Front Bumper dented. Fixable or Replacement?
 

Got into a low speed minor collision yesterday. The black rubber / plastic part of the front bumper is dented. Is this fixable or will I need a replacement? Also, the bumper came off the tabs and there's a slight gap between the headlights and the front bumper.

take it to bodyshop to get estimate. sometimes the cost of fixing might cost more than replace if they have to spend a lot of time into it.

Well since the obvious answer without seeing it is body shop/replace it. Ill post the non obvious one.


If you can borrow a heat gun, nice. If not this might work anyway. Use your scissor jack on the inside and push out the dent with it slowly. You'll need someone heavy to push back against the bumper in other areas while doing this, or you'll just jack the whole bumper cover off the car. Then I would use black plasti-dip over the black portion to fill in/cover all the scratches. Some mequires scratch x works well for an off the shelf product to fix scratches in the paint and you might need to buy new bumper clips for under the headlight. Since they seem to be very soft and don't take abuse well.




when I got hit by a drunk driver they wanted 300$ for the bumper cover plus many hours labor and paint. Price climbed real quick so hopefully what I said works.

Thanks guys for the quick response. I will try that first see if it works.

Did you already fix it? Using a heat gun will work but be careful as it could also melt and mess things up, easier way is to use hot water, there are some videos on youtube on that if you want to look. I hit something also but mine was a lot smaller, about a quarter size but the dent was noticeable. It was hot outside and I already was installing my lip so I took the end of a screwdriver and pushed it out, not perfect but a lot better than before. All that from the heat of the sun on a hot day.

I will be taking it to my brother in law's friends body shop. Gave me a reasonable quote. They will take the bumper off and try to pop it back out see what happens. Keep you guys posted.