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> How, Keith? My Square was previously in a light > front-ender that bent the passenger bumper into the > fender... I've been wondering for almost a year how > the hell I was going to fix it. You need to press the dents out - I did it on a rear bumper which appeared bent as much as that one. You may need to shape pieces of wood pads to do a good job, and I found a 6" G-cramp was pretty useful for doing the pressing. Grease the screw thread to help tighten it hard; check the amount of deformation regularly, and determine where best to start the straightening (usually the most deformed area). DO NOT HAMMER - it will split the chrome. The bumper edges may need virtually no flattening - it may all come out when the curved face is reasonably straight. Dave Hall. UK VW Type 3&4 Club www.hallvw.clara.co.uk ------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org