has any1 ever got 2 bumpers an cut them to create a completly different bumper? or got a bumper from another car an cut center section out then rejoined them?
if so how?
cheers,
shaun
if so how?
cheers,
shaun
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You can either plastic weld the bumpers together or fibreglass them 
car bumpers are made from various different plastics ie pp ppu pl the list goes on to about 8, it will tell you on the back of the bumper imprinted, so idealy you want the same plastic, then you can cut and splice them together wth a plastic welder, there are some cheapo kits on ebay, they are like a heatgun with a feeder tube with sticks of diff plastic rods, or use a soldering iron that ive used in the past, trim bits of exceess material that is not used for the rods from behind the bumper, and fuse it together, then to reinforce i use a good 2k adhesve on top of the welds, dont use fibreglass it wont stick and will crack and fall off, Ant!!
You can either plastic weld the bumpers together or fibreglass them
I disagree with the part about fiberglassing bumpers, the properties dont work well with abs which most bumpers are. Fiberglass is a very rigid material wheras plastics are more flexible. As the previous response to this states, it doesnt stick!
The answer to this question totally depends on what materials you are trying to join.
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Most bumpers are made from pu, pp, not abs, fibreglass is for bridging holes in knackers, try fibreglassing on a piece of bumper, then give it a bit of a bend and hey presto it wont adhere (stick) Ant!
Woops my bad only just realised what ive written lol
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