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Old 06-22-2008, 04:06 PM
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Question Another small problem. Thanks all

When I got my car it was slightly discounted due to small body wounds. In the pic its in the bottom right.
Hard to notice, it is ont the driver side corner of my (grey) front spoiler. See it? it looks like someone took their elbow to it.
It is to the diagonal downward right of the driver side fog light. ZOOM IN TO SEE IT. Can I take a blowdryer to
heat it up (from inside and out) and maybe just pop it back out? Any other ideas? thanks. Also can you get small concrete
scrapes out of this plastic? Can you easily replace this whole front spoiler for cheap? Thanks!
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Old 06-23-2008, 08:58 PM
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im not sure about concrete shapes, but I would be hesitant to heat it up... It might lose it's form... Try to get behind it first and force it out before you heat it up...
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perhaps a body shop can suck the dent back out? but i'm not sure if the sucking method works on the plastic moulding?
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the simplest method i've seen on plastic wuz a rubber hammer, and muscle..
just dont use all the muscle, else u'll have to start over... only this time from the front!!
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ahh that's rough. So best bet would be rubber hammer? maybe any other ideas? Awesome Thanks
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Ive already tried manpowering the son of a mojo. Anyone know where to find a whole new front spoiler? I can't find anywhere online... My shat is jacked up so I'm thinkin a new plastic front bump would be the best choice. Maybe I can take it off and mess with the bumps/sagging of the middle (due to previous owners runnin it up onto curbs.)
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I can't really see the dent. But is it something that can be fixed by paint-less dent removal???
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im not sure. I just know that the plastic is not very flexible and it's really hard to get up in the back of the plastic trim. Any more ideas? Thankyou kindly
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It looks like there is bend seam in that dent and even if you could pop back out some of it, you wouldn't be to get it back to normal. I wouldn't recommend trying a heat gun unless you are prepared to buy a new piece and its a last ditch effort. In any case, if you havn't already, I would remove it from the car before going at it.
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if your going to get a new bottom bumper, you may as well go USP. if you want a cheap stock go look at junk yards.
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