Repairing front bumper
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From: portage indiana
Repairing front bumper
Took the wife for a ride to michigan to look at the fall colors,we stopped in kalamazoo and had lunch at a tgifridays when we came out a pickup was pulling away and it looked a little close to the front. Upon closer inspection she backed into the bumper,put a big scrape in the front plate plug and about 4 , 4-inch long indendtations in the bumper maybe 1/16 deep. My question is can they be filled before painting or will I need a new bumper?
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St. Jude Donor '11
Took the wife for a ride to michigan to look at the fall colors,we stopped in kalamazoo and had lunch at a tgifridays when we came out a pickup was pulling away and it looked a little close to the front. Upon closer inspection she backed into the bumper,put a big scrape in the front plate plug and about 4 , 4-inch long indendtations in the bumper maybe 1/16 deep. My question is can they be filled before painting or will I need a new bumper?
btw, whats this about?>>> only 11 posts in 2.5 years on the forum?.....enquiring minds want to know...
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Last edited by Yello95; Nov 3, 2007 at 08:01 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lancaster PA
Use a quality bumper repair epoxy filler like 3M Automix and you can fill the indentations quite sucessfully before repainting. If they are real minute there are some flex putties on the market that you can apply to the original paint after sanding properly.
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