Repairing poly urethane lip
 

Hey,

So I bought a poly urethane sti lip off ebay which was supposed to be brand new condition. When I got it, it was far from new condition to be put on the car. What can I do to fix it up a bit without taking it to a body shop?
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Use a heat gun to correct the shape. Are you planning to install this without painting it? Most of these polyurethane lips are beat up like this. Some sanding prep work before painting is recommended

Yea I wanted to do the install without paint, I mainly want it to protect my bumper from some scrapes.
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if you use a heat gun safely u can actually clean that lip up alot, of plastic lips get dull u can heat gun them and it makes them shiny again

pull out some sand paper and clean it up, then heat gun the area, i did it with my lip

beauty with poly pieces is that a little heat goes a long way. rough it up with some sandpaper, heat it up then take a can of spraypaint to it - matte black does wonders and is hard to mess up
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In the same shoe as OP. Going to sand down my front lip on the rough areas and spray paint it. I guess we got what we pay for :pokerface:

Sand 'er down and spray it semi-gloss black.

What grit do you guys recommend sanding down with?

scotchbright pad not sand paper

hey, at least its a small lip, and there was no previous paint on it..


my bumper was resprayed 2 times with no prep before it got to me.. and i had to sand the whole thing down...........
it was so bad, i could scrap off the paint with a blade and powerwasher for the tight areas. lol
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red scotchbright for the initial, wet sand with high grit (anywhere from 600-1000 depending on condition). its a little hard to tell from pics (at least on the phone) so hard to say exactly. but scuffing with scotchbright pads, priming, wet sanding, painting, wet sanding then clear is usually a pretty general + safe route. you can even skip all the wet sand steps, all depends on how much time/effort you want to put into it
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