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I had to find another front bumper cover for my 1997 Lincoln Continental. I just purchased this car with 37k from an estate sale and the front bumper is cracked / torn due to a small accident the original owner had. I found the same color cover in a salvage yard and the bumper is in tact without any cracking or tear damage but there is a scuff area and some surface dirt that appears to be in the clear coat on the replacement bumper.
It is hard to find this model bumper cover as most of these Lincolns have been crushed during the Cash for Clunkers or when I do find a unit, the front end is usually where the car got hit and the bumper is trashed. The factory paint is a 3 stage Beige that is typical of Lincoln, using base, color and clear.
The reason I want to try this is due to the 3 stage paint, a repaint and repair of the original bumper is close to $350.00. I got the bumper cover for $30.00.
Where do I start?
1.) I want to compound the clear coat but don't know what to expect and don't know if compound will remove all the issues. If I can get 80% of the problems with compound, that would be fine. There is a burnished scuff on the right side and some yellow paint left over from the C4C which should come off using rubbing compound.
2.) Can I wet sand the scuff area on the bumper with 1500 lightly to remove surface inperfections in the scuff area that will not removed with rubbing compound?
I can start with 1500 and see what happens on the old bumper so I am hoping I can assume the replacement bumper will yield the same results when I wet sand.
Can anyone give me some tips?
Kind Regards;
hmeister
I had to find another front bumper cover for my 1997 Lincoln Continental. I just purchased this car with 37k from an estate sale and the front bumper is cracked / torn due to a small accident the original owner had. I found the same color cover in a salvage yard and the bumper is in tact without any cracking or tear damage but there is a scuff area and some surface dirt that appears to be in the clear coat on the replacement bumper.
It is hard to find this model bumper cover as most of these Lincolns have been crushed during the Cash for Clunkers or when I do find a unit, the front end is usually where the car got hit and the bumper is trashed. The factory paint is a 3 stage Beige that is typical of Lincoln, using base, color and clear.
The reason I want to try this is due to the 3 stage paint, a repaint and repair of the original bumper is close to $350.00. I got the bumper cover for $30.00.
Where do I start?
1.) I want to compound the clear coat but don't know what to expect and don't know if compound will remove all the issues. If I can get 80% of the problems with compound, that would be fine. There is a burnished scuff on the right side and some yellow paint left over from the C4C which should come off using rubbing compound.
2.) Can I wet sand the scuff area on the bumper with 1500 lightly to remove surface inperfections in the scuff area that will not removed with rubbing compound?
I can start with 1500 and see what happens on the old bumper so I am hoping I can assume the replacement bumper will yield the same results when I wet sand.
Can anyone give me some tips?
Kind Regards;
hmeister
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