REQ info: name of this part (2003 outback)

[H.W. Stockman]

What is this exterior trim piece called?
http://hwstock.org/foglamp_pc.jpg

Indicated piece is near bottom of photo, around foglamp, on a 2003 Subaru
Outback Wagon. The picture is a head-on view of the left front. The
analogous piece on the right side is somewhere out in the desert 10 miles
west of here.

I'd like to get a replacement part, but I don't know the part name.

Thanks.

 

[Wim]

the partname: cover front bumper
the partnumber 57731AE450MQ or MU

 

[H.W. Stockman]

the partname: cover front bumper
the partnumber 57731AE450MQ or MU

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.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

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 www.subarugenuineparts.com .

Carl

 

[H.W. Stockman]

or MU

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 www.subarugenuineparts.com .

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).

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

or MU





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 www.usmb.net
about metal skid plates, bull bars, etc. for your car. Though shipping
would likely be prohibitively expensive, the Aussies also make good gear
for Soobs in more rugged use. Even preserving the airbag sensor function.

Carl

 

[H.W. Stockman]

H.W. Stockman wrote: [...]
If this is a continuing activity for you, ask around at www.usmb.net
about metal skid plates, bull bars, etc. for your car. Though shipping
would likely be prohibitively expensive, the Aussies also make good gear
for Soobs in more rugged use. Even preserving the airbag sensor function.

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.