i have a crack in my 96 bumper it goes all the way form the very back to the very top where the curve starts going up then stops then i have one by my fog light and it scuff up pretty bad anyways i was wondering what would be the best way to repair it i seen one guy repair his doing this
http://howtofixmybumper.blogspot.com/
it look like it would work but i been reading on repairs and i never seen it done this way would it work and hold up?


or should i just go off and buy another band new for 100 off ebay?

 

wow, never seen it done like that either, but I'm way too impatient to go through all that, I'd just buy a new one off eBay prime paint and bam done .

 

being the car is black get a new one. black is easier to find.

 

well idk what to do yet still looking for suggestions i would like to do that but money tight due to me buying a damn nova lol i will do it if it to much work to repair it but the main crack all that way from the back and barely come up to the bottem top not to the very very top if that what yall where thinking

 

I say buy a new one or a used one

 

I've used that repair method, and the same or similar materials, to repair cracked interior door panels. It's best to have another person hold the repair together while you apply the adhesive to make sure everything is lined up perfectly.
You probably have to paint the bumper either way, so I would say save yourself the trouble and just buy a new or used one.

 

When professionals repair urethane bumpers, they "weld" them together, which is a process that either melts the parts together or uses a hot melt plastic adhesive rod to glue it. Then it has to get finished off cosmetically on the outside. The guy in the link who bonded the bumper didn't care about appearances, so as long as you don't either, go ahead and do it that way. It's functional, but doesn't look good. But a repair like that will most likely come back to haunt you with cracked paint once the bumper starts to flex. Getting a replacement is really the best way to go.