bumper dent, new one?

[furlong19]

last night i had a bit of an argument with a small post in a service station car park, any advice on how and what is needed to repair this would be appreciated, or is a case of a new bumper? thanks, Rob

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[markmifsud]

Would that not push out if you use a hammer against a piece of wood from behind?

 

[mickday]

I would think a decent body shop would be able to push the dent out and respray the area, should look as good as new!

 

[furlong19]

brilliant thats what i was hoping! cheers lads

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Carefully heat it from behind with a hairdryer (not enough that it blisters the paint though) and knock it with a rubber mallet or a hammer with a cloth over it.

Then T-Cut the scratches. I reckon you should be able to get that looking pretty good yourself.

 

[Sp!ke]

it needs some careful use of heat from a hair dryer or perhaps a heat gun whilst needing the dent out from the rear.

Best left to an expert at this sort of thing though imho.

 

[kwk]

My neighbour came around last week with similar damage on his car. It took about 3 minutes of heating with a hair dryer for it to pop back into shape. Plastic apparently, retains memory.

 

[sjmaxwell]

Or get a smart repair guy to fix it?

 

[furlong19]

attempted the heat gun and mallet technique...bit of an improvement but safe to say i won't be opening up a bodyshop any time soon

 

[Dieselman]

Just let your Mrs drive it for a week or two...your damage will be a memory.

 

[Dave Barlow]

My neighbour came around last week with similar damage on his car. It took about 3 minutes of heating with a hair dryer for it to pop back into shape. Plastic apparently, retains memory.

Depends if it is a thermo plastic, or a thermo setting plastic, apparently.