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c/auto-body-repairersthe_benthe_ben12h agoProlific Poster

Old timer told me to skip the primer on a bumper repair... big mistake

I had a guy at the shop, been doing this 30 years, tell me primer was just a waste on plastic bumpers. Said the paint would bite in fine. So I tried it on a 2015 Civic bumper last month, and the paint started peeling off in sheets after three days. Has anyone else gotten burned following that old school shortcut?
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nora735
nora7359h ago
Yeah my buddy tried that trick on his Tacoma. Total disaster.
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jennifer_fisher
My cousin tried that same trick on his Frontier and ended up with a misfire so bad the truck sounded like a lawnmower. He spent like 3 weekends chasing vacuum leaks and cleaning sensors. Took it to a shop and they just laughed.
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