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Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Friday, July 22, 2005 1:00 PM
What would be your best option at doing this, I want to smooth down the grey thing and throw some colour to match my car, like on anything past '96 (I think that was the last year of the grey bumpers).

I have a front bumper that's smoothed out that I'll fab up and mount when it's ready, but would like to do the back one at the same time, so it looks better than having one side grey and one side not grey.

I was thinking I'd sand it down and put on some filler or heavy primer to fill in cracks and scratches... then put on a coat of the same colour as my body.

My problem is, can this be done?? Will filler or primer stick to the plastic??

Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Friday, July 22, 2005 2:11 PM
Go to the junk yard and pick up a painted bumper. probably wont cost more than $50 and all you gotta do is scuff and paint.

Jeremy


Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Friday, July 22, 2005 9:34 PM
Siegel1719 wrote:Go to the junk yard and pick up a painted bumper. probably wont cost more than $50 and all you gotta do is scuff and paint.

Jeremy


^ i agree with him.

also just a FYI, the unpainted bumpers were available up until 99.




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Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:02 PM
that would be way too much like work. just go to a junkyard.




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Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Sunday, July 24, 2005 6:43 PM
oh yea, forgot too. paint doesn't seem to like them. fades off extremely quickly.




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Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Monday, July 25, 2005 8:40 AM
50$ for a rear bumper i wanna know where you go around here its 250$



Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Monday, July 25, 2005 8:50 AM
junkyards in philly i can get a rear bumper for 50 bucks. i thought the grey bumpers were only from 95-97?



Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Monday, July 25, 2005 6:18 PM
[quote=ßãggéÐÇåv98 (Ûñqùðtäߣè Øñé)]i thought the grey bumpers were only from 95-97?

nope. my 99 had them.




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Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:52 AM
my 99 did too....but you can paint them...prime and sand. and prime and sand some more...i had blisters to bprove but they can be paintedand they looked as good as normal ones....butr for the price get new ones.//my dads sells body parts...and i think the price of new is 36 each my cost
Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:07 AM
Jay Tessier wrote:my 99 did too....but you can paint them...prime and sand. and prime and sand some more...i had blisters to bprove but they can be paintedand they looked as good as normal ones....butr for the price get new ones.//my dads sells body parts...and i think the price of new is 36 each my cost


$36 for a new one, where are you located??!
Re: Smoothing a '96 textured rear bumper guard.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:58 PM
Kl Vna wrote:
Jay Tessier wrote:my 99 did too....but you can paint them...prime and sand. and prime and sand some more...i had blisters to bprove but they can be paintedand they looked as good as normal ones....butr for the price get new ones.//my dads sells body parts...and i think the price of new is 36 each my cost


$36 for a new one, where are you located??!


no sh!t. the cheapest i've seen them new (besides ebay) has been $100+.




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