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Nov 8, 2007 | 07:44 PM

TheDEfan

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It's perfect again

Some of you may have remembered my little mishap with my front bumper. Well today I put the finishing touches on it. My baby's all better now thanks to a can of GM Torch red and a can of clear and a lot of sanding with 2000 and 1500 grit paper and much buffing with various compounds and wax's.

Ouch!!!

First attempt not bad but not perfect

Finished product good as new Ahaaaa.

Nov 8, 2007 | 07:48 PM

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Nice job!

Nov 8, 2007 | 07:49 PM

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Nov 8, 2007 | 07:58 PM

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Very nice.

You want to do mine,

Nov 8, 2007 | 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rspreng02_Z06

Very nice.

You want to do mine,

I only do red. Sorry

Nov 8, 2007 | 08:06 PM

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Nice work

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Nov 8, 2007 | 08:10 PM

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Good job!

Nov 8, 2007 | 08:51 PM

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Looks great

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Nov 9, 2007 | 01:29 AM

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Good Job!!!

Nov 9, 2007 | 01:33 AM

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going to clean up my mishap, in the same place though will be a little more touchy....black!

Nov 9, 2007 | 01:34 AM

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I've got a bunch of rock chips in mine any advice on how to get them out?

Nov 9, 2007 | 02:18 AM

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Excellent work!!

Nov 9, 2007 | 05:14 AM

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awesome job

while your out doin it to everybody else's cars, swing by bama and hook me up.. i'll leave the car in the driveway

Nov 9, 2007 | 06:31 AM

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Nice job!

Thanks,Matt

Nov 9, 2007 | 06:50 AM

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came out nice and I'll bet you learned a lot too

Nov 9, 2007 | 07:12 AM

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Good job - congrats.

Nov 9, 2007 | 07:41 AM

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Now, thatsa nice-a job.
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Nov 9, 2007 | 10:51 AM

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I've got a bunch of rock chips in mine any advice on how to get them out?

Rock chips are tough especially if you have metallic paint. Metallics are harder to match and blend. Sometimes the chips look better than a botched repair job IMO. My advise would be to just have the whole bumper repainted. I was lucky because my damage was down low so it didn't have to a 100% perfect. If you get down on your hands and knees and look at it real close in good light it's not perfect but real close.

Nov 9, 2007 | 10:57 AM

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Thanks guys. I'm real happy with the way it came out I surprised myself. I was really bummed out about it when I found that. I don't really even know when I did it. It's a 98 garage queen with only 20K on it and it's in perfect condition so I was really upset with myself.