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Fix the damage ASAP!
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Ignore the damage, do your exhaust.
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Wait until you have the cash to fix the damage and every dent.
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Wait until you can fix every dent and scratched and get the whole car repainted.
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Beyond repair?

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Old 06-27-02, 07:59 PM
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Anybody know?
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Originally posted by EightTrack
Hey guys, i wouldn't mind trying the work myself. What do I fill the scratches with on the bumper? bondo work fine on the plastic? What about painting it? What's the process involved so it doesn't just peel off?
Bondo sells a plastic filler, I belive it is for marine applications.
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Take ricos advice, Buy a 50 gal drum of bondo, Don't paint the bondo, Invest in go fast parts, and look like a redneck. Nuff said.
Old 08-30-02, 01:41 AM
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Rico has the right idea

Most cost effective...

Buy a rear bumper skin from a wrecking yard. Try and get one the same color so matching isn't as difficult.

Take the bumper off, take your Rex to your favorite body shop and have them repair the unibody damange keeping the work localized as possible It's pretty local and with the bumper off, should take very few hours for repair. So, cost of professional repair should me minor.

Put the bumper back together and have bumper painted. It's the skin is totally a natural break from the body, shouldn't be difficult to bring it cosmetically close so only close inspection can tell it's different paint. Feathering the paint from the bumper should capture the small area on the unibody that has been repaired.
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