Big dent in rear bumper

shocksy

I stupidly reversed into my fence at the weekend. Does anyone have any idea how much this might cost to repair. The paint work damage is non existent thankfully. I'll be covering the cost myself. Can this be repaired by a panel beater instead of getting a new part? Thanks

CJhaughey

I would say that with a hairdryer and a careful push that will come out easily, no paint damage will mean a cheap fix.

corks finest

CJhaughey wrote: »

I would say that with a hairdryer and a careful push that will come out easily, no paint damage will mean a cheap fix.

There's several solutions on YouTube,, kettle of v hot water, Google it

smuggler.ie

see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79uO_H0kzo

lawred2

smuggler.ie wrote: »

see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79uO_H0kzo

the panel popped out nice but the bumper was still f*cked

smuggler.ie

lawred2 wrote: »

the panel popped out nice but the bumper was still f*cked

true, but how bad it was. OP's should work much better.
Any better ideas?

lawred2

smuggler.ie wrote: »

true, but how bad it was. OP's should work much better.
Any better ideas?

It seems like you've taken personal offence.. not sure why it's not like it's you in the video. It wasn't even a criticism. The bumper didn't pop out like the panel did.

No I've no 'better ideas'. Not DIY ones anyway.

smuggler.ie

lawred2 wrote: »

It seems like you've taken personal offence..

No I've no 'better ideas'

Not at all !! Just curious if you have one.

lawred2

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Not at all !! Just curious if you have one.

oh right - no I've no better ideas

but as it goes - my aging run around Golf MKV has two smallish dents in panels from a previous owner. Might see if the hot water approach improves them in any way..

Although neither of them are such that I'd get a plunger around/on them

Del2005

corks finest wrote: »

There's several solutions on YouTube,, kettle of v hot water, Google it

You'll need to pop the bumper off to see if there's any structural damage behind, modern cars are designed to fail to protect the occupants in a crash and even a low speed collision can impact the crash protection.

iwillhtfu

corks finest wrote: »

There's several solutions on YouTube,, kettle of v hot water, Google it

smuggler.ie wrote: »

see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79uO_H0kzo

Chinese whispers tell me that doing the hot water method will result in the paint lifting over time. I'm not sure how true that is perhaps others have experienced it.

smuggler.ie

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Chinese whispers tell me that doing the hot water method will result in the paint lifting over time. I'm not sure how true that is perhaps others have experienced it.

Physics of that, IMHO, would be, that paintwork was damaged (before hot water) and micro cracks inflicted all over - eventually water/dirt seep into and under weather conditions(sub 0, corrosion) will cause failure.