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Old 12-06-2011, 10:56 PM
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I have a dent on the passenger side of my bumper, is it possible to hammer it out? Ive never done this before, what would I use that wouldnt damage it but would be effective. This is the only pic i have of the dent..
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Old 12-07-2011, 12:04 PM
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That looks pretty bad...I did something similar on my '95. I took the front bumper off and laid it in the grass face down so I didn't scratch it up, took a peice of a 4x4 board and laid it over the dent and hit the board with a sledge instead of the bare metal. It straightened it out some, but you could still tell it was there. At least the little dent was better than the big one
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It really is not practical to hammer out a bumper. The problem is the "chrome" will be all munged up and the area will rust, and having the bumper re-chromed will cost more then a new bumper. Which are readily available.

Now that I am at my home computer I can correct this entry, I don't know why I thought your truck was a 1995.

I was looking at the front bumper for your 2007 and I see it costs considerably more then ones my1995 F150 use. On top of that there is a $128 dollar freight charge ! My advice is go to a junk yard to find one. I was looking at some online sources and they seem to cost somewhere between 200 and 300 or so dollars.

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