Small dent front bumper
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Small dent front bumper
When parking I hit the bottom of a small ladder. It put a small dent in the lower part of the bumper. You can feel it. It has small cracks in the paint in the area where the dent is. Will the area keep cracking and the paint keep peeling?
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Not likely as its plastic.....not like metal where atmosphere gets under it and corrosion starts to eat away........
I have tons of dents and spider web cracks on my front bumper - but from drifting damage - dammn cones........
Have you tried pushing out the dent from the inside of the bumper/lip or where ever its at?
-J
I have tons of dents and spider web cracks on my front bumper - but from drifting damage - dammn cones........
Have you tried pushing out the dent from the inside of the bumper/lip or where ever its at?
-J
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No, it will not.
Your bumpers are coated and painted with a material mixed in the paint ( "flex additive") that allows the paint to "bend and flex" with any dents that may be caused by a collision, with minimal cracking. This paint is not the same as the paint that is on your metal body parts, so it will not chip and crack like when you see damage to say, the front fender.
You'll notice your bumbers are a slighty different shade of color than your metal parts....this is bc of the "flex" material in the paint.
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Not likely as its plastic.....not like metal where atmosphere gets under it and corrosion starts to eat away........
I have tons of dents and spider web cracks on my front bumper - but from drifting damage - dammn cones........
Have you tried pushing out the dent from the inside of the bumper/lip or where ever its at?
-J
I have tons of dents and spider web cracks on my front bumper - but from drifting damage - dammn cones........
Have you tried pushing out the dent from the inside of the bumper/lip or where ever its at?
-J
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No, it will not.
Your bumpers are coated and painted with a material mixed in the paint ( "flex additive") that allows the paint to "bend and flex" with any dents that may be caused by a collision, with minimal cracking. This paint is not the same as the paint that is on your metal body parts, so it will not chip and crack like when you see damage to say, the front fender.
You'll notice your bumbers are a slighty different shade of color than your metal parts....this is bc of the "flex" material in the paint.
Your bumpers are coated and painted with a material mixed in the paint ( "flex additive") that allows the paint to "bend and flex" with any dents that may be caused by a collision, with minimal cracking. This paint is not the same as the paint that is on your metal body parts, so it will not chip and crack like when you see damage to say, the front fender.
You'll notice your bumbers are a slighty different shade of color than your metal parts....this is bc of the "flex" material in the paint.
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