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Managed to reverse into a wall !!! Moving very slowly so only a smallish dent - took bumper off and knocked out dent - doesn't really notice but my OCD has taken over and I'm thinking of replacing the bumper. JK sell them painted black for only £63 - anyone bought one ? Are they any good , thick enough etc ? They say they may need some slight adjustment - what might this mean ? Drilling new holes perhaps ? As it was so easy taking old one off it would be great if all I had to do was bolt on a new one.

As always any advice would be appreciated.

Tony

Aftermarket bumpers are made by the same supplier (i'd assume)

For some reason they like to drill the holes to the correct pitch BEFORE creating the 'bow' in the bumper which then makes the pitch distance between the two bolting holes shorter........thick or what?

I had to elongate one hole by 10mm for it to fit. You cannot see the elongation once the nut, washer and cap are on.

I got my bumper from custom and commercial, back when they were £40 for a whole bumper kit, and it's been on for 4 years with no rust issues and the metal felt fairly decent.

I have however roller painted it with black rustoleum

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Free delivery too

thanks for that - For this price I'll go ahead and order one.

Are you sure it can't be repaired? The factory one is made from decent, thick, metal.

I had a few parking type dents in mine plus one quite big one and all I did was to gently hammer them out from behind on a work bench. Then I used a motor-body file [a surform type thing would work too, or a good quality metal file] and filed the repair until it was smooth to the rest of the bumper. [no body filler used] Then I etch-primed it, sanded it ready to paint and spray painted it again. Cost me about £15.00 in materials and its still original and went go straight back on the van's bumper irons without issue; time spent about 3 hours in total.

To be fair, I have panel beating tools, i.e hammers and dollies, but you could use the face of a 5lb hammer for a dolly and a small warrington type hammer to work the dent, then file it, etc etc.

If you do buy a new one an you're local to me I'll have your old one.
Mine near enough flat the amounts its been hit.