Dicky Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Put a small dent in the rear plastic bumper. Anyone got any idea if this could be removed by heating it and pushing it out or is it a body shop job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Ouch! I suppose a lot depends how big the dint is and where it is - from my limited time with the Zed - I have noticed that the bumper plastic is very thin - this may or may not be a good thing in your case? I would hope you can (as you say) heat it up with a hairdrier from the underside (if you can get to it) then maybe try to push it back out - if not too big, but the paint will probably break off anyway so its a fill and paint job ? I think you could do with going to a body shop and asking them for a quote and whats involved if its a bad one? Trouble with filler is its likely to drop out with the bumper being so thin and flexible? Even that so called flexible filler??? Sorry mate hopefully someone with plastic repair experoence on the fourm maybe able to answer better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Photo would be handy , but to be honest it sounds like a filler and spray job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Try dentmaster or chipsaway , they should be able to advise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Thanks Stanski. It’s a small dent that happened when I reversed out of the garage and into the plastic front bumper insert of the wife’s car. I did get a quote last week at the main dealers for £182. Might give it a try, anyway, nothing much to loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 £182?? I guess its a Nissan dealer?? Dont !!! They wont do it themselves - they will get a dent repair touch up company as mentioned to do it themselves - so your really better off going to them direct - look in the phone book for your local dentmaster type company and get a quote - it will save you some cash - trust me on that one., Good luck Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetstan Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Stanski, The boy that did mine would probaly do a better job than the stealers and at half the cost... Espeically for cash.... I notice you are only north Manchester and he and I are both south so not too far. If you need any more details drop me a line. dave:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Stanski,The boy that did mine would probaly do a better job than the stealers and at half the cost... Espeically for cash.... I notice you are only north Manchester and he and I are both south so not too far. If you need any more details drop me a line. dave:) Not North Manchester young man, geordie land, Newcastle upon Tyne. Thanks for the thought though! In actual fact Ive a mate who has a mate who does body work and I could take it there but because Im also thinking of having the front bumper repainted I got the main dealer to price the two jobs while I was in one day. Dicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 The guy that does work for bigphil is supposed to be very good ( and reasonably priced I hope ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Just crossed wires - young Dicky not young Stan! Well I hope I hav'nt got a bump in my bumper???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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