Re: Refinishing euro bumpers

["Chris" <fvgngn@home.com>]

I have a freind that had to do some filling on his euro bumpers.  He used
some sort of plastic filler, and just textured it with a peice of 100 or 80
grit sand paper while it was still malleable.  He pressed it into the
surface and gave it a texture strikingly similar to the factory look.  I
don't think anyone could tell the difference unless the spot was pointed out
to you.

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Corey Muscavitz" <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: Refinishing euro bumpers


> my dad and i repainted my bumpers.  (my dad owns a body shop btw...)  what
> we did to ge the texture back, is take some of that spray in bed liner (ya
> know you can get it at parts stores, the 3m stuff works great, and make
sure
> you get the textured stuff..) then what we did is let that dry completely,
> and then wet-sanded it down, but not all the way so it still left the deep
> craters in it.  then we shot them with red. (to match the car)  then
lightly
> set-sanded and buffed to a nice shine.  they still look great after 2
years,
> and the texture is a perfect match to the original.  even when a
stealership
> tech looked at it, he didn't know the difference!  welp, i hope this
helps,
> i didn't read the whole tread so don't get mad at me if i reapeated
> something that has already been said.
> HTH!
> Corey
> 88 16v
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
> To: Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Refinishing euro bumpers
>
>
> > At 09:55 AM 3/8/01 , Benjamin Harder wrote:
> >
> > >1.) Spend the $$ and drop off your bumpers at the local paint shop and
> they
> > >  will (should) come back looking perfectly smooth and glossy.. mmmmm
> >
> > And I just dropped off my front bumper at such a place this morning, by
> the
> > way.  $265 to paint it.
> >
> > It's not cheap.
> >
> >
> >
> > >2.) Go to your local auto paint supplier and find a bumper primer and
> paint in
> > >a spray can.  I found that SEM makes a good product for bumpers
> > >http://www.semproducts.com/
> > >
> > >  Since black is an easy color to match, I thought that I would try
> option #2.
> > >I bought 2 cans of primer and 2 of black paint...total cost of under
$30.
> >
> > Bingo -- you can do yours yourself -- those of us with non-black cars
have
> > to pay. :)
> >
> >
> > No comments about the $$ please guys... I know, it's expensive.  But
it's
> > the same body shop that did my full repaint in the fall and it's worth
it
> > to me because I know they'll get the color right (the last shop fucked
it
> > up, etc, and charged $250 for both bumpers).
> >
> > All I know is that this is the last part I need to _FINALLY_ get my car
> > back together!  Picking it up tomorrow - I can't WAIT!
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
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> > 1988 Mercedes 190E Sport Euro
> > 1993 BMW 325i
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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