Long story, but my car had an accident some time ago.

My front bumper for the most part is perfect. But one corner is seemingly knurled over. Photo below shows this.

First question is how can this be fixed, the urethane is bent.

Second question is bumper on that side seems to be down further then the drivers side. What could cause this and how can i be fixed?

I'd hate to replace the entire bumper for this one small thing. But i alsop understand its urethane and hard to work with...

Photo's below show 2 angles of the bad bumper corner, notice how its almost knurled over, and a good photo.

 

a heat gun should fix that with no problems

 

heat gun? explain further please....

am i to heat the bumper and slowly bend back into place?

 

im assuming the support bar behind the bumper is completely tweaked, small pictures but it looks like your turn signal is all goofed up

 

turnsignal is goofed up, no biggie i got extra's!

the support bar? the front bumper bracket you mean? i'm sure i can bend it back, i just dont want to have to replace the whole bumper. very hard to find in good quality, and very high price for new ones.

So is the method i said the heat gun method?

 

forget the heat gun method, its not the plastic bumper that messed up its a peice of metal behind it
and it can be fixed its not just as easy as it sounds because its a whole bunch of, bend, put back on car, take back off car, bend, etc.. i have 2, both messed up, spent alot of time tweaking that stupid bar :P

 

i have the motovation neccesary to fix that bumper.

So there is a piece of metal behind the urethane?

I will definately have to take the front cover off and fix it. The fender is junk, i have a GM used one already tho.

That bumper cover is hard to come by down here, all the TA's in the yards have front end damage or the bumper is gone already. My best option is to fix mine.

Any illustration of this "metal bar"?

 

Looks to me like the fender is dented and is pulling the bumper cover along with it. It's hard to tell, the pics are kinda small.

 

i found this photo, shoes no metal bracket behind it, maybe the bar is holind it down forcing it like this?

 

you see that peice made of pure rust inside that bumper cover in the photo? ;0
yours is probably still painted black, thats the peice, open your hood, your turn signals are screwed into it

 

i have photo's otherwise, the bar appears to in tact from the few angles i have... dont seem to be much there to hold it down....

pretty sure its just bent,
story of this accident is well, a school bus didn't see my parked car, and ran her over. Bus driver was too afraid to remove the bus from my car, so they were entwined for 4 hours.

 

Huh, i have some Front bumper cover problems also.. I'll try to get some pics..

 

please,

at this point, i think the heat gun trick is my best bet, after a week or so, i'll get the car back, and start pulling panels off..

 

Well, my car is in the paint shop, and i had a bra on the car, and the guy whos painting my car said i needed to replace the bumber cover, because where the shock absorber stuff lifted it craked the paint.. Right in front of the headlights on the sides, but i fixed the shock absorber stuff. so the two "bubbles" you kind of see, i can push down, but they pop right back up.. he, the painter said he was NOT touching the bumper cover till i got another one in better Cond.

 

mine is not bubling or peeling, if so, i'll cut and fiberglass that area to fill it in real well. I just need that corner to realign with the fender...

 

Do you Think i could use the Heat Gun trick? just to get the "bubbles" Down, Near flat?

 

bubbles?

hehe no the bubbles are not going to stick back, you'd really have to sand them down to where there is no separation and fill it in, like i may have todo.

 

Or get head light Covers..?..?

 

heat gun, might work, dont take my word, not the best body work guy unless is know the procedure.

I ahdn't seen what you were refeering to until you said headlight covers, thats looks like warpage, and most likely can be cured with the heat gun trick.

 

alright theres alot of scary information going around in here atm :P
you dont fiberglass an ABS plastic bumper, thats a waste of time
you dont heat up a bumper, for no reason, to try and bend something back into shape thats not even damaged, you could turn this bumper inside out and back and probably still have it retain its shape.. the metal peice inside of the bumper is whats holding its shape in the strange position its in now, and a heat gun will do nothing but possibly melt your paint or bumper

 

So after fixing the metal, or replacing it entirely it should go back to correct shape?

The bus was on top of the car for 4 straight hours, the bumper had constant pressure the entire time. Hard to explain, had to see it to understand. I think it got bent. i'll try and see about the metal part.

 

Then I'd find another bodyshop...That's oldschool thinking.

 

yep...

 

Hey no jokes on that rusty car pic.Thats my car But yea the front bumper cover bolts to the fender,if the fender is bent then it will pull the bumper cover in with it.Get it unbolted from the fender and see if it straightens out.

 

i found it while searching for that bar...

i sure hope it comes out, they are nearly impossible to find around here, all the red necks around here seem to get into front collisions. I could find just about any rear bumper i wanted though.

The fender was hard enough to track down as well, but i secured it as quickly as possible.

 

Good luck fixing your bumper cover.
I have a similar issue with my car.
Already fixed the metal support brace.
Now I have to get that darn bumper cover pulled out.
Mine was pushed over a little bit more than yours, but on the same side.
Still would rather try fixing it since everything else on the bumper is perfect.

I was thinking of using the old heat gun, good to hear others are thinking the same thing.

I will let everyone know how it goes.