Ghotboy

I installed plugs to cover the front bumper holes on my 09 white coupe and sanded too much around the holes now i have the sanded lighter paint around the bumper holes and dirts starting to discolor the area and it looks so tacky ugh.

Anyone how to fix this without taking to bodyshop and getting raped cuz of the car i drive??

Color is moonlight white(kinda pearly color)

Thanks guys agian!DOMO

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

You sanded the plugs while they were still in the bumper and accidentally sanded part of the bumper around them?

The body shop isn't going to rape you because of they car you're driving, it's because you did something silly. It sounds like a repaint is in your future. Either that or live with the consequences of your mistake. Please post a photo of it.


Next time,sand and paint your plugs before putting them in the bumper.

TJHG37S

iTrader: (20)

WTF did you do? What BB said, sand BEFORE you put in bumper. Not sure how you even managed this...

beerme986

iTrader: (2)

or you could find some cool plate to put on and cover the scratches ..i know the bumper plugs were to obviously not have a front plate but just an option

Ghotboy

Ok heres exactly what i did..

I removed front plate, sanded down front plate holes for plugs. sanded too much around the hole edges not paying attention, didnt notice it until now.

can i just get some oem paint and cover this up??

beerme986

iTrader: (2)

posting pics would be the best way for us to help. touch up paint works best for rock chips which are very small, when the area is bigger than a dime it starts to get noticable

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

That's where you went wrong. There shouldn't be any need at all to sand anything on the bumper period. Remove plate, drill holes out to appropriate size for plugs, paint bumper plugs (before they go on the bumper), put them in the holes. The plug cover the immediate area around the hole so I don't understand why you thought it needed to be sanded. To make it look nice, you may have to repaint your whole bumper. If you do, you can just have the holed filled in by the body shop.

movinon

How big is the sanded area? Can you pull the plugs and put a thin washer, just wide enough to cover the sanded area, under each plug? If this will cover the sanded area you could paint the washers. It would look better then trying to use touch up paint around the plugs.

hispeed-lowdrag

iTrader: (7)

just go any buy a touch up paint pen for $7. and don't do something silly like that ever again

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

Drill out a bigger hole, use bigger plugs. But paint them first before putting them in there.