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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:04:39 PM EDT
Bought an old truck, front bumper is bowed out with a dent on top. Shouldn't I be able to just run into a tree or pole and straighten it back out? Then hammer the dent flush from the bottom? Comments?
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:05:22 PM EDT
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why bother?
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:05:44 PM EDT
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LOL. Sure, and please post the after pics.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:05:58 PM EDT
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Of course. Please video it.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:08:39 PM EDT
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You towed it by the bumper didn't you?
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:09:13 PM EDT
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Of course. Please video it. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:10:12 PM EDT
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You towed it by the bumper didn't you? |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:10:37 PM EDT
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Video? So you think it will take more than one hit? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Of course. Please video it. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:15:30 PM EDT
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Of course. Please video it.  How to straighten a bumper |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:17:21 PM EDT
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Take bumper off, place between a flat 6x6 and long 4x4 then hammer it like you would want to hammer Taylor Swift.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:17:41 PM EDT
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LOL. Sure, and please post the after pics. 
A/M bumper for those are cheap! You will make it look worse if you try to straighten it. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:26:36 PM EDT
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come on OP, much easier ways of doing this...place about .25 lb of C4 directly on the bend appex. Now dont use any more than .25lb of C4, cuz its kinda dangerous stuff.
ok, ok, I digress, now place a kitchen serving plate ( wife wont care) over the C4 & strap it down with some duct tape real tight, if you dont have duct tape, any 'ol tape will do, but "duct tape" sounds alot cooler & manly, and stuff. Use all you can, its gotta be tight. This all will form like a super duper metal bending shape charge. Then light that sucker off, if you dont have the applicable charge igniter, just shoot at ita few times!! Once it detonates, it will push that hardened, tripple chrome plated steel, reinforced bumper exactly right back where it belongs, easy peasy. btw, post vid will ya, cuz I only "heard" that this will work, never actually seen it done. 
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:50:33 PM EDT
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Video? So you think it will take more than one hit? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Of course. Please video it. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 4:56:54 PM EDT
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I straightened the rear bumper in my F150 with a tree. I figured if a tree could peel it back like that in a 3mph 4x4 mis adventure then a but of 4 low and another tree could fix it. Worked like a charm. Just take it slowly so you don't damage any sheet metal.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 5:03:59 PM EDT
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Use a bottle jack and a wedge shape piece of wood on the ground to get the right angle to push it from the back and under.
The weight of the truck pushing down should allow you to get most of the dent out. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 5:06:23 PM EDT
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I hit the passenger side of my '89 Ramcharger bumper and bent it. I tied a piece of old 7/16 static climbing rope to it and the other end to a large tree, put the truck in 4L and backed up slowly. Two tugs and it looked nearly perfect.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 5:13:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/12/2018 6:52:27 PM EDT
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Quote History$169 on eBay.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:20:57 PM EDT
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Use a bottle jack and a wedge shape piece of wood on the ground to get the right angle to push it from the back and under. The weight of the truck pushing down should allow you to get most of the dent out. Should work very well. I have straightened dozens of bumbers. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:24:29 PM EDT
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Our local chrome shop used to take bumpers like that and dechrome them, straighten them and then rechrome them, all for about the same price as a new one...nice thing was their chrome was much better quality then the factory did...if you try to do it yourself, most likely you will not get it straight, and you will crack the chrome...
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:26:46 PM EDT
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I would take a similar approach. Pull the truck up close to a tree or solid wall. Place bottle jack with a wood block between bumper and wall. Slowly pump bottle jack at small incriments, intermittantly climbing under truck to pound the dent up using a 3 or 9 pound hammer and a length of hardwood to get to it. Should work very well. I have straightened dozens of bumbers.
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:28:24 PM EDT
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Our local chrome shop used to take bumpers like that and dechrome them, straighten them and then rechrome them, all for about the same price as a new one...nice thing was their chrome was much better quality then the factory did...if you try to do it yourself, most likely you will not get it straight, and you will crack the chrome... Oh... Nice Chevy!
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:29:40 PM EDT
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Not easily, that's where plating shops made big bucks. Fix it like you would any other metal, then re-chrome it.
Hell, these days you can bend it back with a hammer, put bondo on it!!!, and 'plate it' yourself (any material) for only a bit more than a new one would cost. |
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Posted: 1/12/2018 7:29:44 PM EDT
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A little hammer and hate fixes every thing.
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