Will Feather

someone backed into the front of my car and pushed in the passenger side of the bumper. now the sock absorber is pushed in and wont come back out, is it supposed to spring back? how would i fix it?

xsboost90

i have plenty of bumper shocks if you want one or a set - $10 each plus shipping.

Will Feather

i need to know how to fix them, its getting dark out and mu headlights wont go up all the way because of it.

75ohm

You have bigger issues then...

Will Feather

how do i make them come out, pull them somehow?

Mike C.

Unfortunately, if it was only a bumper shock pushed in it would have no effect on headlight operation. It sounds like you might have more damage than just a bumper shock....

nh7cy

they're supposed to spring back unless they've been wolfe modded or are otherwise in non working order. take your front bumper off (its easy as there are only two bolts holding it in). take a hook or something, attach it to the shock and pull it out like there's no tomorrow. that should last you until you get where you need to be going. then get yourself a new shock from dan. you'll want to check everything around it though to make sure nothing else got bent or otherwise.

nh7cy

did the front of your car get hit from an angle? that could have possibly pushed the shock in at a weird angle too causing it to not pop out again.

+1 on the headlight thing, best thing you could do is drive with one headlight up and fix it in the morning.

Will Feather

i think the angle might have done it. but now i cant get to the bolt because its pushed in so i cant get a socket in there. looks like ill be needing some of those bumper shocks dan.

nh7cy

your talking about the two bolts directly under your bumper right? those shouldn't move at all. looking under your bumper there should be two half-dollar sized holes. i forgot what size socket you'll need but pull those two bolts and your bumper should come right off. from there you'll have unlimited access to your bumper shocks.

xsboost90

they dont spring back- they are one time use- you can pull them out if you put a tow strap on the bumper and tie it to a telephone pull and back up slowly. -carefully!!! If your headlights arent going up they have been pushed back pretty well and bent the sheetmetal under the bumper.

Will Feather

its a 19mm socket and trying to get to the bolt that was pushed back i lost the f@#$in socket inside the bumper i couldt even get at the bolt so i dont know how im going to now