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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 01:00 AM
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Anybody have advice on how to get rid of holes in the bumper from the front plate?!
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 11:31 AM
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The best way would be to plastic weld them and paint.
Or you could use some clear epoxy to fill and paint.
That's what I did and it doesn't look too bad.
Or you might just push the excess plastic back in the holes and use touch up paint. I've done that too. It was a good first step.
There are also bumper plug/caps that can be painted to match, but for me at least I thought them too obvious for my liking.

 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Yeah I think that the plugs/caps are hidious! They stick out too much. But your front bumper looks really clean. Did you fill them with epoxy? Did you take off the bumper to seal the back or just from the front?
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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I just pushed it in from the front and tried to get as much excess off as possible before it stuck or dried too hard.
That pic is a few yrs old now and I should do some touch up on it to make it look better, but it lasted a while.
In person it won't fool any professionals, but it looks OK... especially in pics.

 
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