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Originally posted by Gh0st
yea take it off and see if you can bang it out.
and I dont mean to jack the thread, but.. I was wondering what you used to paint your front bumper?
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Yeah, I decided on the brute-force option last night. It's pretty good but not perfect. I also loosened the bolts holding the brackets to the car's underside and pulled forward - that bought a little movement forward.
That's wierd, by the way. 1500 pounds of frame and the bumper is screwed to the body floor pan.
I sheared-off five of the screws getting the sides & mudflaps off. Lots of rust on the left rear quarter-panel. Right side is perfect - go figure. Rust is unusual in Colorado - we're so arid - makes me wonder the history of this vehicle (I've only owned it three weeks now).
The bumper, as far as I know, is stock and the paint with it. Just some sort of charcoal gray. It's a speckle finish now on the front - lots of flaking. I've been wondering about repainting it. I've got a pro-car painter as a friend, I'll have to ask him.
There's a
large pic in the gallery if you want to see (although it's a bit muddy).