Really useful. I had to have a bumper welded recently. My repairer made and used some little alloy plates which he riveted to give extra hold. I would add that SPeedyfix two part epoxy for black platic is also extremely useful and INCREDIBLY strong. Its superglue type thing with a granualy filler. Broken bits on headlamps, bumpers and airboxes can be permanently repired with it although not a substitiute for welding, could help with some bits of a repair as can be sanded and painted. This review shows what can be achieved by a DIYer which makes it a great one. I urge you to give painting a go. Painting is easy and its the polishing, that produces the final finish so buy or hire a DA polisher and get some correct grade discs and you can do this. DA has been one of the best investments I have ever made. Thanks so much for being the one to take the plunge and showing us you hard work. I am going off to investigate a welder now.
Guide: Fixing cracked plastic panels
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I have to take the bumper back off to replace a daytime running light which has corroded connectors so when I do that I was going to buy a fiberglass kit and give it a coat of fiberglass on the back.
I've done a fair bit of spray painting in the past so I am fairly confident in doing it, my only problem is finding somewhere to do it. My dad has an old Gazebo he was going to throw out but said I can put it up on his drive and use that so once the nice weather comes around, I'm definitely going to pop over and give it a go.
I do actually have a da polisher. I had a voucher for Halfords a few months ago and decided to buy one because I thought it would come in handy!! Just need to buy the current grade pads as you say.
I'll keep that speedyfix epoxy in mind for future, definitely think I'll find some uses for that!
Definitely worth investing in a welder, they are very cheap and will be useful for many repairs.
Once I get around to doing the fiberglass, filling and painting, I will try and remember to get some photos so I can update this and make it a complete start to finish guide.