Filling in the licence plate area

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

Hey Guys

I recently bought a clio rear bumper, where the licence plate is situated in the bumber. However i currently have mine situated in the boot lid, so i want to fill in that area on the boot lid and smooth it off....dont wanna look like a t**t driving around with 2 licence plate cut outs:rasp:

Anyone know how i would go about filling that area in the boot lid with body filler?

Any help would be appreciated....thanks

 

[couzens]

ive just filled in my numberplate recess on my front bumper to give it that smoothed euro look , i fiber glassed it in rubbing it down then filling it with polyfiller and rubbing that down untill it was completly smoothed over, gives a good look once its colour coded to

 

[MikesDman]

leave it to a pro mate..cos i dont think you will prep it perfectly and when you come to paint it, it will look poo!

 

[Final Maxim]

got a pic of the tailgate? id probably suggest welding a plate in.

you can build it up with a load of fibreglass but itll just crack, sink eventually and look shite

 

[Terry172]

got a pic of the tailgate? id probably suggest welding a plate in.

you can build it up with a load of fibreglass but itll just crack, sink eventually and look s**te

Agreed.....

 

[Dip]

Did you get a Clio Campus bumper?
Why not try and source a boot lid - no number plate recess...

 

[Middo]

ive just filled in my numberplate recess on my front bumper to give it that smoothed euro look , i fiber glassed it in rubbing it down then filling it with polyfiller and rubbing that down untill it was completly smoothed over, gives a good look once its colour coded to

i bet you £50 it'll crack out once you've driven it for a bit.

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

ive just filled in my numberplate recess on my front bumper to give it that smoothed euro look , i fiber glassed it in rubbing it down then filling it with polyfiller and rubbing that down untill it was completly smoothed over, gives a good look once its colour coded to

i bet you £50 it'll crack out once you've driven it for a bit.

Thanks guys thats what i was afraid of, it cracking when i get on the road:dapprove: The meal plate sounds like a good idea, thanks for that, think itll be the safes bet:approve:

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

Did you get a Clio Campus bumper?
Why not try and source a boot lid - no number plate recess...

not hundred percent sure on the model, but yeah there is a boot lid for it, just really really hard to source:S but im still trying to find one:rasp:

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

do not just fill it with filler it'll last for about a week then drop out.

the best way is to weld in a plate but unless it's done to a very high standard it'll never look perfect.

easiest thing to do is to get a clio campus rear boot lid then smooth out the bit that sticks out with the renault logo on.

 

[Thamar]

Needs a plasticweld.

 

[couzens]

ent cracked yet and its plastic so you cant weld in plate, other way is the clio campus tail gate

 

[Final Maxim]

course you can weld in a plate, just cut out a piece of plastic to size and melt it to your bumper, id probably bond it down aswell with sikaflex, then fill to that.

a huge lump of fibreglass/filler combo is never good, especially on a bumper which is vibrated like hell when on the road

 

[couzens]

ah oh well went for the tools and equipment i had, never mind aye, still looks good tho

 

[Final Maxim]

just hope it dont crack, avoid potholes lol

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

lets say i were to weld a plate onto the boot lid....couldnt i just weld it in a few millimetres and then fill the remaining area with body filler or fiberglass to get it 100% smooth looking?:approve:

 

[kevin.s]

lets say i were to weld a plate onto the boot lid....couldnt i just weld it in a few millimetres and then fill the remaining area with body filler or fiberglass to get it 100% smooth looking?:approve:

yeah that is what you would do but you would havto spread your filler feather than the plate you had welded in so you could feather the edges of the filler into the reast of the tailgate to make it as smooth as possible. dont expect to get it compleatly smooth first time nether, it may take a few skims af filler before the shape is right.

oh and if you mix the filler and fibreglass together for your first skim it makes it easer to apply to the panel and easer to sand down like filler but you still get the strength and bulky build up of fibre glass.

 

[couzens]

just hope it dont crack, avoid potholes lol

fingers crossed lol