just f***ed up my lower bumper PICS...need help!!!

[electronicsgeek 10+ year member]

alrite im coming home today, driving straight and all of a sudden this white plate typish object came flying at my lower bumper...

i know its not much but still...any suggestions on methods to repair this myself...i was thinking getting some touch up paint, fill in the scratches then wetsand it and finish with paint again and maybe clearcoat it....and for that vetical support post idk...i tried some superglue but it wont work...

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[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

just cut the whole thing out.

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

I dont have too much expereince with body work but I would wetsand around it as little as possible, body filler, dry sand back to looking normal then use a touch up paint kit to finish it off along with some clearcoat...I'm unsure of the clearcoat though, or how to go about that.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

you could touch it up, but its certainly not going to look good as new..those gashes need to be filled.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

I backed in to a mail box yesterday...

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

**** that makes it look ugly... make it look so ugly, ya dont even wanna drive it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[electronicsgeek 10+ year member]

you could touch it up, but its certainly not going to look good as new..those gashes need to be filled.

yes i was planning on filling them up with touchup paint

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

yes i was planning on filling them up with touchup paint

He means you need to fill the gashes with something, as well as touch it up. Bondo would be fine for the gashes...

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

that kind of crap is bound to happen even when you're super carefull

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i drove over a mail box the other day..

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

Cars totaled, sorry. There is just no way to fix something damaged to that degree.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

A reason why I like my metal bumpers and high ground clearance //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Putting paint on the gash will simply cause it to chip off in the future again...like previously stated.

 

[AVSTANG02]

That sucks.

I'd talk to a few shops about repairing that small area.. would be very cheap.. dunno what yer gonna do about the broken peice tho..

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

That sucks.
I'd talk to a few shops about repairing that small area.. would be very cheap.. dunno what yer gonna do about the broken peice tho..

painting anything automotive is never cheap.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

get this painted.

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