Respraying full bumper..

[BioHzrd]

How much roughly would i be looking at to get a Bumper full resprayed, mind you its starting off a diff colour from with itll end up being dunno if that makes it more expensive in the way of prep work....

Cheers

 

[Gaz_]

What you doin???? I'd have thought £200 ish ??

 

[BioHzrd]

Muhahah cant be telling you !! ill tell you once you get pics of your HIDs in the dark :rasp:

 

[Gaz_]

LOLZ!! I'll try tonight Picking up wheels tomorrow, nearly went matt Black, but went for gloss in the end. Must stock up on tyre Black

 

[BioHzrd]

Youll forget !! Ooooh you putting them on tomoz ?? i need to find stuff that last more than two days ! and stays on in the rain !!

Anyway back on Topic anyone know a proper price it would cost ??

 

[Final Maxim]

£75-£125

 

[BioHzrd]

£75-£125

What bout a bit of smoothing action on two corners take it the price would jump up a fair bit ??

 

[Gaz_]

No chance! I was quoted a blow in on my front bumper for £60, and that was for a corner.... I feel a modded 197 bumper in my bones

 

[oz_clio]

some 197-style bumper coming along methinks bio!!

 

[BioHzrd]

No chance! I was quoted a blow in on my front bumper for £60, and that was for a corner.... I feel a modded 197 bumper in my bones

Waaaay to much effort lol....ebay FTFW !! all im saying !

 

[Final Maxim]

£75-£125

What bout a bit of smoothing action on two corners take it the price would jump up a fair bit ??

smoothed, looking at around the £200 mark

 

[Dunx90]

eek, bio maybe if u diy smooth and prep it and get them to spray it. it will drop

 

[BioHzrd]

eek, bio maybe if u diy smooth and prep it and get them to spray it. it will drop

Tis waht im thinking too mate but never tryed filler or fiberglassing before my self FM you seem to know your stuff how hard would it be to DIY smooth some small aeas on a Mk3 Bumper ? could send you a pic of said areas if that would better help you explain

 

[Final Maxim]

got a picture of the bumper?

if you aint touched filler before i wouldnt really recommend trying it as you'll just be wasting money on products

 

[BioHzrd]

This pic do you ?? be the two Bump strips removed and smoothed i know theres a big hole behind each for the rear parking sensor witch would have to be filled.

 

[Final Maxim]

just drop out the plastic mouldings, fill any holes by cutting out some plastic from something and bond it in. then fibreglass the hole up, sand it down so its indented slightly, then skim it with filler, overlapping the entire thing.

block it down with p80, then drop to p180, finish with p320 (all dry)

then give it all a wetflat with P800, P1000 or P1200 to get rid of any rough bits that will have furred up.

then prime it

 

[Final Maxim]

products

small tin of fibreglass
small tin of easy sand filler
can of aerosol cellulose primer
P80x2
P180x2
P320x2
P800, P1000 or P1200 wetordry(any, dont matter which)
rubber sanding block

get everything from halfords

 

[BioHzrd]

What about bonding the plstic whats best used for that ??

 

[Final Maxim]

you can use the fibreglass to bond it. best to use a bonding adhesive though, i recommend sikaflex

but for how small it is and to keep the costs down, use some of the fibreglass, wont hurt.
just make sure you rough all inside the hole first with P80 to give the fibreglass something to key to

 

[BioHzrd]

Cheers mate great help last question...i think lol....Will i have to leave any weight or that on the plastic to help it bond or will it be ok just to leave it and let it dry ??

 

[Final Maxim]

just push it in with your fingers hard, excess fibreglass should spread out and push out, securing it all in place solid

 

[BioHzrd]

Is it wise to give it a blast with a heat gun to speed it up a lil ?

 

[Final Maxim]

completely upto you, fibreglass will be rock solid in 10-20 minutes anyway

 

[RichCup]

Seriously wouldn't do it yourself mate, you'll regret it.

I've been quoted 200 plus vat for a front bumper respray from an expensive place.

 

[Ash87]

paid £200 for my front one to be resprayed.

 

[BioHzrd]

I aint sprayinng it myself i know id f**k that up, going to get qoutes tomoz for the smoothing and spraying and just the spraying ! will see what route i take but to be honest i like to learn by doing !

 

[AlexHealy]

I have a few bumps and scratches, does anyone have an idea of how much I would be looking at to getting these resprayed.





Did the front one by catching a wall, and the back one was done by a mate driving into the back of me.

But the damage to his car was a lot worse.

 

[.GAZ.]

u shoulda got a 197 bumper.. ur motor would look smart with the diffuser!!

 

[BioHzrd]

Yeah wanted to but to much hassle to get it on with the exhaust plus haccking away at the defuser would be stupid things woth £280 according to reno lol !