fixing my 98 tacoma rear bumper

Hello,
I bent up my chrome bumper and want to try and fix it before i would
replace it. Can i heat it and hammer it or is there a different
suggestion?

"dave" <diamondgus@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:1160547341.318383.4470@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I bent up my chrome bumper and want to try and fix it before i would
> replace it. Can i heat it and hammer it or is there a different
> suggestion?
>[/color]
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There used to be metal shops which would "straighten and rechrome" and
they'd look like new at a much lover price, but I think whacking it with a
hammer would leave it looking as if you'd done just that. Try for a metal
shop specializing in auto chrome or hunt in a wrecking yard....as you may
know, these folks have a hot-line where they can call all the surrounding
yards for the part if they themselves don't have it.
hope this helps.

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:15:41 -0700, dave wrote:
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> Hello,
> I bent up my chrome bumper and want to try and fix it before i would
> replace it. Can i heat it and hammer it or is there a different
> suggestion?[/color]

What Mack said, but try [url]http://www.car-part.com[/url]

You can prolly locate one in your area in seconds, and also pick your
price level.

Most of the stuff I have found this way has been excellent, and it allowed
me to either pick by price, proximity, or both!