Not again!

[dbroughton]

Another 1mph "touch" with the transit van parked up my arse this morning.

The plastic bumper deforms perfectly but the paint on the corner simply comes of in a chunk. This is the third time I have had to paint the bumper for "normal" london parking manouveres. I only had it painted two months ago

Is paintwork meant to be this brittle??

[lotus4s]

The plastic bumper bends but the paint doesn't. Poof, big chip.

[mangel]

Ebay and parking sensors springs to mind!!!

[Vulcan Grey]

the paint on the rubber bumper covers is supposed to have a flexibility agent in it to allow it to flex more than it would for the rest of the fiberglass panels.

Did the last paint shop add the flex agent?

[OwenGT3]

I used to work for the company that painted Lotus bumpers, it's right what Vulcan Grey said, all bumpers should have a flexing agent, 1mph should not cause flaking of paint, just a scuff mark.

Owen