@@makeintoschu 😅, in Europe most certainly not., Doesn't look best practice, im no expert. But here they bill like 200$ for just changing the front bumper.😂 Ridiculous
@@7b0ne What this video doesn't show, however, is the painted fog lights, shitty repair that will fall off within a month, and the different shade of color not blending with the rest of the car.
walk around in any American city and youll be super surprised to find people wearing a RESPIRATOR while just walking down the street, in no need whatsoever to have one on.
You weren’t taught this because you had a proper education. These cracks will run. This paint will chip. The man took an grinder to a car bumper bro. It’s floppy as fuck still.
It's called PRT classes Plastic. Repair.Technichian and he butchered the job honestly he used 2 different types of plastic in class you supposed to use material or weld on plastic never scrap And patch parts together I'm taught to do life time rprs
Not even close. That repair won't last long at all. The paint will break off after a while. That's they don't repair plastic bumpers at body shops anymore. They just replace them. It's not the same as metal.
@OmegaRedFan I assume you’re a zoomer. Before your time people didn’t need gratification for every little thing they did. Just because everything some one has ever claimed to do isn’t posted on their RU-vid channel doesn’t mean it didn’t happen lol.
Looks great, but he didn’t do anything to keep the cracks from continuing. It’s always a good idea to drill a hole at the end of a crack; otherwise, no matter what you do the they’ll just keep running. Maybe days, maybe months later, but the cracks will definitely run. Other than that, excellent repair work.
It looks like they cut the part where he filled in the cracks. After welding those pins in, you can use a soldering iron and a cable tie to literally solder all the cracks together.
Just the repair tool is a bit of genius. The guy doing it has great skills. Given where this is, I'd guess it cost the car owner less than $100. Yeah, here in the states, the body shop will replace the entire thing and bill the ins company a grand. What a rip.
Worked in a couple body shops, one of which was my grandpa's. We did not just replace the parts. Actually a lot similar to this video, except the binding tool. We'd repair anything if it wasn't broken into multiple pieces. Or if it wasn't absolutely bent to hell. My favorite part was always matching paints and doing the painting after the repairs though.
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That's came out so nice. I wasnt expecting that at all. Very good job and you showed how it's possible to do it yourself and save money. Instead of getting the whole bumper replaced at a shop. Which would cost around 1000 like most people had said in other comments.
@@davorzdralo8000un my country that car would cost 3.000 U$S and the bumper 70 dollars but my salary is about 400 bucks per month, so I'd have to fix the bumper if case 😢
@@diosantana2659 another one who talks only because is free.. I claimed " that car" ( not mine) cost around $3000 in my car but our salaries are too low . Consequently is always a better option to repair the bumper instead of the replacement of it.
Around 15-20 years ago we used to fix laptops shells this way. Laptops were VERY expensive those days, especially in country I'm coming from. Also, whole parts were super expensive and not readily available as they are now. We usually had some scrap laptops from which we could take plastic and use it in similar way as this guy, but obviously without those metal joins/connectors (don't know how to call them). Instead we would powder that plastic we had, use some base layer (some technical tape) and then melt that powdered plastic (with small hand gas welder) layer by layer to get it as flat and smooth as possible. Then sanding cleaning and spraying - typical work. Clients could never tell what was done as it looked perfectly. We were also strengthening similar way the plastics around hinges which were breaking apart so often those days. They are much better now.
Many shops in america wont do cheap repairs like this because they want to charge you hundreds or thousands to "do it right". Sometimes we cant afford to "do it right" and would rather have a cheap fix.
A second hand bumper IS the cheap fix. Imagine the cost of labour for a repair like this, this is multiple hours of work, in the west the cost would be astronomical for such a repair. A 2nd hand bumper and half an hour of labour doesn't cost nearly as much. There's a cheap way, you go to a scrapyard, you peel off whatever part you need replaced off a scrap car, and you swap that with the one on your own. I know, it sucks, your hands get all nasty and maybe you'll cut yourself or strain a muscle, but in the end it is about as cheap as it can get. Anyone can replace a bumper, it's not rocket science
Because it's much faster to just replace it. And in the west bumpers often aren't that expensive. So, doing it this way would be a lot of wasted time and could be more expensive if it takes more time. Because people get paid more per hour here.
