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StuHERTS
20-05-2013, 10:04
My bumper came with a crack in it where the oblong hole is on the near side.
Id like to fill it and sand it as you would with a hole in a wall but i dont suppose polyfilla is the right choice lol..
What is generally used to fill holes/cracks in bumpers?
Cheers

gttjames
20-05-2013, 11:36
it depends on damage so cant really tell without a picture, but for a proper repair as it will be week in that area it will need bracing for strength, various ways, but drilling holes either side of the cracks and then roughing up inside of bumper for a good key, then fibreglass it from inside. Then filler from outside

or plastic patch it from inside, plastic weld.

You can just filler over top and smoth and paint, but if the cracks are deep and flex your repair will come back, loads on youtube aswell

any products similar to these will be fine like body filler/p38


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=car+body+filler&_nkwusc=car+body+piller&_rdc=1

fibreglass/p40
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=car+fibreglass&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=car+fibreglass+filler&_sacat=0

availble from halfrauds aswell

StuHERTS
20-05-2013, 11:38
it depends on damage so cant really tell without a picture, but for a proper repair as it will be week in that area it will need bracing for strength, various ways, but drilling holes either side of the cracks and then roughing up inside of bumper for a good key, then fibreglass it from inside. Then filler from outside

any products similar to these will be fine like body filler/p38


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=car+body+filler&_nkwusc=car+body+piller&_rdc=1

fibreglass/p40
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=car+fibreglass&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=car+fibreglass+filler&_sacat=0

availble from halfrauds aswell

Excellent, Cheers james!
ill add a few pics when i get it out next but yea id imagine it will need bracing somehow.

kial
20-05-2013, 12:33
you could also try pop reverting something underneath for strength then grind down the reverts later and fill ontop

depending on how bad the crack or hole its self is?