I really like fiberglass bumper fillers......really easy to match a black paint job. But new car is not a DIY color. Would cost a lot to paint fiberglass fillers. The stock ones are nice but would like them to last as long as possible. Yes I know they will eventually fall apart. What about some fiberglass resin.....just the resin or something similar. Any ideas?
Bumper filler reinforcement?
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Not sure what your asking. Are you thinking of beefing up your original set of rubberized fillers with resin or bed liner coating to keep them from crumbling?
If so, Please post up the results. IMO, If you flex them or take them off to coat them, they'll crumble. From what I've seen, ALL original bumper fillers are about to crumble in the next few years. Even if your car's been garaged or under a cover. GM did not design these fillers to last forever. Even when they were new, they were wavy as gravy, sagged and buckled in where you snugged them down to the fender or quarter panel. If you try to straighten them, they will crumble. Ask me how I know...
If so, Please post up the results. IMO, If you flex them or take them off to coat them, they'll crumble. From what I've seen, ALL original bumper fillers are about to crumble in the next few years. Even if your car's been garaged or under a cover. GM did not design these fillers to last forever. Even when they were new, they were wavy as gravy, sagged and buckled in where you snugged them down to the fender or quarter panel. If you try to straighten them, they will crumble. Ask me how I know...
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Just leave em be and pray.
And put a dollar or your pocket change in a jar every day...at some point, you'll have enough for when they crumble.
And put a dollar or your pocket change in a jar every day...at some point, you'll have enough for when they crumble.
I like the spoolfool one piece. Saw the video, impressed. But it's about money right now. I know all about the bumper fillers and how they fall apart. Done many fiberglass updates on my GNs in the past. Not I like in Hawaii and get screwed on shipping and of course not that I am married....money no longer exist. So Yankee engineering must be done. I know what is available.......been doing this for many years. I can do a nice black paint job on fillers in my garage. Metalics are another story. Of course ANY bodywork and paint in Hawaii is F@#$ ridiculous.
hello people; What I would do to keep your stock fillers for a while longer has an if. If you can take them of the car without messing them up I would use duck tape on the backside of the fillers and that would definitely beef the up. No one will see it and the stuff if tuff. I've used it in the home to the car. But not all of it is the same. The stuff I have has polyken writtin on to inside of it. You have to clean where your taping nice and put it on flat with no ripples. The stuff doesn't like the cold sitting stored in the house but all you have to do is to keep it warm and it comes right back.
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Thanks for the idea. That's the kind of suggestions I was looking for. Kind of a Mythbusters or High tech redneck solutions. Of course Duct tape fixes everything. One thing I tried a while back was roof flashing. I had it for another Yankee engineering project. Sound proof matting was way too expensive. Not sure if it's called flashing but it will be in the roofing section. Perforated aluminum on one side with a stick black "tar" on the back. Very pliable. Not as thick as sound matting but a hell of a lot cheaper. I cut a bunch of pieces and placed it on the back side of the fillers. I know all these suggestions are just band aids but band aids have there uses too.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=29364736
This is similar to what I was talking about. Think they have different thicknesses. Some are have paper, aluminum or just a roll of that black tar for water proofing or what ever carpenters do with it. I got mine form Ace hardware but I'm sure all the larger hardware stores have it. If I have a panel off....just slap a bunch of this stuff on the back side and bada bing bada boom....cheap sound proofing and heat reflector.
This is similar to what I was talking about. Think they have different thicknesses. Some are have paper, aluminum or just a roll of that black tar for water proofing or what ever carpenters do with it. I got mine form Ace hardware but I'm sure all the larger hardware stores have it. If I have a panel off....just slap a bunch of this stuff on the back side and bada bing bada boom....cheap sound proofing and heat reflector.
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I would not remove them from the car to try and shore them up. If you do, they will flex. After a few weeks, they'll just crumble. Work from under the car. This way you wont flex them anymore anymore than you have to. Please post pictures and results. We are all here to learn. It may just work.
Here's what I had to do to stiffen up an original front filler to make my first mold off of. Most of this had to all be done from underneath, while it was still on the car to make sure that the fit was correct. It can be done. It just takes a lot of time and there is no guaranee that it still wont crumble.
These front fillers have not crumbled yet, but have quite a few cracks.
Mike B.
Here's what I had to do to stiffen up an original front filler to make my first mold off of. Most of this had to all be done from underneath, while it was still on the car to make sure that the fit was correct. It can be done. It just takes a lot of time and there is no guaranee that it still wont crumble.
These front fillers have not crumbled yet, but have quite a few cracks.
Mike B.
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Dang!
I was hoping that you could do it. Seriously, It's nice to see people who are capable of thinking outside the box. That's how I come up with most of my crazy stuff. I'll definitely give you points for trying.
Send me a PM and I'll see what I can do.
Aloha,
Mike B.
I was hoping that you could do it. Seriously, It's nice to see people who are capable of thinking outside the box. That's how I come up with most of my crazy stuff. I'll definitely give you points for trying.
Send me a PM and I'll see what I can do.
Aloha,
Mike B.
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