1. warmed up the area, until i could feel the heat on the other side of the bumper.
2. slowly pushed on the dent, sort of massaged the dent.
3. heated up the area again to work the area a little more.
4. all done.

start to finish, maybe 10 minutes.

not much heat is needed and i'm sure a blowdryer would work.

my day went from to

 

Nicely done!

 

That's pretty awesome.

 

Great work! Urethane is awesome! My wife's Camry had a volleyball size dent from an ahhshole hit and run. I took bumper off, broke out a hair dryer and finally got the bumper warm enough..pushed it back out and it literally went back to original shape... WIN!

 

Wow..... good job!!!

 

ehaze, I have a dent in just about the same spot. Did you take the bumper off? or can you reach in and pop the dent out?

 

Slam, I did not remove the bumper.

There is a small panel that is held in place with a 10mm bolt. Removed the bolt, sort of moved the panel up, then slid my hand behind the bumper....

 

ehaze: This is an INCREDIBLE and useful post. Thank you for sharing this.

Would you share a few details ....... Because this applies to most bumpers today...not just for an LS. -

1) Did you apply the very high-heat heat gun to the "PAINT" side of the bumper ? I woulda thunk it wooda hurt the paint ?

2) Where ever you applied the heat, what was the distance between the gun and the bumper ? 2 inches ? 6 inches ? A foot ?

3) Did you "move" the heat gun around over the damaged area, or hold in one position ?

4) Did you use any "tools" to help re-form the damage.

Your results, at least for me, are nothing short of amazing.

Looking forward to more details. And again, thank you for this valuable tip.

Mikey Lulejian - Lake Oconee, GA

 

1) Did you apply the very high-heat heat gun to the "PAINT" side of the bumper ? I woulda thunk it wooda hurt the paint ?

The heat gun was set on low, didn't want to melt the bumper. No reason you couldn't use a blow-dryer.

2) Where ever you applied the heat, what was the distance between the gun and the bumper ? 2 inches ? A Foot ?

The distance between the gun and bumper was a couple of inches, maybe 3. I made sure to move the gun around the dent, trying to heat not only the dent but the area around it. *keep the gun moving or you will melt the bumper.*

3) Did you use any "tools" to help re-form the damage.

Only used my hand and thumb to form the area. First I focused on the dent, then I applied more heat to work it all out.

 

Big props
Glad the paint came through well too.

 

Wow, good job!

 

Whoa! Thanks for the tips. Going to do this on my van