Broke my bumper, Told a raccoon why he shouldn't cross the road... Options

[blu94gt]

I don't know what it is with my Celicas attracting the hugest raccoons in the county, but I've successfully told 2 of them why they shouldn't cross the interstate. First was my blue one a few years ago, creamed a big one doing about 80, messed up my bumper and fender and tore up my CAI. Second one was the other day, hit a GIANT one on the interstate, didn't even see him until it was right there.

I assessed the damage later, split the bottom part of the bumper in half, all the posts in the grill are ripped off, few cracks around the edges of the bottom, paint coming off, and the engine shields are messed up. Oil pan and radiator seem fine, there's a new huge dent in my radiator but it doesn't look like the raccoon did that. Here's a pic(and sorry for the crappy phone pic) and no the oil stain isn't from my car, I was in a parking garage:


At first I thought I could just fiberglass it up but idk, the damage on the bottom side is pretty bad so I'll probably just keep my eyes open for a junk yard bumper or a cheap deal on here. I don't know how I feel about many of the aftermarket ones, the C-One is the best looking that I know of other than the GT-4 conversion.

[blu94gt]

Where's the best place to buy the cloth and resin? I think I've seen the Bondo brand Fiberglass stuff at Walmart and Autozone, or should I go to a body shop or boat shop or something?

[mgnt232]

My walmart and autozone didnt have the fiberglass mat (but they had the resin...dont ask why u'd buy one without the other...) I got everything from home depot, relatively cheap. For what you need just get the smaller ones, and read the directions.
Also make sure rain doesnt get on the bondo before its painted, just bad news lol. And a bunch of sandpaper from 80-300 grit (maybe higher? different for every application)

[blu94gt]

My walmart and autozone didnt have the fiberglass mat (but they had the resin...dont ask why u'd buy one without the other...) I got everything from home depot, relatively cheap. For what you need just get the smaller ones, and read the directions.
Also make sure rain doesnt get on the bondo before its painted, just bad news lol. And a bunch of sandpaper from 80-300 grit (maybe higher? different for every application)

Cool, thanks! I think I have some bondo and hardener around here still from working on my motorcycle. I would make sure to at least prime the bumper before even taking the car out of the garage lol. I'm guessing it won't take too much fiberglass stuff to do just the bottom of the bumper enough to hold strong. Will be a fun little weekend project.