My bumpers on the sd are really beat up. I was thinking about repairing the cracks and holes and the rhino lining them. It's a white car, what you guys think?

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84 300sd 2.47 dif 360k
26 mpg needs lots of love
given to me in pitty

89 civic hatchback auto 140k
33mpgs soon to be low to mid 40's
been in the family since mile 1

85 300d with unknown knock. driven over 30k with knock and still going. sold for $800

I had the same problem on my 190D. I filled the bad spots with bondo, sanded it nicely, and went over the whole bumper with Duplicolor black bumper paint. The result is better than you'd think. It's lasted 2 years so far, and it would only take a couple of hours to redo if there was a problem.

Pics?

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1987 190D 2.5Turbo
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1987 300TD
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I was looking at that too. I do like the added armor that comes with trick liner though.

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84 300sd 2.47 dif 360k
26 mpg needs lots of love
given to me in pitty

89 civic hatchback auto 140k
33mpgs soon to be low to mid 40's
been in the family since mile 1

85 300d with unknown knock. driven over 30k with knock and still going. sold for $800

Not very good photos, but you can see how it looked when it was fresh:

http://www.coolcatcorp.com/190Restoration/Mercedes50.JPG

http://www.coolcatcorp.com/190Restoration/Mercedes51.JPG

"Before", I had a six inch tear in the rear bumper.

I'll try to get a better photo later today, if it's not raining.

Rhino liner is some very, very tough stuff. I had the bottom of my little flats boat coated with it. I did it to keep the bottom from getting gouged by oyster shells. It has held up perfectly for about 5 years now.

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Baton Rouge, LA
1977 300D Non-Turbo

If you are thinking of going the Rhino Liner route I'd suggest looking at Raptor Upol bed liner. I have used it to coat and entire truck (Landcruiser FZJ80) and coated my ARB winch bumper with it.

It is a very durable product, the texture (rougher or smoother) can be adjusted by the air pressure used to spray it, and is about a $100.00 for 4 one quart bottles, hardner, and shutz gun.

An added benefit is it can be tinted to match any color with auto paint tint.

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1982 300SD
1992 190e 2.3 8v
2002 P38 Range Rover

That looks really good! Was it in a spray can form or did you have to use your own sprayer? Did you also use it on the other black body trim parts?

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That looks... surprisingly good!

If you feel like doing crack repair and sanding, I might recommend having a look at Paintscratch's color match spray paint options. I have had simply exceptional luck with their paint. It's not cheap, but I've gotten paint from them three times, and it has been a perfect match each time. In fact, the passenger fender on my E300 is Paintscratch spray, and it matches flawlessly in terms of color, depth, and gloss:

I used it on most of the black, including the door handles. There are a few pieces I didn't get to, you know how that goes.

I used rattle cans with a pistol grip attachment I found in the paint store. The grip works on any spray can, just clips to the rim. Worked very well, almost like a real spray gun. Duplicolor makes this particular paint in several colors: various shades of black and grey, and some lighter shades, too.

One problem I have at the moment is with the windshield wiper...I did the transmission with this paint. I was cleaning up the engine compartment with some spray degreaser, and some overspray hit the wiper. Wrecked the paint. Easy enough to fix, it's been the only problem. It's not as solvent resistant as regular acrylic bumper paint.