Bumper material>?

[dingbat]

???? If it's ABS plastic, you may be able to fix it with ABS pipe cement. Find it in the plumbing section of the hardware store next to the PVC cement. Find an inconspicuous spot on the back side of the bumper, clean it off with some fine grit sand paper and put a drop of glue on. If you can't chip it off when it dries, it should do the trick.

[.Kevin.]

Originally Posted by dingbat

???? If it's ABS plastic, you may be able to fix it with ABS pipe cement. Find it in the plumbing section of the hardware store next to the PVC cement. Find an inconspicuous spot on the back side of the bumper, clean it off with some fine grit sand paper and put a drop of glue on. If you can't chip it off when it dries, it should do the trick.

Is that stuff better than the bondo fibreglass repair kit? Apparently our bumper covers are normal plastic said kaotic?

[dingbat]

Yeah but what's "normal plastic"? PETE, PVC, HDPE, ABS, UHMWPE, etc.?

I would suspect it's ABS, but I don't know for sure.

I believe Bondo and other body fillers are polyester resins or something of the like. It's very difficult to get them to stick to many plasics beyond a mechanical bond (forming in around scratches from rough sanding or making "plugs" through holes drilled in the plastic) which will eventually come apart on anything that flexes around much or expands and contracts with heat. The ABS cement will make a chemical bond.

Came across this website while looking to see if I could find what material the bumper is: http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Plastic...ith_ABS_cement

Of course, you'll still need to figure out if your bumper is ABS or not.

Good luck.

[dingbat]

Originally Posted by BEEF

realize that bondo is a BRAND.

bondo sells body filler and fiberglass products. the body filler will not work as it is not structural, the fiberglass is.

Correct, but he asked specifically about....

Originally Posted by .Kevin.

Bondo fibreglass body filler is what I managed to find is this the correct one for this?

And keep in mind that their fiberglass products are most likely going to be polyester resins, maybe some epoxy resins, both of which won't bond to many plastics like ABS without some sort of special process like corona flame treatment.

Originally Posted by BEEF

the idea about pvc glue is a good one but I wouldn't put it on the front of the bumper as I don't know if it would accept the paint well. been a while since I messed with PVC.

Not PVC glue. ABS cement. ABS cement is ABS plastic in a solvent which evaporates and leaves the ABS plastic behind. It will take paint just as well as the rest of the part if done properly.


And again, this is all assuming the part is ABS to begin with.