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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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fix plastic bumper or replace?

truck rolled into my front bumper and put a nice dent in it. can they bondo a plastic bumper or do i need a new one?
 

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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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pix of damage?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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i cant get pics for a day or two but its not cracked just pushed in. he got me with his hitch
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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same thing happened to me and a local body shop said it would take 10 minutes to fix.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Depending on how bad the damage is you can have a body shop push the dent out as much as they can then use bondo for the rest... of course that means repainting
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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how much coin should i be expecting to drop the dents about the size of a baseball. roughly how much coin?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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bondo is not used for bumper repair. two part epoxy urethane is used to repair holes and fill gouges in urethane bumpers.
 
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Originally Posted by wsunited
how much coin should i be expecting to drop the dents about the size of a baseball. roughly how much coin?
what part of the bumper needs to be fixed?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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right next to the license plate
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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right next to the license plate
Mine is right above my license plate too!
 
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$400-$475
 
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