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Yesterday on the way home, my baby was assaulted by a flying foot-long piece of tire tread at freeway speeds. The errant tire tread struck the front bumper just to the right of the license plate. While the plastic bumper cover is not cracked, there are smears of rubber and gouges in the plastic (probably from the steel belts).

I think the rubber will just buff out, but I don't know what to do about the gouges. As it stands now, I think that the pushed up part of the plastic gouges would completely destroy a foam pad if I tried to polish. I know the gouges are there to stay, but anyone have any ideas how I can "safely" remove the raised portions so I can polish the rest (have PC 7424) without difficulty? Or perhaps just choose an old pad and shred it?

My wife thinks that I would have exploded when I saw the damage, but I'm really secretly glad that the tire didn't hit any sheet metal.

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Yesterday on the way home, my baby was assaulted by a flying foot-long piece of tire tread at freeway speeds. The errant tire tread struck the front bumper just to the right of the license plate. While the plastic bumper cover is not cracked, there are smears of rubber and gouges in the plastic (probably from the steel belts).

I think the rubber will just buff out, but I don't know what to do about the gouges. As it stands now, I think that the pushed up part of the plastic gouges would completely destroy a foam pad if I tried to polish. I know the gouges are there to stay, but anyone have any ideas how I can "safely" remove the raised portions so I can polish the rest (have PC 7424) without difficulty? Or perhaps just choose an old pad and shred it?

My wife thinks that I would have exploded when I saw the damage, but I'm really secretly glad that the tire didn't hit any sheet metal.

I am not the Bumbper repair pro in my company but, I beleive he uses an exacto nife or razer and cuts off the loose stuff, then uses body filler to smooth over the deep stuff and primers and repaints. Many mobile specialist will do this for about 250.00 and it can be done in about an hour and half usually sometime a little more or less depending on damages.

Most of the pros don't advertise so hears the insider scoop if you know someone that works used car lots ask them who does their bumbper or paint touch up. I service dealerships in Portland Oregon and we have teams of guys that have expereince in Bumbpers/Interiors/Touch Up piant my specialty :0). Or if you have aren't shy simply ask to talk with the used car manager and he will tell you who they use for such tings. We are half the price of dealerships. Good Luck and if you need further help let me know maybe I can find someone in you B) r area.

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As a followup - Took the car in for regular service, and asked them to attach the front plate holder and license plate (which they are required to do by law in CA). When I came back to pick up the car, they had done a darn good job of fixing the damage to the bumber too. Don't know what they did, but they got rid of the rubber smears (something I was not able to do), and the gouges are no longer sharp and much less noticeable. Funny thing is, the Lexus dealer never said a word about it.

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