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Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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28th Jun 10 at 18:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

has anyone smoothed there front bumper, if so is it easy and is there a tutorial anywhere.. really fancy doin mine but too scared without a tutorial lmao... fairly new to stuff like this im more of a de-badge type of modder lol but really want to learn to do more stuff myself
SnK
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Registered: 2nd Mar 09
Location: Yeadon, West Yorkshire
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28th Jun 10 at 21:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

The best bet is plastic welding mate. Get some plastic from an old bumper and put it in the gap your smoothing then melt it with a heat gun or torch. Then use some filler to sand any bumps. But don't just use filler for the gaps or over time it'll either sink or come off.
reidy22
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Registered: 10th Aug 09
Location: scotland-ayr
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28th Jun 10 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

plastic weld it use a soldering iron thats what i use sand it down light skim of fibreglass and then sand down then ull probably need a very light skim of filler alot will say it will sink which is true yes but done right will last years
Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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29th Jun 10 at 19:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well thats handy i have a blow lamp lol might get 2 scrap bumpers then and have a bash thanks for the help guys
ash-ov-boro
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Registered: 22nd Oct 09
Location: middlesbrough,cleveland
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30th Jun 10 at 01:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if you do have ago at it corsasport1.4phillips
you should put up a tutorial on here so everyone else knows also will you be spraying it maybe put a spray tutorial up too

 
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