me.

[eliongater 718]

My E31 scrapes on fallen leaves. Reversing into parks is a must.

I don't beleave you.

I apologise for the terrible pun

[Driftit 2125]

Really there should be a maximum height these things can be. The ones in my work carpark are fine. Quite low, reflective and they still stop people from driving into the wall.