ford number 1 Donating Members 602 Member For: 20y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 27/03/13 02:56 AM Share Posted 27/03/13 02:56 AM I bought a 2nd hand F6 a couple of weeks ago and previous owner had a towbar.I didnt want/like having towbar on it so I took off but was left with ugly hole.I got a few quotes where a couple said it cant be fixed and to buy a new bumper.I had it fixed today,I wasnt overly happy with original outcome as some of paint was a little blotchy etc as guy rushed it last Friday but to his credit he came back out this morning and resprayed whole grey bit again.Its not 100% unnoticable but I think thatd be very hard to do that Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,440 Member For: 15y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/03/13 06:42 AM Share Posted 27/03/13 06:42 AM good stuffyou didnt mention what you actually did?new rear section or put a fill in piece? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/#findComment-1374973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford number 1 Donating Members 602 Member For: 20y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 27/03/13 07:49 AM Author Share Posted 27/03/13 07:49 AM (edited) You can't buy rear section for FPV's as its all one piece.He plastic welded in a new piece to fill the hole then painted it up.He also fixed some marks on the white and smoothed out and repainted bottom of bumper where it's rubbed on driveways etc Edited 27/03/13 07:50 AM by ford number 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/#findComment-1374991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Moras Member 30 Member For: 13y 10m 22d Gender: Male Posted 27/03/13 10:06 AM Share Posted 27/03/13 10:06 AM What did u do with the tow bar? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/#findComment-1375017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford number 1 Donating Members 602 Member For: 20y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 27/03/13 11:13 AM Author Share Posted 27/03/13 11:13 AM On 27/03/2013 at 10:06 AM, Ben Moras said: What did u do with the tow bar?I sold it mate Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/#findComment-1375028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,440 Member For: 15y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/03/13 11:37 AM Share Posted 27/03/13 11:37 AM On 27/03/2013 at 2:56 AM, ford number 1 said: I bought a 2nd hand F6 a couple of weeks ago and previous owner had a towbar.I didnt want/like having towbar on it so I took off but was left with ugly hole.I got a few quotes where a couple said it cant be fixed and to buy a new bumper.I had it fixed today,I wasnt overly happy with original outcome as some of paint was a little blotchy etc as guy rushed it last Friday but to his credit he came back out this morning and resprayed whole grey bit again.Its not 100% unnoticable but I think thatd be very hard to do that On 27/03/2013 at 7:49 AM, ford number 1 said: You can't buy rear section for FPV's as its all one piece.He plastic welded in a new piece to fill the hole then painted it up.He also fixed some marks on the white and smoothed out and repainted bottom of bumper where it's rubbed on driveways etcwell that makes sense now doesnt it lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84399-f6-towbar-hole-fixed/#findComment-1375038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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