help, has anyone repaired cracks in is200 plastic bumpers successfully using diy materials from halfords.
they have a £30 kit which sounds ok but not much in the box for that amount.
any tips and experience much appreciated, cheers, gds

ive seen them kits , look ok but prob better getting work done at a paint shop anyway , if its cracked it must need painted i would think.

great tip for workshop "go to your nearest bodyshop" don`t forget your chequebook.

for £30 its worth a try

whatever it repairs it with must be flexible, like the bumper itself or its just going to crack again

the only way to repair a good onld crack in plastic propperly is by "plastic welding" its pretty much just a hot air gun with a nozzle and a stick of ABS plastic. you heat the area then push in the new plastic rod and it fuses it all back together.

many thanks for your practical tip, how to weld the plastic.
as a result i sourced my local abs plastic rod, they said annother way to provide the heat for weldind is
to use an electric soldering iron, first spot welding the split to hold it together, then creating a "v" which then fill with molten abs. for a very strong repair this can be done on both sides with a larger "v" on the non show side.gds

Have a look at these mate. Spot on bits of kit

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