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Going to have a go at shaving my front bumper soon, does anyone have any advice, experience or good websites on the subject of plastic welding and/or bumper repair?
Cheers, Branko.
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mate also be interested in this as well
Originally Posted by seangti
The price of the car rarely indicates driver ability/lap time.
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I tried a few times to fix a splash guard with a soldering iron and a scrap bit of plastic. It held up pretty well but didnt look to pretty. The actual plastic welding tools are pretty expensive i saw it demoed at a trade show, wasnt something i would do without some practice
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Probably one of those things that you should "leave to the professionals"...
Like re machining wheel centre bores..
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wow none of those comments were helpful lol
did mickey do his own vr bumper? ask him how his was done
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Its not that hard providing you can do it right lol.
I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...
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No that was my bumper lol.did mickey do his own vr bumper? ask him how his was done
I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...
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If I wasn't an unemployed student I'd most certainly consider it, but unfortunately thats not the caseProbably one of those things that you should "leave to the professionals"...
Like re machining wheel centre bores..
Well, has anyone here attempted it or does anyone have any information available? I'm aware that Raymond has done his, and quite well might I add, weren't you telling me Steve that you were doing some work on your own?wow none of those comments were helpful lol
did mickey do his own vr bumper? ask him how his was done
Last edited by Golf Houso; 17-03-2009 at 08:18 PM.
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I have done a bit of amateur plastic welding with a soldering iron. I just kind of stitched the joins by dragging material from one part to the other. It helps if the two plastics are similar and some plastics work better than others. Obviously its going to end up being more brittle than original but you're probably not planning on flexing the bumper too much anyway! You'll have to go over it with bog or some other filler to get a smooth finish regardless. I'm not really sure what kind of areas you need to join but you can always use some fibreglass backing/reinforcing behind as well.
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