Suggest Front Bumper Repair Ideas

[SkyGrowsCold]

While my car is further progressing towards a slow restoration I'm looking for ideas to help make the front bumper easier on the eyes until I find a replacement. The previous owner of the car cut away much of the bottom portion of the bumper as well as misplacing the bumper support. As it was the bumper had been zip tied on and unsupported. To correct this I plan on making some custom tabs, finding a used bumper support/crash bar, or lastly purchasing the JMF race bumper to support the bumper cover. Finally my question is does anyone have any photos or ideas on how they have, or would, support the front bumper cover and a temporary solution to make my current cover better looking (until the replacement is found)? I have been considering fabing up a tubular front bumper support but feel this may be a bit overkill for a temporary solution. Also for the cutout piece in the front cover maybe using lexan or some other type of flat material to bridge the gap between the two halves and make a ducting type system to help guide air into the FMIC. I'm open to suggestions and here is a photo for reference. (Sorry it’s an older picture from when I first brought the car home so it's pretty dirty.)

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[____Kurt____]

Use card board or stryofoam and just paint it black, use supports in te back to keep it from folding. Rain with the cardboard will be a problem

 

[97gst_spyder]

That bumper is going to be hard to find. Also, the bumper support is different for the talon than the others. Or atleast on my buddies 91 TSI.

 

[SkyGrowsCold]

Rain indeed would be a problem as well as road debris with styrofoam. Maybe thinking a 1/2" Dia aluminum tube from Home Depot then fold some thin gauge aluminum over to match the radius of the bottom lip, but than how to fix it to the bumper maybe pop rivets

 

[ericemery]

I would just do this...
90-91 ECLIPSE TALON LASER FRONT BUMPER COVER ASSEMBLY | eBay

When I bought my last talon, its front bumper was totally trashed. I pulled the 1gb cover off my parts car, and cut the middle part off that rises between the 1gb headlights.

Here's a pic of what it looks like.

 

[SkyGrowsCold]

Looks pretty good mounted up in that picture. I got in touch with one of the site vendors, Miller Import Parts, and will be ordering (all used) front bumper, crash beam and other misc. bits and pieces that are missing.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

For the future fiber glass with resin works well. at a old body shop thats what we would use to fix floor pans and rockers with.
Could hit rabbits, racoons, and possums with little to no damage to it

 

[SkyGrowsCold]

I considered using fiberglass and resin, but the cutout portion I felt, would be too large to repair with it (I haven't worked much with fiberglass so maybe it could have worked out). I had thought of using some sheet metal formed to the contour of the bumper then fiberglassing or using body filler to smooth it out, but wound up finding the used bumper I mentioned in my post above.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

Just an after thought for fellow researchers to come