Friday, August 11, 2023

"Restoring" the bumper

 The rear bumper is in bad shape it is bent and rusty, started with straigtening it in the shop press.



The corners where totally rusted out! Only the crome made it look intact. Cut out the rusty part to have something to weld to. Used 3mm flatbar so I have enough material to grind the shape of the bumber.





One corner welded and grinded.


Same procedure on the other side witch is in worse shape.

Several pieces where needed here.




Roughly grinded in shape



Bumper fastening brackets painted.




Inside of bumper painted black.



Visible side of bumber is grinded down and covered with clear coating. 

An alternative here would have been painting or wrapping witch would have enabled use of bondo to cover remaining imperfections but I will try it like this as I like the fact that repairs can be seen. I can always paint or wrap later if I feel like it.





"Paint booth"


left to dry over night.



Reassembly of fastening brackets.





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Final details done and the project is now ready!

 Here are some pictures of how it turned out.