Plastic bumpers...will scrapes buff out?

[SedonaBound]

My newly acquired T has a rough spot from a scrape on the rear bumper. Will the plastic bumper skin buff out with progressive sanding grits and buffing compound? I don't want to make it worse.

 

[digglesworth]

I highly doubt it. It has a textured finish that will most likely be affected by sanding...

 

[SedonaBound]

I highly doubt it. It has a textured finish that will most likely be affected by sanding...

The checked texture is gone, but I would like to get it back to the solid gray color instead of the fuzzy whitish scrape. I was thinking heat might do it too, but that could be touchy.

 

[digglesworth]

Got a pic?

 

[SedonaBound]

Got a pic?

Not as deep as it looks here. Must've scraped a brick wall.

 

[Bigunit]

You can buy the new OEM part on EBay for $58 shipped - search for "H3T right rear side molding". I bought both sides off this same seller 3 years ago and have them stored in my cave for when I might need to replace mine before they get real hard to find. The ones on my T are "Moab trail certified" and pretty beat up.

 

[SedonaBound]

Came out OK

I used 320 W/D paper then 600 W/D then PlastX polish then Back-to-Black; total 10 minutes. Not as new but good enough; probably won't be the last time that corner gets "kissed". I'll do the scrape underneath later. I'm going to look for something resilient to cover that hard corner.

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After:

 

[digglesworth]

Nice work!!!

 

[zackcrum]

Good job! Now go rescratch it on some trails lol