How to Fix dents on a car bumper FREE!!!

Ever had a deep dent in your plastic bumper, most shops will charge you 200bucks for the parts, and about 120ish for the paint and install, why pay when u can fix them for free.

NOTE: This fix will only fix most deep dents, non ripped, non crack plastic bumpers

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a heat gun or blow dryer
• a bucket of ice water
• a rag
• few towels
• gloves

1. Place towels on a flat surface long ways for the bumper to rest

2. Remove the bumper cover(bumper) off of your vehicle
   and lay it on top of the towel, this will prevent you from sliding the bumper on the floor making scratch marks

3. heat up the surface where you are going to pop out for about 2-5mins till the surface is hot and easy to push back out
   using a blow dryer may take longer

4. after u push the surface out, soak the rag in the bucket of ice water then super cool the surface.

5. check the surface and it should be at least 90% back into place

6. install the cover back on car

Tips & Warnings

• !Call a buddy to help you push the surface out, sometimes 4 hands are better than 2
• !If having problems you can use a rubber mallet as a tool to help u push it out
• -Its free so close to original is better than paying over 300bucks for a new bumper
• !If you are fixing the bumper for insurance reasons, let a body shop do the repair, insurance fraud is a crime. !Wear gloves when working with hot surface so you wont burn yourself

[Hawkgrove]

on 12/13/2008 Someone backed into my 05 Camry in a parking lot and put a good sized dent in the bumper cover. I found detailed step by step directions for removing the Camry bumper online and followed these directions for dent removal and saved myself at least the $500.00 deductable for having a shop do plus an insurance claim, plus it looks really good.
Thanks!

[Dabu]

on 10/6/2008 Someone backed into my 2008 Mazda3 Hatchback in rear right corner. Wasn't in car & no note left from other party so I want to try and repair myself. Quote is $800 from Autobody Repair Shop. Not cracked but has large dent, paint from other car, & a slight gouge/scratches.

mbw119 was able to repair without removing bumper. Anyone have comments/photos of after pushing back out the plastic bumper.

Read above directions but: Any suggestions on how long to heat to minimize cracking? Best way to remove paint that came off from other car?

[mbw119]

on 5/21/2008 I backed into a tree (at low speeds) with a 2006 Mazda 3 and it dented the corner of the bumper pretty badly. I didn't even need to take the back bumper off. I just used a hair dryer to warm the plastic up for 4-5 minutes and then pushed the plastic out with my hand. The plastic cracked slightly but it look much better than it did originally. With a little touch up paint (that I got when I bought the car from the dealer) it should look pretty close to new.

[Rockney]

on 3/21/2008 Thanks for the info. It was a great help!