polyurethane bumper repair

[spederman]

My buddy was involved in a hit and run in a parking lot. He had a Saleen front bumper on his GT and it got some scuffs and about a 8 inch crack in it. Can cracks be repaired in polyurethane bumpers or do you just have to buy a new one?

 

[jprovence]

I think I would feel better about a new one, I wouldn't want problems developing down the road

 

[SilverBullet00]

You can repair it, but no shop will do it. When I got rear ended every shop just wanted to replace the bumper. It can be fixed- plastic welding has come a long way in the past couple years.

 

[streethorse]

If its not very big gouge or crack you can use fiberglass. I repaired a nasty
4" gouge in the rear bumper of my 99. I have had some practice although as I
was a boat repairman for Chrysler boats for a while. Fiberglass resin....

 

[ceracer33]

it could be repaired if ur doing it urself but be prepared for it to take some time. thats why shops just replace them, time is money and by the time u pay the repair price on the old bumper u could have bought one. do not use fiberglass on it as fiberglass is stiff and the bumper is flexible. plastic welding is an option, however they make a lot of bumper epoxies now that will do the trick as well.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

3M makes an excellent 2 part bumper repair. I use the hell out of it. It is great for cracks, splits, filling license plate holes etc. I even used it where a rear cover fragged along a cement wall and put holes all the way through it. I have never had this stuff come apart on me. I highly recommend that stuff.

 

[ceracer33]

yea the 3m stuff is good. a company called ies makes a even better product but i dont think the general public can get it, we use it a lot here.

 

[spederman]

3M makes an excellent 2 part bumper repair. I use the hell out of it. It is great for cracks, splits, filling license plate holes etc. I even used it where a rear cover fragged along a cement wall and put holes all the way through it. I have never had this stuff come apart on me. I highly recommend that stuff.

Cool, do you remember what it was called? I'll have to tell him to pick some up and try it this weekend.