Valence Dent

[Johnny O]

Over the long long winter I bumped into a pile of snow and ice in a parking lot somewhere. Have a dent in the lower right front corner of the plastic valence under the front bumper. A hammer didn't do any good then but the weather was cold. Now that it's warm, does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[swshawaii]

Remove the part. SLOWLY soften the dent from the inside with a heat gun on the lowest setting, and push it out. Worked very well on a Focus bumper with a deep softball sized dent.

 

[user 64972]

Yeah, I broke mine in the snow and bought a new one from Torrie. Are you sure the mounting hardware isn't somehow holding it in the dented position. I think there are 8 or 10 plastic push in hardware thingys holding it on.

 

[Johnny O]

It's on the right front corner and not near the mounting hardware. About a softball sized dent like swshawaii had. I'll see if I can borrow a heat gun. Thanks.

 

[Richard L]

I think swhawaii is correct. I have never done it, but I have heard that you can heat a plastic bumper cover or valance panel with a heat gun and you can push out the dent by hand...with a glove on, of course. :grin:



...Rich