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masonacdc · 07-20-2013, 04:24 PM

today as i was coming home i went to pull off the road and my right front clipped the road and pulled the right side of my bumper loose right above my side marker i pulled the wheel well cover back and saw what had happened was the spot where the bumper goes in and a black bolt holds it tight the bumper ripped out i stell have the screw and bolt and i can push the bumper back in but i can also pull it out and idk if it will hold itself in all the time would putting the bumper back in and just tighting the bolt hold it cuz i cant afford a brand new bumper any help would be great

DaFisch · 07-20-2013, 04:30 PM

Pics?

DARK AGE 53 · 07-20-2013, 04:40 PM

Larger flat washer or fab up a sheet metal piece, as said, pics might help with replies.

masonacdc · 07-20-2013, 04:45 PM

Pics

PalmerGA · 07-20-2013, 04:46 PM

Would you like to by a period, or a comma, or a capital letter? It's not that hard to do and sure makes it a lot easier to read your post.

ChrisBlair · 07-20-2013, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masonacdc

today as i was coming home i went to pull off the road and my right front clipped the road and pulled the right side of my bumper loose right above my side marker i pulled the wheel well cover back and saw what had happened was the spot where the bumper goes in and a black bolt holds it tight the bumper ripped out i stell have the screw and bolt and i can push the bumper back in but i can also pull it out and idk if it will hold itself in all the time would putting the bumper back in and just tighting the bolt hold it cuz i cant afford a brand new bumper any help would be great

So the area of the fascia where the bolt holds it on has ripped away?

This has come up before and I provided an idea for repair to a C5 member. It should work. You may consider trying this. It was specific for a bolt that tore out of the fascia:

The red piece shown is aluminum plate. Pretty thin, maybe 0.075" thick. You want two of them, shaped identically. The shape shown re-creates the damaged portion of the fascia. The yellow dots are holes. These holes get drilled into the 'flange' on the fascia, too. One plate goes on top of the damaged area, one on the bottom. Spread some epoxy on the 'flange' so that it will end up in the middle of the aluminum plate 'sandwich' before you apply the 'plates'. It would be a good idea to mask the outide of the fascia with painter's tape before applying the epoxy

Zip ties would be used to secure the 'plates' together, through the 'flange' of the fascia. The blue lines represent those zip ties. Between the plates, the zip ties, and the epoxy securing it all together, it should make an effective repair. The 'buckles' of the zip ties would all be underneath.

The gap between fender and fascia may be greater than you'd like, so play around with the thicknesses of aluminum that will work before you start drilling and using epoxy.

RJT Impala · 07-20-2013, 09:26 PM

Excellent suggestion for an effective remedy!

masonacdc · 07-20-2013, 09:49 PM

Thx guys I'm not very good at repairs but ill see wht happens

Smirnoff · 07-20-2013, 09:54 PM

Son - pay a reputable body shop to fix it right, don't go cheap.

masonacdc · 08-25-2013, 06:25 PM

Got it fixed free

07-20-2013, 04:24 PM	#1
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07-20-2013, 04:40 PM	#3
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07-20-2013, 04:45 PM	#4
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07-20-2013, 04:46 PM	#5
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07-20-2013, 09:49 PM	#8
masonacdc Drives: 2LS Inferno Orange "PHOENIX" Join Date: May 2012 Location: WV Posts: 681	Thx guys I'm not very good at repairs but ill see wht happens __________________ PHOENIX 323HP "LEGENDS NEVER DIE"

07-20-2013, 04:30 PM	#2
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07-20-2013, 09:26 PM	#7
RJT Impala Stovebolt BluFlame 6 Drives: '12 2LT/RS, IBM; '20 Traverse Prem Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wherever! Posts: 893 View My Garage	Excellent suggestion for an effective remedy!

07-20-2013, 09:54 PM	#9
Smirnoff Drives: Camaro SS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Motorcity Dragway Posts: 978	Son - pay a reputable body shop to fix it right, don't go cheap. __________________ 11.90's w/headers, CAI, custom tune, slicks/skinnys, shifter & 100+ Ethyl.

08-25-2013, 06:25 PM	#10
masonacdc Drives: 2LS Inferno Orange "PHOENIX" Join Date: May 2012 Location: WV Posts: 681	Got it fixed free __________________ PHOENIX 323HP "LEGENDS NEVER DIE"