Any body repair guys? Need info on a repair.
My wife and I 2 weeks ago bought a 2005 GMC Envoy and last night she was driving home from a town just north of Anchorage, and she hit what I'm guessing was a wolf or coyote and there is some minor damage to the passenger side front bumper.
The foglight/blinker light in the front valence (If thats how you spell it) are broken out, the brakets are fine, I can replace the light. There is a small rod or bolt that runs through the bumper and it looks like it secures the bumper/valence together - no biggie I can probably find a bolt or fab somthing to go there. There is paint cracks in the valence where is was stressed, and there is a crack about 3-5 inches long on the underside of the valence.
My question is, is there a resin or somthing I can use in conjunction with plastic to fix that crack? And how would I go about doing it? Also, finish work if it is fixable, what steps are needed to sand out the fiberglass, or resin I would use to fix it, and sand away the paint where the stress cracked the paint?
I plan on doing it all myself, as the damage is really not to any extent that I can't do. I just don't know the finish work to prep to get it repainted. No metal on the car is bent, it's simply just plastic parts.
Thanks in advance!
-- Kurant
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