Old Rattle Flat
05-07-2003, 02:37 PM
I took my wife’s Chrysler minivan into the dealership to have a power steering hose replaced under warranty. While, in the shop they backed it into some piece of equipment and punched a one inch hole in the rear bumper.
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2369
The shop they sublet the bumper repair to, received the car in the afternoon, and had it back to me the next morning, patched and painted. I had been under the impression that rubber/plastic bumpers couldn’t really be repaired well, and had to be replaced? Objective visual inspection is that the repair is acceptable, and I should not be upset. I am concerned that in the long run this patch or fill is going to be a problem, and that there will come a time where I will have to replace the bumper. If this is a know bad solution, I need to raise h*** now.
The repair was done using Norton Speed-Grip Structure Adhesive, a urethane structure adhesive. The part number was 636425-04615, and the associated plastic cleaner was part number 636425-04623. This is a link to the product. (http://www.nortonautomotive.com/literature/pdf/Speed-Grip%20Poster.pdf)
Does anyone have any knowledge or opinions? I don’t know whether I just learned a good way, or a bad way, to repair small holes in plastic/rubber.:nixweiss
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2369
The shop they sublet the bumper repair to, received the car in the afternoon, and had it back to me the next morning, patched and painted. I had been under the impression that rubber/plastic bumpers couldn’t really be repaired well, and had to be replaced? Objective visual inspection is that the repair is acceptable, and I should not be upset. I am concerned that in the long run this patch or fill is going to be a problem, and that there will come a time where I will have to replace the bumper. If this is a know bad solution, I need to raise h*** now.
The repair was done using Norton Speed-Grip Structure Adhesive, a urethane structure adhesive. The part number was 636425-04615, and the associated plastic cleaner was part number 636425-04623. This is a link to the product. (http://www.nortonautomotive.com/literature/pdf/Speed-Grip%20Poster.pdf)
Does anyone have any knowledge or opinions? I don’t know whether I just learned a good way, or a bad way, to repair small holes in plastic/rubber.:nixweiss