wcgman

I just noticed the paint damage goes up onto the sheet metal too...you're probably better off trying to scope out a take off bumper. You can usually get em cheap. If any of the hits to that rear corner was fixed by a body shop, that will come up when you go to trade it in. If it was never taken into a body shop, you could slap a take off on there and nobody would notice. A hit to the car could significantly lower the trade in value...

2005Redfire6

Not that I'd ever trade in or sell my car but I rear ended someone and never reported to get it fixed, fixed it on my own .

kevinmalec

I know how you feel! I have a bad ding on my rear bumper as well. It was dented in and has a decent size crack in it. I used a hair dryer to get some of the dent out. I use Ford black dupli-color touch up paint to fill in the cracks. Makes it less noticeable.
Good luck!

Tanner05

Yeah I'm not too worried about trade in, I never plan on selling it so that shouldn't be an issue. Eventually the whole damn car is just going to be repainted, but not while I'm still having to drive to a college campus.
Thanks for all the input. Thats why I love this forum.

Sand, clean, promoter, paint, wet sand, clear, wax? Or am I missing something.

PNYXPRESS

Did it look that bad before waxing it? If not you may just need to get the wax out of the cracks so it isnt as noticable.

jrockgts197

Disclaimer: I am not a paint expert so do not take my word as professional advice, lol.

I think you're also gonna want to polish the clear after it dries, then wax. I can't remember if we wet sanded the clear coat before we polished when we painted my old truck, but I don't think we did. Just make sure you don't put a thick layer all the way to the tape or you will never get the ridge out of the paint. Since you've already said this was a throw away bumper, here's what "I" would do:

Tape off an area a little larger than the area to be painted, scuff it with sand paper, clean and dry it, apply primer, let dry, sand the primer smooth, clean and dry it, apply paint, let dry, wet sand paint, clean and dry, apply clear, let dry, polish, wax.

Again, this is not professional advice. If you want to make it look perfect then I would suggest you PM Pascal and ask him what to do. I don't want to see you ruin your bumper, lol.

pascal

Forget all that cr@p:
1-Wet sand it down with 400 grit until everything's smooth
2-Spray adhesion promoter (Bulldog brand if it comes in rattle can) mostly on the area where you sand the paint through and the black plastic of the bumper shows
Be careful though, DO NOT load the promoter, use 3 thin coats and that's all you need.
3-Spray base paint
4-Let it flash off 15 minutes then spray clear (3 coats minimum)
Done.

This should last and look decent enough until you get your CS bumper.
Do not wax anything, it won't help on a temporary fix and on materials that don't have any catalyst (hardener) in them.

Good luck.

Tanner05

Thanks a lot. So I only need to let the base paint dry for 15 minutes?
And can I get Bulldog promoter at Autozone or Pepboys?

pascal

Yes, to the first question...
As far as the Bulldog, Walmart does carry it in their Automotive section.
Autozone or Pepboys don't have it though (at least here in FL).