Hi. I just had an unfortunate collision between my Xterra and another vehicle. The result was several scratches to my rear bumper. Nothing severe but a bit unsightly. What do ya'll use to touch up the gray plastic bumpers found on first gen Xterras? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch.

_Lazza

PS - the other car's bumper was seriously damaged.

You could try very fine sand paper say in the 1000 grit range. Dont know how deep your scratches are though.

Trees and brush work pretty well, just run a reealllly tight trail, and you will never be able to see where thoes pesky scratches ever were.

That or just get new ones, they are about $35.00 delivered to the door.

Thanks guys.

Dave D: the scratches are too deep to be sanded out but certainly some sanding will make them less visible. 1000 grit? I guess I will have to buy some (what I have now is much coarser).

granitex: is "Trees and brush" the name of a product? Where can I buy it? If you are saying it is only $35 to replace a plastic bumper then, well, it's tempting to go that route. But I am really pretty awful when it comes to this sort of work. I look at the bumper replacement option only should it get bashed really badly.

_Lazza

sounds like its time to buy shrock bumpers!

I'm sorry prices have gone up a little bit since I looked at them


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