Re: '90 Cabby Bumper Cover Repair

["John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>]

At 02:02 PM 10/29/01 -0500, Bill Collins wrote:
>Any tips on repairing a plastic bumper cover?  The center of the front 
>bumper is pushed in far enough that the A/C condenser came within about a 
>1/16 of an inch of being damaged.  I can take off the bumper, fix the 
>damage behind it, and straighten out the metal part of the bumper, but 
>what about the cover?  I'm tempted to heat it with a hair dryer and pop it 
>back to its original shape, sand and/or bondo it to take care of the small 
>stuff, and re-paint it.  Is this a good approach?
>
>At first, I thought I would replace the cover, but they are $450 from the 
>dealer, $650 from the one after market source I found, and very scarce at 
>junkyards.
>
>I didn't wreck the car, the PO rear ended a car with a wheel chair carried 
>on the back bumper.
>
>Bill
If it isn't in too bad of shape you can use some of those two part plastic 
type epoxies that you can get in chain auto parts stores.  They harden very 
well and can be sanded and painted.  I've used them before with good 
results and so has another Tony Pelletier.


John C. Worden
Bucksport, Maine

'98 Dakota 4x4-
'86 Scirocco 8V-
'81 Scirocco 2.0 16V
'78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.  


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