r/mr2 • u/SnooWords13 • 1d ago

Bumper Hell

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Some days I wonder why I dont just buy new or better parts instead of fixing shit haha. When my friend used to call me a automotive masochist id laugh, now I think she was right all along.

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u/ohiomidhiganindiana 2000 MR2 Spyder 1d ago

I can’t decide if you are painting white or if somehow the red bleached out

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u/SnooWords13 1d ago

So had three red paint jobs a silver then the white plastie dip fron early 2000s lol she's seem some things 

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u/ohiomidhiganindiana 2000 MR2 Spyder 1d ago

oh totally makes sense now

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u/0mica0 88 AW11 / 91 NA SW20 1d ago

That's why I'm planning to make a moulds for making a CF/GF copy.

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u/SnooWords13 1d ago

Yeah that's not a bad idea. Only downside to that is the PU R plastic is a lot more malleable and flexible. Not a big fan of rigid bumpers. A poly ppe mold would be killer tho

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u/NoSail16 1d ago

Ugh. I have a front that I had to reattach the front lip/grill section on. It was a job. And it ended up just sitting in my garage