Repairing Plastic Bumpers

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Hot Rod: Repairing automotive plastics is easy to do with the right tools Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late 1980s. In their place are elaborate but flimsy plastic covers hiding stamped steel impact beams—with a swath of Styrofoam … MSN: Steel bumpers vs. plastic: The change that still bothers car enthusiasts Federal safety regulations — not just corporate cost-cutting — drove the shift from steel bumpers to plastic fascias in the 1970s and 1980s. Modern plastic bumpers hide a sensor-laden support …

MSN: The $5 plastic fix: Why your protruding bumper doesn't need a full replacement today The $5 plastic fix: Why your protruding bumper doesn't need a full replacement today Tom Bergeron, manager of State Farm’s Vehicle Research Facility, has joined Plasnomic’s Plastic Repair Alliance … It's tough to keep your hot rod clean and dent free. Even if you park and hike half a mile to the mall, you're still bound to get tagged once in a while. Repairing sheetmetal dings is familiar ground … Each year, over two billion pounds of plastic auto parts roll off of assembly lines worldwide. With time, many of these items, such as bumper covers, body panels, dashboards, and interior trim pieces, … Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials composed primarily of polymers. Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms.