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Offline murraymint

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #10 on: 08 June 2011, 20:52 »
i've got my old black bumper so just need to find a spare front and im gunna give it a go me thinks!!

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #11 on: 08 June 2011, 21:52 »
The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #12 on: 09 June 2011, 09:39 »
The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.

Exactly what i'm doing at the moment  :cool: i got given a front and back bumper for free!  :grin:

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #13 on: 09 June 2011, 09:43 »
i've got my old black bumper so just need to find a spare front and im gunna give it a go me thinks!!



Ive got a smooth top Vr6 highline front bumper you can have for £20, needs a respray tho ( but your probley gunna do that anyways). Pm me if you want it. :smiley:
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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #14 on: 09 June 2011, 09:52 »
Pics?

Offline Gash

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #15 on: 09 June 2011, 12:34 »
its what i did :D

Offline Bellend

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #16 on: 09 June 2011, 18:02 »
Got your PM mate.

I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.

I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.

DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.


I then crashed it.

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Offline murraymint

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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #17 on: 09 June 2011, 19:29 »
Got your PM mate.

I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.

I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.

DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.


I then crashed it.


yh think this is what im goin to attempt, have you got any pic's of the bumper as you were doin it by any chance??

cheers
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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #18 on: 09 June 2011, 19:36 »
Got your PM mate.

I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.

I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.

DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.


*I then crashed it.


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Re: smoothing front bumber
« Reply #19 on: 09 June 2011, 20:29 »
How did it hold out after the crash?

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