heb09

Gday,

my car recently was backed into with a tow bar and put a nice dent in the front bumper. I want to take it off and send it to the shop instead of giving them my car. Is it easy enuff to do? Do the indicators come off with it? Any help is much appreciated. Series 2 btw.

cheers,
heb.

Tom

You may be able to fix it yourself if the indentation is not too bad. My front bumper was dented almost dead center (previous owner hit a pole in a parking lot). The plastic shroud that covers the front bumper is easily removed- there are access holes to remove the bolts.
I removed the front shroud and then used the high density foam found in newer bumpers to reform my stock shape. I then placed the shroud back on- used a heat gun to make the original shroud pliable and reformed it to original shape. Really easy to do. Took like 1 hour total. Looks like new and you can't see any indentation.

If you need to remove the steel bumper itself- once you get the shroud off you will see how it is attached. Again- not hard at all. If the steel reinforcement is really dented in- you may be able to heat the steel and put a come-along on it to pull it out, then use the foam as described above to reform it..

Hope this helps.

Rotofire

ah yes, but if you need a new one of those bumper supports prepare to sacrafice a small goat and take out a loan to Vic. Brit.

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

i would go to a boneyard for that part. the bumper itself is aluminum and its very easy to replace. i wouldn't pay a king's ransom for a new bumper. heck, even someone here would probably give you a good deal on one.

Tom

Oh yeah- the bumper was aluminum, not steel as I stated earlier. Mine pulled back pretty damn easy with a little heat..

I re-formed mine because the paint on the bumper cover was not damaged or cracked.. My repair cost $0.00

faye x7

Bumper cover = $600
Bumper Reinforcement = $600

...what a joke...

heb09

ok sweet, I'm about to attemp to take it off. I'm not paying for this so I don't care what it costs. As long as its fixed! Thx for your feedback.

heb09

I've taken out the two bolts that are vertical under the front bumper. What else needs to be removed? The bumper doesnt want to budge

Rusty Shackleford

my bumper has nicks a chucks out of it like somebody took a ax to it (not that bad though) and i think if u put a new bumper cover on it it would be fine thats what imdoin right now and i dont know y everyone sayin its alot of money at autobodyparts.com u can get a cover for about $130..............later Rusty

heb09

well its off w00t! The guys at the shop reckon they can heat it up and bend it back out. Now time to go for a drive and see the temp diff.

heb.