Smooth front bumper...??

[ju571n]

Done loads of search's and looked through loads of pages of pics on here and ed38 before you all shout at me. 

Anyone managed to graft a plate recess into a textured bumper and make it look good?? Somehow gotta cover the seams up. Possible??

Thanks boys. 

[tweed]

I've seen some but think they have been painted.

[ju571n]

Yea that's all I've managed to find. looks good but wanna keep the black bits...

[tweed]

that's what I mean. Think they painted it dark grey. Thing with doing that you will have to paint the lot, arches, door mouldings, etc.

[ju571n]

Yea know what your saying mate. Hmm dilemma's haha. 

[tweed]

I wanted to do it but decided not to for now.

[thai-wronghorse]

It can be done. It involves plastic filling the sections and recoating it in a special black textured paint. Apparently it's tricky sh!t to use but looks the nuts if done right. I really want to smooth my front bumper recess and keep the upper textured sections but it's just one of those jobs i never get a chance to tackle.

[ju571n]

Ahh were all in the same boat.. Who's gonna jump first?

I'm confident enough to make a good job of welding it in and smoothing it, just the seams on the textured black bit. Wonder if you could make something up that kind of presses the texture back in.. like a honey comb, press into some warm bumpers... Get my drift!?

Might just attack it on one of my weeks off, got a couple of bumpers kicking about.

[tweed]

cut what you need from a rear bumper, cut the recess out the front and weld it in 

that way you will only have weld lines on the textured bit, that's if your good at plastic welding.

[thai-wronghorse]

There's no need. The products are out there for the job, I'm fooked if I can remember what it's called now though. Maybe ask in the cosmetics section, it may even have been in there that I read about it anyway.