Has anyone had any luck with fixing a front cracked bumper? More specifically the flimsy plastic piece under the bumper and license plate area. I, inadvertently, ran into a cement parking block at the post office the other day, and cracked the front underside of my bumper. I'm thinking Bondo may do the trick. Has anyone tried this and had any luck?

Many thanks,

Pete

 

I fixed mine instantly with a TF Metal Winch Bumper lol.

 

Thanks for that - haha

no.. not really looking for a new bumper, just want to fix the old one.

Guess I'll just jump in and try bondo and see what happens.

 

Here in TX the plastic get so brittle from the UV rays you don't even have to hit something for it to crumble.

I've bought 4 D2's lately and only 2 out of the 4 had decent front bumpers, and that's because they were garage kept.

I've seen some bondo attempts and some were okay, but it's just an egg shell sitting on the front of your vehicle vs being an actual bumper. AB sells winch/non winch units that are metal and won't break the bank like an OEM replacement, an ARB, or Tactical Rover Bumper.

You've got nothing to loose so I say go for it. Here in TX (especially the hill country) things tend to walk out into the road at night and go BOOM so I pretty much always slap on an ARB or metal bumper no matter what SUV I've got in my driveway. I totaled out one LR back in the day due to a buck in the middle of the road and I've made sure to not have that happen again.

 

I used JB weld on mine a number of years ago and it has held nicely.

 

Good idea on the JB weld, thanks. I have a few pieces that are missing (small) - probably back in the Post office parking lot - but maybe a combination of JB weld and bondo (with a mesh grid applied first) will do the trick. The bumper is in great condition, just looks wonky with the cracks and missing piece below.

I'm pretty impressed with the construction of the Rover overall. The bumpers are solid, seem well built but that underbody portion is flimsy. Can't complain though, look at many of the new vehicles out on the road today. Plastic over plastic - at least the Rover is well built.

So right now it looks like JB weld it with a combination of Bondo.

Thanks for the input.

 

You might be able to build up the back of it with fiberglass sheets and resin. That would give it good strength. Then you could try smoothing it out with Bando to finish it off.

 

I just went mechanical with mine - some brass plumbing straps behind and pop rivets. Painted the rivet heads black first and it's basically invisible.

 

Use Gorilla Glue. Then touch it up with black paint. It is the best solution that I have used.

 

I fixed mine with JB Weld once, but I had all of the little pieces because, yes, I ran into a concrete block in my own driveway.

I'm also in TX though, and a year later I wasn't thinking while pulling the upper intake and stopped on the bumper, and it shattered in a new spot.

My solution at that point (after checking the price of replacement bumpers) was to get a metal one (ARB).