Ok Sid, here's the pic of the compressed shock.

 

yep.... that and people who don't know how to back up. look on eBay for the shock. Did the plastic end caps pop back to their original shape?

If not, you might try warming them up with a regular hair dryer to "relieve" the stress before the plastic takes the set. You might get lucky and they pop back to their original shape without damage to the paint.

 

Luckily it all popped back into shape. I'll just have to track down a bumper shock sometime. Saturday I'll be putting the car in storage anyway, so it's not that big of a deal. I'm just glad it did no permanent damage.

 

Excellent!

 

When my front bumper was hit, I didnt remove the piston- just used a large screwdriver and worked it back and forth until the piston returned to it's original position.
Hope this helps..

ILP- That SUCKS dude. Hope it all goes back together ok.

 

What Chris said. Try putting a Big *** screwdriver in the braket and using your feet for a brace. Probably easier on the car.

 

NO no use the prybar to spin the shock. Bolt the shock back onto the car with the two 13mm bolts, stick a prybar through the big hole in the end of the shock. Then use the prybar to rotate the center shock part on its axis. As you spin it, the spring pressure will push it back out. THen just center the hole back to where the big bumper bolt will go through the bumper AND the shock. Did it two times myself

 

That's kinda what I meant Jay.. a prybar works as well- just something you can get some torque on..

 

Just an FYI, IF you can take a sample of the paint, ie. the part that is damaged to an automotive paint dealer they can usually match it up. They just need a sample.. That is how I get my touch up paint as I do not have a porsche color. That is how most paint shops are able to do spot paint..

 

Well luckily the paint and the plastic are undamaged. I just can't get that shock to budge though. I'll just get one on ebay, they're only like $10.