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Do you think this is repairable?

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Old 02-03-15, 03:21 PM
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So I got in a little accident at about 5mph. nothing serious but it left me with this little present:


The bumper didn't lost any of its shape it just this little scuff. Can it be fixed with some bondo and resprayed by a professional painter? The bumper already had some rock chips so i was going to respray it anyways.

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Old 02-03-15, 04:31 PM
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It needs s full repaint. If it is cracked you need a new bumper. Why do you want bondo crap? You can probably find a used bumper for a couple hundred.
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as long as its only the paint that's cracked and not the plastic itself, then its repairable. but even if the plastic is cracked it can be repaired with epoxy. and so long as only a thin layer of filler is applied its fine.
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Thanks you all for your answers.

@Mike_1GO: That's what I think. The area of damage is very small, i've pushed the area with my fingers to see if the cracks open with pressure and they don't so maybe it is just the paint that is cracked.

Maybe the picture i posted makes it looks bigger than it is but this is the area were the crack is located:



Old 02-03-15, 10:48 PM
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judging by the pic you probably just need to sand it down and if it needs bondo u can apply alittle and sand it smooth... primer then sand again and paint and blend it out and clear... BUT your color looks like pearl white so probably just might as well paint the whole bumper better than blending it out cause it will be off and hopefully color will match the rest of the car after as well...
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you can have it repaired
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