Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Glued bumper back on

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    APPLE VALLEY,CA
    Age
    61
    Posts
    1,421

    Glued bumper back on

    Anyone with a Lincoln MKS or Taurus knows how cheap Ford put these vehicles together. The front bumper on both sides of my car were falling off. I manually peeled back the fender and cleaned off all the areas I could with rubbing alcohol then I used a small epoxy glue. I purchased at Harbor freight for one side of the car at a time.
    Using a small paintbrush, I put glue in all the places that I thought would connect with the bumper and held it there for a few minutes till it’s set. I repeated the same process on the other side and added a couple pieces of blue tape just for safety, I checked the bumper later that night . It’s never coming off again unless there’s an accident.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    APPLE VALLEY,CA
    Age
    61
    Posts
    1,421
    Then I stripped the rust off the roof in 2 areas with a wire wheel on my drill.
    I marked off an area with Blue Painters tape. I took off the Rust by stripping to bear metal.
    When done, I masked off the area again by overlapping the tape,.
    Harbor Freight had Spray on grey primer and clear coat for $8.99 ea Purchased UH code paint on Amazon for $17
    Primer dried and looks good. They say to sand the primer with 80 grit paper, before painting. That's to follow.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    KC
    Age
    50
    Posts
    3,544
    Quote Originally Posted by BLACKMARAUDER04 View Post
    Then I stripped the rust off the roof in 2 areas with a wire wheel on my drill.
    I marked off an area with Blue Painters tape. I took off the Rust by stripping to bear metal.
    When done, I masked off the area again by overlapping the tape,.
    Harbor Freight had Spray on grey primer and clear coat for $8.99 ea Purchased UH code paint on Amazon for $17
    Primer dried and looks good. They say to sand the primer with 80 grit paper, before painting. That's to follow.
    80??? oh hell no
    last should be 600 and that’s after, stripping it all the way down to bar metal, using a metal conditioner wash, multiple coats of primer, Block sanding, and then painting.
    The twins2.3 whipple/aluminatorVortech V-2 lots of goodies

    Current marauders
    04 DTR totaled JUST NOW starting to part out 7-21-2021 https://youtu.be/REUxjP1BVpg

    04 Silver Birch Dark Charcoal Hardtop Whipple Supercharger
    04 Silver Birch Dark Charcoal Hardtop V2 Supercharger
    04 Silver Birch Dark Charcoal Converted
    03 DBP Light Flint #122
    03 DBP Dark Charcoal #232
    03 Silver Birch 300b Light Flint Going to fix er up
    03 Black 300a
    04 Silver Birch Dark Charcoal moonroof in the works

    04 Heaton Swapped DTR
    Joe's Wrecked DTR rebuild thread

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    APPLE VALLEY,CA
    Age
    61
    Posts
    1,421
    We aren’t talking huge areas on the roof.
    The car’s paint condition is not very good after 14 years outside.
    Ford did a poor job of painting as the right fender and trunk lid would need repainting. I just removed the rust before it spread and ate the metal.
    It’s not going to be professional looking, but it will look good enough that it won’t be noticeable


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    APPLE VALLEY,CA
    Age
    61
    Posts
    1,421
    Wouldn’t multiple layers of paint be better than multiple layers of primer?

    The primer dried fast. So I did spray more than 1 coat - but I didn’t sand in between. I’m sanding next


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Wanted To Buy Aftermarket rear bumper w/o MARAUDER logo and front bumper For Grand Marquis LSE
    By robflaugher in forum Marauder Parts/Misc. Wanted
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 07-16-2019, 11:38 AM
  2. Accident Front/Back Bumper
    By SWOOSH in forum Capital Area Marauders
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 04-01-2018, 11:10 AM
  3. Back bumper
    By F2F in forum Community Discussion
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 03-30-2013, 12:03 PM
  4. Is windshield vinyl moulding glued in or push-in?
    By Stranger in the Black Sedan in forum Shop Talk
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 04-03-2011, 09:37 AM
  5. Paint problem - back bumper cover
    By Mark McQuaide in forum Shop Talk
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 03-03-2004, 03:22 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •