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"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222)
02/29/2016 at 14:59 • Filed to: None

I got the Bumper! I ended up finding 2 Explorers. One with a nice replacement bumper cover and a bent/cracked bumper structure (bad front end collision repair) and one with a pretty beat up bumper cover but a solid structure. So the Girlfriend and I combined them. It needs new foglights though. So I found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on Amazon. The bumper cost me $85.

The Girlfriend had a lot of fun too. When I was under the second Explorer, I caught her taking apart a Mondeo next to me. She got a Suzuki Sidekick logo the last time we went to the yard. She wants to make a wall hanging out of it.

And She Got it off!

After the junkyard we went to test drive a 1996 2-door Toyota Rav 4 with a manual trans. Its a hard top with the dual sunroofs. It was in really amazing shape for 214k mileage, she wants to buy it but needs to amass the funds. After that I took her to an empty parking lot and had her drive my truck a bit. She’s not that bad at stick driving! I may just make a Jalop out of her.

We’re gonna make the Bumper a couple’s project.

Here’s what we’re gonna do:

Bondo the whole thing for a smooth surface

Prime it

Paint match it

Modify the Inner structure to not hit the fascia on my Ranger (I knew this needed to be done going in)

Drill out the Ranger Bumper mounts to fit the Explorer mounting screws

Wire up the foglights

Its gonna be a lot of fun

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DISCUSSION (19)

CB > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:01

That’s great and all, but do you have two dishwashers?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:01

I’m excited to see the result of this. Also, 2 door RAV4...Much want.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CB
02/29/2016 at 15:03

Im Jewish. When my parents redid our kitchen in 2003 they wanted 2 dishwashers. One for the meat dishes and one for the dairy dishes

CB > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:05

Ah okay, never thought of that.

iSureWilll > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:08

My girlfriend is vegetarian and I bet she would KILL to have all of the meat/veggie dishes separated. When I find dinner spots I always make sure there are a couple of vegetarian entrees available :)

crowmolly > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:18

Bondo the whole thing for a smooth surface

Huh?

Slant6 > crowmolly
02/29/2016 at 15:21

Yeah. Why?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly
02/29/2016 at 15:21

Yeah, I’d be a little worried about flex, myself.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > crowmolly
02/29/2016 at 15:24

Im worried about the paint cracking over just the plain bumper cover

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/29/2016 at 15:26

I’m thinking epoxy primer followed by filler primer and sanding before paint.

Not a full skim of bondo, especially if you’re just getting started with bodywork.

If you want to use a filler take a look at Evercoat’s Poly Flex.

Slant6 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:27

But the bondo will just crack on the plain bumper. Also cracking the paint.

Nibbles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:29

The paint will survive better on the plastic than it will over Bondo. Paint can flex after application (see any C5+ Corvette rear) where Bondo has a tendency to flake off if it’s flexed.

Do a proper prep and your paint should be fine on that bumper.

lone_liberal > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 15:39

It’s beyond great that your GF enjoys a good junkyard quest, but I question her choice of pants. That couldn’t have been comfortable.

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Nibbles
02/29/2016 at 17:12

Yeah, it takes ages to do Bondo in a durable way. I’ve seen it done, and it basically requires a month to cure with a wire mesh underlay.

Bouldaru > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 17:41

Don’t bondo it. Any sort of impact (0r even just age) will cause it to crack off. I’ve seen it on my friend’s Austin Mini Cooper. You should sand the surface smooth, prime it, sand again, and then paint.

Brickman > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 17:48

Get some adhesion promoter. Keeps the paint flexible. Used it on my golf cart. It’s like a primer too.

http://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-CP…

Your boy, BJR > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
02/29/2016 at 20:35

But that's a Contour, not mondeo

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Your boy, BJR
02/29/2016 at 21:29

Same thing

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
03/01/2016 at 00:26

replace foglights with LED pods. Brighter and last longer