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amcbuakaw 03-24-2012 07:23 PM

Dent in front bumper of 09 Camry
 
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Some clown hit my brother's car when it was parked outside a grocery store. Except he would never buy that (Hell, I wouldn't either)..


The dent is basketball shaped and pretty rounded, more rounded than it looks in the picture. I want to fix it before he comes home Monday morning, any help is appreciated guys..

ukrkoz 03-24-2012 08:42 PM

yeah, done several of those, including my son's Scion TC.

determine, if you can reach inside and push on dent. find a heat gun, warm it up, and start pushing plastic out. It's actually quite pliable, after warmed up. If you can reach well enough and have good heat gun, you can easily push all of it out. If reach is blocked, remove belly cover and make it easier.
you WILL end up with a bump. there's no easy way to remove THAT. I shaved son's down (he backed into his wife's car in out drive way), then Bondo-d it, smoothed, and he painted it later. Can't tell.
There is NO quick fix though. It'll show.

amcbuakaw 03-24-2012 10:17 PM

Can't seem to get my hand inside, I was wondering if a heat gun/suction cup combo would work since it's so rounded? Cause I've heard a few horror stories about the suction cups

ukrkoz 03-25-2012 11:28 AM

then last option is to remove bumper fascia, or cover, and have it done off the car. To take one off my son's Scion was matter of undoing 2 screws and pulling it off the clips. Not quite sure, why you can't get your hand there, seems pretty accessible to me, maybe with tire well cover removed, or underbelly cover. Having it on a jackstand should help a lot. It's one of those things you figure as it goes.

I have just looked at mine, 07, as we share same configuration, and I do not see any major obstacles, besides plastic well and underbelly covers, preventing from accessing that area.
But just in case:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...koz/bumper.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...oz/1bumper.jpg

sorry for chitty scan, my old Brother is not too well supported by W 7. But it still gives you reasonable idea how to remove it.


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