Esthetics: Bumper rubber liner
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Jed Clampett
Low Mileage
Hot iron on low heat with a towel between iron and bumper. Takes a while and you really have to press down without actually melting the bumber material, but I have done this on my car and it worked. Go to a second hand store and find an ancient iron without the steam holes if you can, because that is the one problem I had is the lack of heat in the holes left a funky pattern for a few weeks. Hope this helps and I think that maybe others have used different heating methods as well.
Jed Clampett
(couple of Fiat's, nothing fancy)
Jed Clampett
(couple of Fiat's, nothing fancy)
Jed Clampett
Low Mileage
Forgot to add that I like this method because you can leave the part on the car.
Jed Clampett
(Couple of Fiat's, nothing fancy)
Jed Clampett
(Couple of Fiat's, nothing fancy)
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What I once did (dont recall where I heard it but others have done it as well) was to heat the wavy bumper surround with a heat source (lamp, gun, hairdryer, magnifying glass 
) while still on the car, from a reasonable distance such that it got warm and pliable but not so hot to start melting or deforming further, just a little warmed, then used double sided foam sticky tape sandwiched between the top of the bumper and the bottom of the surround. ran over that with a rag pressing down the surround onto the tape a bunch of times to stick it down firmly, may have even used books/weight to hold it down for a while after, cant recall now. Used a razor to slice off any exposed area of tape flush with the edge of the surround, called it good. If you do that be sure to find some black or dark tape to use, I used white, it was what I had laying around, it worked but I had to go sharpie out all the white after which was a pita... Of course not long after I went bumperless and pulled the surrounds anyway, PS if you too ever go bumperless, be sure to not park near drunk buddies with trailer hitches which was also a pita...
) while still on the car, from a reasonable distance such that it got warm and pliable but not so hot to start melting or deforming further, just a little warmed, then used double sided foam sticky tape sandwiched between the top of the bumper and the bottom of the surround. ran over that with a rag pressing down the surround onto the tape a bunch of times to stick it down firmly, may have even used books/weight to hold it down for a while after, cant recall now. Used a razor to slice off any exposed area of tape flush with the edge of the surround, called it good. If you do that be sure to find some black or dark tape to use, I used white, it was what I had laying around, it worked but I had to go sharpie out all the white after which was a pita... Of course not long after I went bumperless and pulled the surrounds anyway, PS if you too ever go bumperless, be sure to not park near drunk buddies with trailer hitches which was also a pita...If you use good 3M brand foam tape it will hold. I live in Seattle where we get ALL kinds of weather and mine held for as long as I left it that way, til I went and took the bumpers off... but I guess it may also depend on just how badly deformed your surrounds are? Mine were warped but only mildly...
and mine held for as long as I left it that way, til I went and took the bumpers off... but I guess it may also depend on just how badly deformed your surrounds are? Mine were warped but only mildly...