What is this exterior trim piece called?
I'd like to get a replacement part, but I don't know the part name.
Thanks.
the partname: cover front bumper the partnumber 57731AE450MQ or MU
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I'm missing only the little piece that fits around the fog lamp on the right side. I take it there is no way (apart from a junkyard, maybe) to get just that little piece? It snaps into the rest of the cover.
That fog light 'grill' is likely available from your dealer, a junkyard, ebay, or an online discount dealer. Or take off the other one to match - many cars do not have them. Contact Jamie at
Carl
I've already checked their web-visible inventory... but perhaps Jamie would know about parts not on the official web page?
I don't think it's the "grille" -- it is the molded plastic piece that surrounds the fog lamp. When it came off (in the first month I had the car), I pressed it back in place. Then a few months later, I heard it pop off and go under the wheel, but didn't make the connection till hours later.
The 2003 Outback has a long nose and a horrible safe takeoff angle, so any time one comes to a sudden increase in slope, the car has to brought to a near-stop to climb the hill. Anybody around here, who has used the car for even vaguely rough roads (not true off-road), has scratches on the bumper guard as a minimum, or is missing one or more pieces of plastic (like the wonderful 2mm-thick plastic "skid plate" under the bumper).
If this is a continuing activity for you, ask around at
Carl
I've had a rear skid plate since shortly after I bought the car, and and getting a front skid plate in a few days. I bashed the nose probably in the first month I had the soob, and have been much more careful since. I never drive off-road, but around here, many of the roads, formerly regarded as
2wd, are now quite bad.I see the biggest problems as:
1) lack of protection for the lower exhaust, no matter what skid plates you get; 2) the nose problem (takeoff angle); many of the roads around here travel in a level wash, then suddenly cut up the side of the wash, with a sudden change in grade; 3) lack of good tires. Many of the roads around here have sharp 2"- to 4"-diameter rocks -- no problem for clearance, but if they hit the sidewall, watch out.Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
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