Cracked rear bumper - repair options?

[Springnuts]

Hi all,

I managed to crack the rear bumper on our green 2000 Exec. No material lost, just damage on the o/s corner.

I have read of bumpers being welded with a soldering iron, using some material pared from somewhere on the bumper where it won't show as the "welding rod". Would mean removing the bumper first to get at the cracked bit. Sounds a bit of a kerfuffle, and the bumper is functional, so I'm tempted to leave it until I can find a replacement bumper from a scrappy unless it is fairly straightforward to do the welding bit and likely to produce a good repair.

Any suggestions please?

Regards,

Simon

[DaiRees]

Do you watch Wheeler Dealers? On the one with the BMW 840 Edd repaired the front bumber with a kit that involved a mesh, some resin, a drill and a dremel. Looked straightforward enough. Here ya go, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosqImEd ... re=related the bit you want starts at about 4 mins....

You're probably right though, on a 406 it'd be cheaper and easier to get a bumper from a scrappy.

[Springnuts]

Thanks. Yes - looks good. I have read scare stories about incompatible plastics when welding - the two-pot filler seems to get round that problem. I think I will keep looking for a second hand bumper for a while before I try it though.

Regards,

Springnuts.

[highlander]

BMW 840

Best-looking BMW ever, in my opinion.

[FarmerPug]

i would have agreed with you but then i actually seen the new z4 in the metal with the roof down, wow its nice, but whats the ugliest bmw ever because i think all the bangle ones certainly lost the appeal but the 2003 7 series was the ugliest