Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 22:52:27 -0400
Reply-To: John Koloski <koloski@TOAD.NET>
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From: John Koloski <koloski@TOAD.NET>
Subject: Re: Damaged fiberglass rear bumper... can it be repaired?
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I repaired my bumper with grey epoxy from the hardware store. A teenage
driver rear ended me. I never got arounds to painting it, just sanded it
smooth. Tangeled bumpers eight years later with a Ford Tarus. His bumber
was demolished. It actually fell off the car. I didn't notice any damage
to my bumper, even where it was epoxied back together, so guess the
orginal repair was sucessful. I didn't use any glass reinforcing fibers,
just epoxy. Like JB weld but it comes in putty cans, mix black and white to
make a grey putty. You might want to paint your's though, it will look
prettier.
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> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Damaged fiberglass rear bumper... can it be repaired?
> Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:56 AM
>
> In a message dated 5/7/00 6:23:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ktaylor@PREMIER1.NET writes:
>
> << 've got a '91 Westy Multivan with the black fiberglass bumpers.
> Someone rearended my van. The replacement cost for a rear bumper at the
> local VW dealer is nearly $500. This dealer also maintains a VW
> 'wrecking yard,' and they told me that it's very rare that they ever get
> these bumpers in on wrecked Vanagons because in an accident, they're
> typically the first thing to be destroyed. As it is right now, the
> bumper is in one piece, but appears to have torn areas in it, none of
> which are near an edge. The largest tear is about five inches long.
> They are not 'holes,' but are long abrasions with a little fiberglass
> fabric showing. Anyone have any luck removing a damaged bumper of this
> type and repair it by patching it from the rear for structural purposes
> and filling in the abrasions on the front for cosmetic purposes? Also,
> is the type of black paint needed to paint fiberglass bumpers available
> in aerosol cans? >>
>
>
> yes, you can fix them..its pretty easy. remove bumper, massage cracked
areas
> back into place, abrade backside of bumper, and repair w/ fiberglass
resin
> and matting cloth. repair face of bumper w/ bondo, and sand. repaint.
> chris
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