@@jishani1You better hope your bumper isn't plastic. Your plastic bumper cover is basicaly cosmetic, so unless you intend on using your bumper cover as a baseball bat, you should be gine with thos repair.
Goodyear work, I would recommend to drill a 3mm hole at both ends of every crack. That will prevent the crack of more ripping open, because it eliminates the material tension.
Why do peoplle think the cracks are going to continue or come back? He basically plastic welded it back together with an embedded metal stitching/staple. I have confidence in this guy and his work.
He didn't fix the crack he just attached them back together, a crack will always spread of you don't drill a hole at the end of the cracks It's common for cymbals on drums to continue cracking if you don't stop the crack with a hole at the end
Because cracks always do this in every material. It's a literal physical separation on the molecular level. The only difference is the amount of time it takes for the separation to continue extending, which is based on the material and the amount of heat/vibration it is exposed to. By intentionally drilling a clean hole, you provide a stress relief that ceases the tearing event because it terminates into nothing. Very commonly used is lightweight firearms and cars because of all the stresses they experience with operation.
One thing I suggest doing if you plan on doing this is to sand the bondo first. He applied the bondo (green stuff) and then it looks like he applies the glaze (tan stuff) it’s best to sand bondo first prior to adding glaze to make the glaze to “stick better” and you will get a smoother job. (Source: I grew up with a dad who does body work)
@@Bodaduchee I’m not trying to prove you wrong. I’m only asking a simple question because I’m curious about your viewpoint and I genuinely want to learn. You still haven’t convinced me of anything. What’s there to be defensive about? You’re OK with me
@@Bodaduchee Don’t be shy dude. Share your knowledge with me and other people so that we don’t potentially make the same mistake. You would be helping a lot
This one seems to work well, i often see a similar repair in my country, it consists in using a steel net to bond the broken plastic, but they are always broken again, and the net has started to rust. Mediocre job often paired with hidden screws to hold the front bumper in a way you could never ever take the bumper off again (you have to break the plastic and the paint job to reach the screw).
I would have done it differently, using a new sheet of plastic to bond to the back and to fill in the cracks using plastic cement, but to each their own I suppose. The body filling, sanding, and painting, of course would be the same.
He needs to blend/fade the new paint with old paint on the car. I can see the divide from the newly painted to original paint. He zoomed in so most people won't notice, but in a clip that he zoomed out, I saw it.
Of course one can replace the broken bumper with new piece made from China, or the old piece from junkyard. But watching this guy skill is refreshing. Because if you can repair bumper like this, replacing bumper is no big deal
Give it a few weeks, you'll see every crack and especially his "patch" as the filler shrinks. Don't even get me started on his wet sanding the second coat of filler...
@@S-O-T As an auto body tech for over twenty years I will disagree with that. Every kind of filler shrinks, even the best kinds. The degree of shrinkage may be less with a higher quality, but it still shrinks. Unless you're using duraglas don't wet sand your filler either. Fillers are porous, and will absorb water. It'll end up looking like little rust bubbles a week or two later, just like the cracks and "patch".
@@S-O-T It only shrinks to a certain degree jackass. It's not like it continues to shrink over time, more like shrinks to show sanding scratches and poor quality patches. I know what I'm capable of, and yes I do consider myself an expert. Having fixed thousands of cars (other than my own) over my career I think "expert" is an appropriate title. But yeah, keep using cheap plastic filler on your own junk and people like myself will call it how they see it...
@@disgruntledegghead6923they’re meant to shrink so that they can come back for repairs. All these repairs are temporary and a scam, best to have the whole OEM replaced.
It’s incredible of the work he did and a good way to save the bumper it may cost 100 to 200 dollars or more and the comments for some makes no sense of the crack could still be there but he uses metallic patch and paint to cover it which to me should cover the cracks well if it still has it this is just to keep you from buying a new bumper for a while and need to take care of the car and be careful driving.
I wonder how long that took and what the cost comparison would be with getting a complete new bumper. Also what is the longevity of this repair with weathering etc. Nice job though.
I do that type of repairs, this is actually so neat to see done in a different way, he’s essentially doing it the same way we would, from start to finishing the repair.
@@Vastilious thankfully for us we don’t do it to equipment or vehicles, we do it with certain structural materials that can have leaks or damage done to them, so the repair is done in a very similar way to prevent further leakage or damage being done to them. My job is completely different then a mechanics, the only similarities are the repair it self, so unfortunately I couldn’t tell you how long that repair would last! But the repairs we do with our damaged or leaked materials are long lasting though, about 100 to 150 years for decomposition. majority of my work is buried afterwards, so the earths protecting its integrity majority of the time anyways. I work in landfills, foundations, commercial and residential properties, public parks, etc… we stop the contaminations in the earth from spreading and decontaminate areas that are needed to be done. There is a lot more to it, but regardless.
Isto não é um bom trabalho. O pára-choque tem uma função técnica que é de proteger o carro e vc. Este tipo de coisa é só pra ficar bonito. Toda função do pára-choque deixa de existir.
Painting indoors would’ve been a good idea. I have this bumper repair tool as well and I’ve never thought of going from the outside (rather than taking the bumper off and going from the covered side)
@@ArmedSpaghet 1) The bumper needs to be removed before doing this. 2) First, grab all the pieces with a soldering iron, then solder with plastic strips on both sides (according to the type of plastic of the bumper itself). Different materials are unacceptable, because when driving, the bumper is subjected to different loads and will most likely burst, if not along the seam itself, then along it. In addition, you will be surprised why your bumper is rusted, and it's because there are staples that no one has treated, at least inside. 3) The putty should be for plastic, he uses universal (yellow) and fiber (green), the second is a particularly big mistake on the bumper. Bumper putty and fiber putty have the same price, but why he use fiber? 4) there should be a primer between the putty and the paint, it is very important 5) before painting, you need to matt the surface that will be covered with paint, and the author has matted only the putty These are just the basics, I'm not even talking about the transition between the old paint and the new one... and not only. Everything looks better in the video, but if you looked at the result in person, you would never pay for it. And after a while it will look even worse. That's why no one does this in normal workshops in my country. For people who paint cars, it's not a repair, it's a very bad done job, he has the materials, the conditions are there... if only he had a little more effort and knowledge of painting. Even if there is no plastic for soldering, you can cut it out of a similar bumper. But no... and for ordinary viewers it looks like "wow". Sorry for my English)
Это же капец! Это всё развалится при первом же упоре в снег или бордюр, скобы эти фиксируют но не держут, если будет какой то удар, даже небольшой все эти трещины разойдутся, проверено, единственный вариант запаивать трещины. Второй помент, он использует шпатлевку со стекловолокном и софт, так вот при высыхании что одна, что другая дубеет и так же при незначительном воздействии потрескается, нужно использовать шпатлю по пластику, она эластичная и не трескается. Вообщем это перекупский вариант на скорую руку лишь бы продать, но не как не показывать это как гайд 😞 многие «мастера» кстати называют это ремонтом и берут за это деньги 😕
Or, you could go to a you pull it salvage yard and get a used replacement bumper for 50 bucks. Sometimes you can even find them in the right color. Not knocking this guy's work, but my time is more valuable to me. If you've got a super rare car though, this method might save the day.
Those things do work great as long as you don't live near the ocean and they don't put salt on the roads in winter. The stitches are made of mild steel and the rust will show through the body work and paint within a few months. It will hold together, just that the rust will swell everything under the paint. If you make your own stitches with some stainless steel wire it will last much longer.
I used one of these plastic welding tools on my own car, to repair some body trim. I filled in the gaps left by the repair, by using an old soldering iron and a cable tie to literally solder the gaps together. I don't have the patience or skill to get all perfectly smooth and spray it, but it's definitely good enough for inside the engine bay!
It is incredible to be how there are people saying that they should just get a new bumper and thats it. Totally not my case, I would literally do the same. I also did the same on some of my front parts because the previous owner did not seem to be very skilled at driving a car, and it worked like a charm. The hardest part is just making it seamless, but if you know how to do that it is easy.
Not too shabby but next time raise the car up on a hoist or jack to a good working height so much easier.Saves the knees and back etc and don't mix on the floor do it on a bench
Hahahahaha that car is so fragile it's not gonna keep u safe in a crash its gonna flatten like a pancake, old school cars were so solid built to last u can smash into a concrete wall still ull be safe
