[Coops]

Ive got a facelift bumper comming through soon and have been told its gonna cost about £80 to get is sprayed star silver (as its black sapphire atm)

Now i wanna do something with it and not just be boring :lol:

So the plan is to get the rub strips smoothed in and then painted. Then at a later date (when i can afford it) get an irmy splitter and get that smoothed in too.

Ive had a quote of £185 to smooth the bump strips and paint it, quite expensive i think

So do i have a bash at doing it my self ? Ive used fibreglass and filler before and am fairly good with it (i think :lol: ). What would i need to do? Wack fibreglass in the hole, smooth it, then filler it and smooth all down? Then take it to a body shop to be sprayed?

Any info anyone has would be great :thumbs:

Thanks.

 

[sxi001]

Ive got a facelift bumper comming through soon and have been told its gonna cost about £80 to get is sprayed star silver (as its black sapphire atm)

Now i wanna do something with it and not just be boring :lol:

So the plan is to get the rub strips smoothed in and then painted. Then at a later date (when i can afford it) get an irmy splitter and get that smoothed in too.

Ive had a quote of £185 to smooth the bump strips and paint it, quite expensive i think

So do i have a bash at doing it my self ? Ive used fibreglass and filler before and am fairly good with it (i think :lol: ). What would i need to do? Wack fibreglass in the hole, smooth it, then filler it and smooth all down? Then take it to a body shop to be sprayed?

Any info anyone has would be great :thumbs:


Thanks.

Yep mate thats pretty much all u have to do

 

[Coops]

So its ok to just stick fibreglass in the hole and hope for the best :lol:

And i dont need to put any thing else in there to fill it up a bit first?

I take it i need to key it all up first with a low grit paper?

 

[sxi001]

So its ok to just stick fibreglass in the hole and hope for the best :lol:

And i dont need to put any thing else in there to fill it up a bit first?

I take it i need to key it all up first with a low grit paper?

hmmm i would probs use 2k fibreglass, p38, then flat it, primer, then flat with water..... so its smooth as

n yea i would key it before

 

[paulbmx2003]

i've found when just throwing fibreglass in then it will crack, the way i smooth out things like this is by plastic welding in section from and old bumper into the holes left from the bumpstrips

also i can smooth out bumpstrips and paint bumper for £120

 

[Coops]

Whats 2k fibreglass :dontknow: ? I would be using the p40 stuff from halfords, then the p38 filler.

 

[paulbmx2003]

like i said using just fibreglass it will crack

 

[Coops]

i've found when just throwing fibreglass in then it will crack, the way i smooth out things like this is by plastic welding in section from and old bumper into the holes left from the bumpstrips

also i can smooth out bumpstrips and paint bumper for £120

Yeah thats what i though

You own a bodyshop then? Or do everything yourself?

£120 sounds very good, but is it top notch perfect work ? + i would have to pay postage to you and back for another £20

 

[sxi001]

like i said using just fibreglass it will crack

exactly...
but im sure 2k fibreglass shouldnt crack.....

 

[paulbmx2003]

yes i run my own bodyshop, take a look in the my cars section at the thread 'bumper for my mate' can see some pics of my work

 

[Coops]

what is 2k fibreglass then ?

 

[paulbmx2003]

if your really going to use fibreglass then maybe fill the hole up with p40, then using fibreglass matting and resin go over the area of bump strip, then once all dry and hard sand down and filler over

 

[sxi001]

what is 2k fibreglass then ?

its vibration resistance..... so shouldnt crack

 

[Coops]

its vibration resistance..... so shouldnt crack

Where would i get some of that from ? And is it sure not to crack ?

 

[paulbmx2003]

can never say fibreglass will never crack, it will crack at some point, with plastic welding you are almost certain it will never crack

 

[sxi001]

Where would i get some of that from ? And is it sure not to crack ?

im pretty sure it wont crack and not sure where to get it from..... maybe a private car shop... its quite expensive tho....

 

[paulbmx2003]

any fibreglass will crack at some point, i'd put money on it

 

[sxi001]

any fibreglass will crack at some point, i'd put money on it

yea maybe after a good few years..........

 

[paulbmx2003]

i'd say less than that, the thing with fibreglass is that the temperature affects it alot

 

[Coops]

sxi001 how much would you charge for doing it ? Thats if you do it :lol: