JOHNNY59

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what plastic is the bumper covers on our cars made from?

deerslayinrednek

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I believe polyurethane

baalic

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I believe is FRP actually......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre-reinforced_plastic

black_sheep454

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many bumpers are made out of many diff types of plastic, if you have your bumper off there should be a code on the backside somewere that will tell you exactly which it is

bdyman

if its yellow in color its polyurathene
black in color will be TPE/TPO/TEO/PP

inside is the ISO code you should see one of the above what is it your trying to do

JOHNNY59

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the bumper is off and I looked and can't find a code.Is the code stamped into the bumper? There are some paper labels but I can't read them.the bumper substraight is brown/black in color.Repairing a crack.What is a stronger/better repair,plastic weld or bonding adhesive?

bdyman

if its black then its TPO/TEO/TPE/ OR PP

but if your unsure, get a small cup of water, cut off a small piece of the bumper and try to sink the piece you cut off, if it floats then you must promote, if it sinks then its open game on the repair

i like doing plastic welding, and using plastic repair material, both are good strong methods of repair

JOHNNY59

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bdyman,

Thanks for your help. I read alot of your posts and they're a great source of information!

bdyman

glad to help anytime