Having a Lexus bumper that isn’t attached correctly can be a real headache, but this article and accompanying video will offer you a practical DIY solution to fix your Lexus bumper using a Chicago Electric plastic welder and JB Weld PlasticWeld by fixing the broken bumper clips. Bad tabs and clips often lead to sagging and disconnected bumpers and are more often than not the source of the problem. This diy article and video will you show you how to effectively repair your bumper tabs. This straightforward car repair will fix you car’s bumper issues and get your Lexus looking great again.
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🔧 What you’ll learn in this video:
How to use a plastic welding kit
How to repair a saggy Lexus bumper
How to fix broken Lexus bumper clips and tabs
How to save money fixing things on your own
How to safely fix a bumper
What we think of the Chicago Electric Plastic Welder (our review of it)
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro to Plastic Welding
00:46 Prepping Repair
02:08 Plastic Weld Metal Mesh
02:52 Sanding Plastic Welded Tab
03:50 JB Weld Broken Tab
🔧 Steps to Fix Your Lexus Bumper:
- Place a temporary object in the gap from the bumper, this will push it out and make working in the area easier.
- Look at good clips and tabs so you have a reference point of what the broken ones should look like.
- Inspect broken tabs and clips.
- Cut metal mesh with tin snips, make the pieces the same size and shape as the completed repair.
- Plan metal mesh on back or front of broken clip and plug in plastic welding iron (heating element).
- After 5-10 minutes of heating, push the copper colored tip against the metal mesh so that the plastic next to it melts and flows through the gaps in the mesh.
- Take a plastic stick and place it near the broken part of the tab and melt the stick to fill in the missing part of the tab. It can be too thick or wide, this can be sanded later.
- After cooling, sand the repair so the clip or tab is the same thickness, shape and size as a good clip.
- Attach clip/tab into the bumper.
- Sit back and admire your work, you are done!
