Scuff/crack on bumpers, repair or replace?
01-20-2012, 02:24 PM
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Scuff/crack on bumpers, repair or replace?
Hi. Oh man today is not my day. It snowed the night before and the back streets were slippery 
(the main roads were fine) I slid into a car when I was turning around to park at my house, it was on the slightest slope but I slid into it at a crawling speed (literally like 1km an hour), from stopped I tried to go forward and straighten out and just slid forward on a bit of an angle, but couldnt maneuver at all to straighten out (it did leave some scuff marks on his, mine got the worst of it I think), I exchanged info with the guy, not sure what we will be doing about it yet, but I am disguisted to say the least). I took some pictures I will post below, the front left is what happened today (front right signal light shield broke and crack on the bumper) and the rear bumper was like that when i bought the car not too long ago. What are my best options for getting these cosmetic issues dealt with? I live in Vancouver BC, does anyone know of a good place to find body parts here, or would it be better to take into a body shop, or can I plastic weld, or should I just buy new bumper covers? Here are the pics, sorry I resized them, they were way to big before:
Rear bumper (Left and Right)
Front Bumper
Full Pic of Car
(the main roads were fine) I slid into a car when I was turning around to park at my house, it was on the slightest slope but I slid into it at a crawling speed (literally like 1km an hour), from stopped I tried to go forward and straighten out and just slid forward on a bit of an angle, but couldnt maneuver at all to straighten out (it did leave some scuff marks on his, mine got the worst of it I think), I exchanged info with the guy, not sure what we will be doing about it yet, but I am disguisted to say the least). I took some pictures I will post below, the front left is what happened today (front right signal light shield broke and crack on the bumper) and the rear bumper was like that when i bought the car not too long ago. What are my best options for getting these cosmetic issues dealt with? I live in Vancouver BC, does anyone know of a good place to find body parts here, or would it be better to take into a body shop, or can I plastic weld, or should I just buy new bumper covers? Here are the pics, sorry I resized them, they were way to big before:Rear bumper (Left and Right)
Front Bumper
Full Pic of Car
Last edited by CLUE; 01-20-2012 at 06:06 PM. Reason: pictures, resize text
01-20-2012, 10:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Washington
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Nice lookin GT! I'd probably just replace em... Check wrecking yards or better yet spend a lil more and get em at CJponyparts.com or 50resto.com ...here's a link for an example http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...r-Bumper-Cover
01-21-2012, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Florida
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This stuff is awesome, I must say.
http://3mcollision.com/3m-automix-ez...tch-05888.html
I was skeptical about repairing the gash in my rear bumper from a little parking lot fender bender, but it works pretty well. Mine looked like your front passenger side crack, but about 7 inches vertical, through the line feature. Its about 60 bucks or so for the stuff you need, beats $250 per bumper. The video explains everything pretty well.
The rear bumper will be pretty easy and won't need the inside patch material.
http://3mcollision.com/3m-automix-ez...tch-05888.html
I was skeptical about repairing the gash in my rear bumper from a little parking lot fender bender, but it works pretty well. Mine looked like your front passenger side crack, but about 7 inches vertical, through the line feature. Its about 60 bucks or so for the stuff you need, beats $250 per bumper. The video explains everything pretty well.
The rear bumper will be pretty easy and won't need the inside patch material.
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