Front bumper damage

[Joey]

So I'm cursed...

About a month ago a curb jumped off the ground a bit my front bumper.

So I enlisted the help of Rob... who glassed it back up so it was steady.

2000 miles or so later and its still sturdy so today we set about making it look like a bumper again.

Tomorrow we intend to finish it off and I'll be attempting to paint it over the next few days. More pics to follow.

 

[bobster1982]

very flattering shot there joey glad to help though

 

[deanshepherd]

nice bike stand : ) ha ha ha

 

[Pid_16V]

Shame about the damage, but good to see repairs under way.

 

[TopCat1127]

Like the tags at the end!!!!

 

[p.whitelock]

Shame about the damage but its good to see it getting sorted. Good work so far.

 

[Malu]

You'll need a lot of filler for that bike stand :eek6:

 

[catbus]

Poor Blurple

Love the Registration plate though!

etc

 

[lottysvdub]

rob you left a huge crack there mate surely P38 could fill that for you

 

[bobster1982]

well its a bumper again.. spent tonight with joey getting it all sorted out for him to whip the bumper off and just finish the prep work ready for spraying..

Wonkey grill this years must have mod

But not any more. grill fixed and just a bit more prep

AND JUST TO GET MY OWN BACK JOEY!!

 

[Joey]

the taking of body parts and posting them on here could get rather silly. needs a new thread i think... "photos of members in compromising positions." get what i did there?

no anyway, help is much appreciated as not only is the bumper repaired i have learned the process of repairing bodywork. big thumbs up.

 

[skinnydawg]

that Bobster is a man of all trades aint he!

 

[Pid_16V]

Looks like a job well done there matey, don't forget to show us the finished article

 

[M44TY O]

Joey you really need to learn to drive/ use a jack/ do man stuff

Glad its getting fixed though bud!

 

[brabenv6]

lookin good joey m8,well done rob,and yes yer bum does look big in them lol

 

[Joey]

and so...

Last night I arrived at my parents to start work at around 6.30pm. I couldnt get the bumper up the drive so I had to take the bumper off on the street which is a 60mph "b" road so with traffic being what it was that took me until 8.00pm! Getting that bumper off was the single most testing job of the whole operation.:mad5:

Anyway... 1st things 1st I had to remove all the old meshing that was damaged and rusting.

Then I had to go and prep the thing. Sanding with 120 and 240 grit wet and dry to get the finish I needed. The "x" is a note to myself that I'm not happy with this bit... the size of the "x" tells me that this area needed lots of work.

At this point I was happy with the shape. Now was time for the hard work... the 1200 grit wet and dry. That had me going until 2.30am!

Next morning... funny looking eh?

The 1st coat of paint.

You can clearly see Rob's resin work in the next shot... It's the pink stuff.

After all is said and done, 3 coats of primer, 10 coats (or so) of paint and 4 coats lacquer... its 8.20pm and we have this...

I know its a bit dark. I'll get a decent daylight shot in soon but not before the lacquer has hardened and the job has been finished. I still have 2 stages to go but I'm please up to this point.