K, so I totally messed up and should be covered in grease and rolled in metal shavings.. I had my car painted. Every piece apart and covered in red. That was about 4 years ago. I broke the bank and then had some bumps in my road so the car got stuffed in storage until the time was ready. I am storing all the painted parts in my 8x10 fish house so nothing gets messed with or touched. So, the problem, It gets warm in there.... gravity and the heat has caused the (front) bumper to take a not so good shape. I'm wondering if I put it in the sun and/or use a hair dryer to heat it up and am going to make a jig out of wood to attach it to, if you guys think that will work, to hopefully get it back to the org shape, and keep it there until assembly. I really dont want to have to track one down or buy a new one. The paint is ok but I'm sure will crack when I straighten it out. SO,

1. Is this possible to fix?
2. Any other ideas other than the way i described?
3. Dont do this again...
4. Anyone have a front 84z bumper?
5. Wish me luck!!

Thanks all!

 

If its not too bad, heat may bring it back into shape but you'll need a lot more than a hair drier to do it, a real heat gun might help.

Once in awhile I warp a bumper at work, propping it up the right way so it stays straight and baking it at 180 degrees for an hour or so usually brings it back where it needs to be and without affecting the paint. You could bring it to a body shop and pay them to try.

 

Yeah, heat gun, thats what i meant. I spent 8 hours building a jig and straightening it out. I took a pattern off of the front of a fender, where the bumper bolts to, and with a jig saw cut some pieces out of a 1x4 that i forced into the inside of the bumper. Screwed em in place through the mounting holes. I screwed the whole thing to my pick nick table so it cant move even if it wants to. Now it is baking in the sun. Think I might make a little tarp tent and shove a heater in there and get her up to 160. I was thinking about making a pattern/custom bumper holder so someone can buy one and put it on there bumper to hold in place. wonder if it would sell? Anyways, after I get it where it needs to be I am going to store it in my parents root cellar where it is a constant 50 deg so it firms up and maybe wont spring back so bad when I take the jig off when I go to put it on. So so far so good. The paint got screwed.... But I have to do some other painting anyways. Thanks for the tip and help!!

 

Thought I'd post some pics of what it looks like. It's pretty close. going to let it sit for today and tomorrow try to straighten the dips left and right of where the badge goes.