the lower lip on my stock s5 bumper is cracked right in the middle... not all the way through, but its cracked.

how can i fix this (QUALITY) without resorting to a new bumper? i dont want to cut out the grill with this cracked because i think the center post might be holding it together...

also on a side note, if anyone wants to donate some ftp lenses to a very extremely poor rex owner who just gave up on going out this week to give my baby my last $$$ for her oil, id love you for all time

done begging. seriously on the bumper though, what will repair it? i was thinking of fab'ng a bracket and gluing it with some high tensile epoxy or something... but im not into 'ghetto'... im sure someone understands

 

I have asked this same question 4 weeks ago. I got the same thing as your gettin......nothin!! Hello!! bump bump bump, is this thing on????

There is a type of filler out there just don't know what. you'll have to make a brace to hold it together then fill, sand and paint (just like body work) Just gotta find out what to use for filler!! Bondo is not right, it will get too hard and won't flex like the rubber

I'll keep watching your thread. I hope I didn't bring the voodoo over from my useless thread

 

voodoo away! bumps rule for posts noone answers

 

crap bump again

 

There's a special compound (not sure of the name, but have used it before) made specially for urethane bumpers to fix that stuff. It hardens semi-plyable so that it won't be as much of a weak spot. Ask a local body shop, they'll probably point you in the right direction.

 

fiberglass...

 

i have little to no experience with bodywork, and even less with urethane... would it be cheaper / faster in the long run to just pull a new(used) bumper and call it a day?

 

Any place that is bent or kinked use a heat gun and soldering iron to help mold the bumper as close back to shape as possible. After you get the shape back to fix the crack itself (on the back side) use long strain fiberglass if its a small crack, if its a larger crack use a cloth type fiberglass. Then to make it look pretty on the outside use a 50/50 mix of plastic filler and metal glaze putty (it will give it a little more flex than straight body filler).

 

If you don't have any experience with bodywork it most likely is faster (not cheaper) to just replace it, you’re going to need to re-paint it after you repair it any way.

 

yea i need a complete paint anyway...

black fender, red door, blue car... lol

what am i looking at for strip + paint anyone know? i want to paint it gloss black, im not worrying about the engine bay right now, just everything else

 

Around $3,000 at a decent shop for prep + paint but I bet you have some dents that need to come out also.

 

i have a 2 right ftp lenses for ya if you want (maybe you could throw me like 5 bucks if you want cuz i had to pay for em and im a poor student)...im taking mine out...i had to go to ABC junk yard in trenton to get both of them and i got the center dash piece for pretty cheap...i didnt have the left one when i got the car and i ghetto gorilla glued it cuz the mounts were broken (my bumper is fucked up as well)...well the glue didnt hold enough and i lost it on a bump...but still got the right ones lol

 

spray paint your bumper black...takes away noticable cracks and stuff. i mean it wont cure the crack it'll still be there but it makes it somewhat invisible. thats what i did when i cracked my front lip with this rock that was on the road :S...btw is it just the lip or is it the bumper...cause if so a black lip would look really nice specially on a white rx.

 

i have an S5 bumper that with FTP lenses on it ill give you for free just pay for shipping pm me if intrested
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