Curb Rash Replacement Alternative - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Cameronghanson · 07-02-2013, 11:10 PM

Well, after pulling in the parking garage in the one spot that was open, this happened.

So i thought, hmmm $500 to replace a bumper... gotta be something easier. So here we go. First I taped up the car.

Then, using the miracle of plastidip

I painted the whole area

After that i got a front lip to cover the bottom edges
and here is the final product. Pretty happy with it!

here is a close up of the line/edges

All in all the whole thing costed about 5 hours and $250

swFt86 · 07-05-2013, 01:18 PM

I just scratched my bumper in the exact same spot! I may have to do this. Thanks for posting! Btw, where did you get your front lip at less than $250. I can't seem to find one under $300. Again, awesome work!

Cameronghanson · 07-05-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by swFt86

I just scratched my bumper in the exact same spot! I may have to do this. Thanks for posting! Btw, where did you get your front lip at less than $250. I can't seem to find one under $300. Again, awesome work!

Thank you! I just got one off ebay its plastic but super easy to replace since its basically curb fodder. the fit was good and it looks good after some polishing. if you do go that way make sure to get more self tapping screws. they only give you like 4 and i think i ended up using atleast 14 to make sure it doesnt vibrate or move around.

asia_minor · 07-05-2013, 06:43 PM

not bad...

Foobar · 07-05-2013, 10:10 PM

TylerLieberman · 07-06-2013, 12:28 AM

Looks good with the lip on. Without the lip, I would probably opt to just fix the paint. The bottom line of the BRZ front bumper looks too good to just cover up

07-02-2013, 11:10 PM	#1
Cameronghanson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: n/a Location: Boston Posts: 558 Thanks: 215 Thanked 126 Times in 94 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Curb Rash Replacement Alternative Well, after pulling in the parking garage in the one spot that was open, this happened. So i thought, hmmm $500 to replace a bumper... gotta be something easier. So here we go. First I taped up the car. Then, using the miracle of plastidip I painted the whole area After that i got a front lip to cover the bottom edges and here is the final product. Pretty happy with it! here is a close up of the line/edges All in all the whole thing costed about 5 hours and $250

07-06-2013, 12:28 AM	#6
TylerLieberman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: '24 GR86 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,686 Thanks: 658 Thanked 3,363 Times in 1,584 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looks good with the lip on. Without the lip, I would probably opt to just fix the paint. The bottom line of the BRZ front bumper looks too good to just cover up __________________ Old 2013 FRS Build Thread (SOLD) Hakone 86 GR Build Thread (SOLD)

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