[s-cars] Fornt bumber was repair now replacement?

[Rich Dauenhauer]

So what about applying an aftermarket bumper (RS2
like)
the one Pictured here: http://www.sgi-online.de/
Im not sure if this is Fiberglass or not but Im
guessing its just the Skin/cover not including the
"Ram" problem is I dont speak German.

Rich 95.5 T-Red S6 Avant

~On Behalf Of Fifield, Douglas
~Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:52 AM
~
~As I understand it, the bumper is a one-piece deal.

Yes & No.  The outer skin is glued to the inner
aluminum (for want of a better "technical" term) ram.
The two pieces can be separated, but this probably
isn't necessary for your purposes if all you are going

to do is try to effect a patch.
~
~1) How big a deal is it to remove the front bumper?
Should be a piece of cake to take off the car WITH the
inner aluminum ram installed, unless your bumper skin
has shifted.  There are two (2) allen head bolts; but
you do need a long allen head to reach up to the bolts
from under the front bumper. The bolts are located at,
and pass through the 5mph pistons located approx 15"
to 16" either side of the centerline of the hood. You
will find access holes on the under side of the front
bumper skin. You'll need a couple of good tugs on the
left & right sides to spring the plastic clips holding
the sides to the inner wheel well retainers free.
Removing the composite skin from the ram is more
complicated... you have to drill out a number of
aluminum rivets and then mud wrestle the cover free
from the adhesive

~Any write-ups on that?
~2) Can it be repaired once off?  Fiberglass from the
inside? Any BTDT's out there?

I've seen a split repaired via thin piece or pieces of
sheet metal, aluminum or steel, appropriately cut to
bridge and cover the crack and at least 2" or so on
either side, then screwed together with short sheet
metal screws (or you could use small, short bolts.)
If I can find it, I can send you a digital photo of
what the bumper area looks like with the skin removed
if that would be of any help. I'll look about to see
if I still have any photos that show the sheet metal
repair on the bumper skin we cut up to mock up the
front mount intercooler setups. I can't say I
personally ran the repaired bumper on a car, but the
dual sheets style looked to me like it would hold up
far better than fiberglass, which if you don't get the
epoxy right, sometimes seems to have a tough time
staying adhered to some of the plastics used. It came
off a car that had been on the road, and the dual
sheets seemed to hold up to a lot of twisting and
banging about as the bumper skin was repeatedly put on
& taken off over many trial intercooler fittings etc.

HTH
mlp


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