Smoothing bumper after cutting...

[s1l3nc3r]

Right i had to cut my bumper when i fitted my FMIC but where ive cut it it's left a rough edge to it and now its bugging me...

Anyone no an easy way to smooth the edge off without much hasstle...??

 

[davidsonley1]

I know the feeling mate, mine was the same until i sorted it. All i did was pencil round the parts of the bumper which needed trimming. I then used some very fine sandpaper and evenly began to sand the edges down. Sounds nasty and cheap i know but has actually came up very well
Took me a good 3-4 hours from start to finish. Obviously took the bumper off and worked on it from both front and back to get the whole bumper matching. There was 1 or 2 places where i had to touch up the paint on the bumper but in all honesty you cant notice because they were on the inside edge of the bumper so are not on view from the front. All in all in my opinion mine looks fine and im really happy with the finished job.

Hope that helps mate,

Sonley

 

[Robbie C]

I used a sanding air tool connected to a compressor, nice and quick (compared to by hand anyway)

 

[PhilW]

Belt sander?

 

[Robbie C]

The green pad was used as a finishing pad to smooth off any rough edges

 

[s1l3nc3r]

So sand paper etc will work then...

Sonley can you remember what grade you used..??

Ive got acess to a hand sander which should make it more easy to do but wasnt sure if it would work very well being it plastic.

Thanks anyway guys i no which direction to take it now..

 

[davidsonley1]

[QUOTE=Sonley can you remember what grade you used..??

I cant off the top of my head mate no. Try and get hold of some thats very fine and you'll be spot on mate

Sonley

 

[TJenkos]

I cut mine with a stanley knife and you can't even tell..

 

[s1l3nc3r]

Ok mate no worries...

I cut mine with a stanley knife and you can't even tell..

I tried that when i was doing it originally it was going well intill i slipped with it and cut myself luckyly not to bad but decided it wasnt worth the risk after that..

 

[kyle'87]

Get some rubber trim to go over the edge. Black will give it a nice finish.