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Old 10-11-2011, 08:34 PM
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Default How to fill Camaro front grill mounting holes

I'm tempted to just buy some plastic epoxy and fill the 6 mounting points with that, but something tells me there is probably a better material for this. Also, what are the general steps to properly to do this?
My goal is to have the front bumper pretty much prepared for painting to hopefully save a few bucks to have a body shop paint it. What prices would be considered high, low, and average for a shop to spray it?
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3M plastic repair is what most use, others will chime in on other types and brands.

Basically just sand it til its bare and fill the holes in, let dry and sand.
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i grind the lil pockets off from the back side so that it is smooth front and back then i bevel the edges of the front side clean real good front and back
tape off the the hole from the front fill from the back with 3m semi ridge plastic repair
use the reinforcement mesh or you can put some cut up fiberglass mat
let dry and then sand/grind the front side and apply a wipe of the plastic repair


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Great info, thx fellas.



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