RANGE ROVER L460 2022-25 GENUINE FRONT BUMPER IMPACT ABSORBER M8E217A793A

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About part number M8E217A793A

A front bumper impact absorber is a safety component located behind the outer bumper cover on the front of the vehicle. Sitting between the plastic bumper panel and the inner structural crossmember, it forms part of the crash protection system. Its job is to absorb and dissipate kinetic energy during a low-speed collision, helping to protect internal components and reduce damage to the main chassis structure. When working correctly, it remains completely hidden and maintains the correct outer profile of the front bumper.

To confirm that this item is correct for your vehicle, you must check the part number M8E217A793A against the number stamped on your original unit. On an impact absorber, this reference code is typically moulded or printed directly onto the plastic or foam surface. Matching this exact part number is the only way to guarantee a correct fit, as variations occur across different trim levels and factory options.

This part is usually replaced after a front-end impact, as the material deforms permanently to absorb energy and cannot be safely reused. When fitting a replacement impact absorber, technicians often require new mounting clips, plastic rivets, or bumper support brackets, as these fixings often snap or stretch when the front bumper cover is removed.

• Part type: Bumpers & Reinforcements.
• Specification: country of origin Germany.
• Position on the vehicle: Front.

About this kind of part: bumper covers

A bumper cover is the painted plastic skin across the front or the rear of a car. It is not a structural part. Behind it sit a foam or honeycomb absorber and a steel or aluminium reinforcement bar, and those are what take an impact. The cover carries the grille apertures, the number plate plinth and the openings for parking sensors, washer jets and tow eyes, so one model can take several different covers depending on how it was specified when new.

Why people replace one

• A knock in a car park or a light collision has cracked or torn the plastic. A tear can be plastic-welded, but it rarely returns to a finish that will take paint without showing.
• The paint has faded or crazed differently from the panels around it. A bumper flexes and sits low in the spray from the road, so it ages faster than a wing.
• The mounting tabs along the top edge or inside the wheel arches have snapped, so the cover stands proud of the panel next to it.
• An earlier repair has been filled and has begun to lift.

Fitting it

• It is held by screws along the top edge, screws or clips inside each wheel arch, and plastic nuts underneath the car.
• Lamps, grilles, sensors, washer jets and the number plate plinth usually move across from the old cover.
• A cover is supplied either in primer or in the colour it was sprayed when new. A matching finish needs the paint code from the car's own identification plate.
• Parking sensors go back into their own openings, and the trim rings around them are often specific to the colour.

Making sure it is the right one

• Match the part number moulded into the old cover rather than matching the shape. A facelift changes the number while the outline can look almost the same.
• Check whether the car has parking sensors. A cover with no sensor openings cannot be used on a car that has them, and drilling one is not a repair.
• Count the openings and compare them: fog lamp apertures, the tow eye cover and any camera or washer cut-out differ between trim levels on the same model.

What to look for in the photographs

This section describes bumper covers parts in general. The numbers and the photographs above are this part.

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Returns Thirty days to change your mind, and we pay the return postage in the United Kingdom and Germany.

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