99/01 cobra front bumper repair ?

[01poison320]

I just picked up a 99/01 cobra front bumper and realized now that the clips and plates on the sides that bolt to the fender are missing. I thought they looked funny but couldnt pin point why until I got home so now I am stuck with it I suppose. But is there any way to repair that? 2 of the 3 clips are broken off completely on each side as well so I am not sure what to do now. I'm thinking I could possibly cut the ones on my current bumper off and fiberglass them to the bumper but I am not sure. Any ideas anyone?

 

[soccerman002]

That would be the only thing I could think of, or take it by a good body/paint shop that could plastic weld the mounting tabs from your old bumper to your replacement. I had a crack about 2 inches long in the bottom of a cobra bumper I bought last year, had the shop that was painting it plastic weld the crack, looks good as new. Would at least be worth checking/calling around.

 

[SecondhandSnake]

Get the clips/brackets, and to adhere them use a good flexible polymer type epoxy. Make sure the epoxy has some flex to it so you don't run into flexure problems making it crack. Also I don't reccommend 1 stage adhesives, 2 stage epoxies are much stronger.

...and whatever you do, don't be like the PO of my car, and use phillips screws.

 

[01poison320]

Thats actually an excellent idea seconhandsnake, thanks for the input, I figured it would be a good idea to post up and get some more ideas besides mine even though its gonna be about 2 months before I start doing anything with the bumper such as repainting, but yeah, screws deffinitely never even crossed my mind as thats purely idiotic lol

also thanks soccerman, sounds like a good idea but idk if plastic welder can fix this haha