I just got this Toyota Camry from my dad and he had backed into something. The plastic of the corner of the rear bumper is pushed in and has been for years. How can I pop this out?
by ROVengineer
I just got this Toyota Camry from my dad and he had backed into something. The plastic of the corner of the rear bumper is pushed in and has been for years. How can I pop this out?
by ROVengineer
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23 Comments
Maybe you could try to remove the bumper cover and push it out from the back?
Hot water and a plunger
r/camrydents
Drop the rear inner fender liner, to access the back side of the bumper. Use hair dryer or heat gun to warm up the plastic bumper. Push the dent out from behind carefully and slowly. Use a tennis ball to apply pressure when pushing the dent out, to avoid creating more damage.
Hot glue stick
That one’s all over the internet. Just do what the internet says.
Bondo
Warm the plastic (heat gun, hot water, etc) and gently push the dent from the backside starting at the outside diameter of the dent (not the middle first).
Haha, every camry has this 😂 pour hot water over it und pop it out from underneath
Suction cup
You’re telling me Camrys don’t just come that way from the factory? /s
Remove the bumper cover and push it out.
You don’t. That is an iconic part of a Camry!!
Camry dent
You must first go to r/camrydents to seek permission to remove.
Honestly, I’d hot glue a stick to it and pull. It’s easy to take the glue off with rubbing alcohol.
You can also stick a couple hot glue sticks to it, and then pull. I’ve seen PDR guys do that
Thanks all, I got it out. I used very warm water to soften it and got in behind it (scraped the heck out of my arms though).
Take the bumper off and push the dent in from the other side
Is that just a dent or did the frame get messed up too?
Almost ten years ago I did [ this little study ](https://imgur.com/camry-dents-by-numbers-om4KSzK) using my own first hand data collection.
Talk to it, seduce it
Stick on suction dildo, pull. No, really.