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Nismo
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Bought a replica lip from eBay for £57 (OEM retails at £435) it is a very tight fit and has a rip in the top left corner, now the seller has said he will replace it but it means sending back to USA (at my cost £70) and about a 20 day turn around! now my car has been off the road for 4 weeks i just want to get it back on the road! will I / body shop be able to repair the rip and paint it?
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21st Mar 12 at 14:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it ABS Plastic?
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21st Mar 12 at 14:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and were you intending on painting it?
Nismo
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Yeah sorry its polyurethane and will be painted.

(but here comes another awkward part)

It will be painted the closest match to the white pearl that my car is as i don't have the paint code so I can't get the bumper repainted.
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21st Mar 12 at 14:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just fill it in that case, paint will cover it. I'd mask off/and repair in situ
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but what I'm worried about is the split tearing further once it gets vibrations and the odd scrape over speed bumps etc?
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that will fix easy! a decent repair it wont crack
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strap it across the back with a thin piece of plastic/metal. counterbore some rivet heads from the outside that can be over filled. the fill the crack
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21st Mar 12 at 14:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buy another one

Sell that one for the same money as-is.

It will repair.
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drill a small hole at the very bottom of the tear, this will stop it from tearing any further, then fill and paint
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
strap it across the back with a thin piece of plastic/metal. counterbore some rivet heads from the outside that can be over filled. the fill the crack


what about heating some staples up and pushing into the back so they melt into it to form a brace?
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yeah, would work; you'd need to strap right across so large staples. Chloe's idea isn't a bad one, a small circular drill hole at the base of the crack, just wider than the crack itself will act as a rip stop
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easy fix for a body shop that, drilled and filled
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Yeah simple fix
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Cheers People! Will see what the local bodyshop has to say and get them on the case! end of the day they know what they are doing with it!
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21st Mar 12 at 18:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
post it to me

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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I would do but you will need the bumper to get the shape right as if i remove the clamp the rubber pulls round the side.
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Also why can't u find the colour to match it to?
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Was resprayed a 3 stage white pearl but the previous owner doesn't have the paint code and the local auto colour places cant seem to get a decent match
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If they have a colourmatching device, Think they are known as a brick, They put it on, turn it on and it scans the surface and finds the correct colour. They plug it in a computer and it tells them how to mix it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Bonney
If they have a colourmatching device, Think they are known as a brick, They put it on, turn it on and it scans the surface and finds the correct colour. They plug it in a computer and it tells them how to mix it.


Spectrometer. Still might be a bit hard with it being a 3 stage pearl.
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Won't work on a 3 stage. Any pics of the colour. Could have a look in my stuff.
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
Won't work on a 3 stage.


This is why im not a painter.
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paint it gloss black or gunmetal grey and go contrasting with it instead. White is a twat to colour match anyway, three stage is never going to match well unless its painted at the same time. What colour are your wheels?
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^^^ i agree it wouldnt look good if you try and match it, maybe do it gloss black and have a few bits to match it so it wont look out of place, it will look better then a bad colour match imo

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