fixing a rear bumper
fixing a rear bumper
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fixing a rear bumper
Sorry, I am not familiar with the vans and I am not sure how the metal bumpers look like. Therefore both possibilities, chrome and paint:
If the bumper is chrome, nope, you can only get a new one or have it straightened and rechromed (more expensive than a new one)
If the bumper is painted metal, you can have it straightened and then smoothened with filler to a perfect finish. After repaint there will be no telling. You can attempt this yourself with good results. Filling large dings will not work, only 1/16th of an inch is what you want to go on body filler. If you use more cracks and shrinking are issues that will haunt you.
George
If the bumper is chrome, nope, you can only get a new one or have it straightened and rechromed (more expensive than a new one)
If the bumper is painted metal, you can have it straightened and then smoothened with filler to a perfect finish. After repaint there will be no telling. You can attempt this yourself with good results. Filling large dings will not work, only 1/16th of an inch is what you want to go on body filler. If you use more cracks and shrinking are issues that will haunt you.
George
