My kid rubbed the right front of our 93 Seville last night. The bumper cover has minor damage, and looks like it can easily be repaired. The hard part may be the black insert and the black/white & silver pinstripe tape that goes in the insert. Does anyone know what this piece will cost, or worse, if it's still available from GM ? Also, how hard is it to remove the insert from the bumper cover ? Being the long weekend, I won't get any answers from GM until tomorrow.

I do not know if the insert you are referring to is similar to what I am thinking of, but a couple of the plastic chrome inserts which ran along the lengths on the rear bumper of my 89 Seville needed to be replaced and I found that the 3/8ths moulding with an adhesive backing which you can buy in most any auto store fit right in.

The OEM trim had small metal strips (not visible till the trim was removed) that bent over and into holes in the bumper which the after market stuff didnt, but other than that you cant tell the difference.

At $15 for 20 feet I can do the entire lengths of both bumpers!

If you do go this route, or even if you find the OEM trim, be sure to clean out the old gum from the trim you are removing that will remain in spots. A good gum remover should do the trick. Naptha works very well - if you cant get that quick try Ronson lighter fluid which is the same thing. You can dab it on with a q-tip or small brush.

K

I took the Seville to a few places to get quotes on the repair today, dosen't look like it's going to be a big deal, but even my local GM dealership hasn't got an answer for me yet on the insert & tape. The body shop says they can easily repair the bumper cover. The problem is the 2" black decal/tape with the silver pin stripes. At the dealership, it looks like this is a separate part with the tape in it, but on the car it looks like its all one moulded piece. There are very few Sevilles in this area, and most are STS, not SLS or reg Seville, so not too many shops have worked on this model here. Does anyone know if you can order the tape/decal separately ?

I went through this one. That trim thing is a B***H to get off. It takes not only a lot of elbow grease, but a careful hand as well. Its held on there with a foam adhesive. I accidentally put a lot of swirls in the paint on mine. I haven't gotten my bumper painted yet, so I haven't put it back on. I took out the headlights and corner lamps to take off the bumper skin. Could you please post pics of the damage? It makes it a lot easier to find the correct course of action in bodywork. Sometimes all that is needed is a couple of shots with a heat gun on that stripe. You have to clean it off really good though before, otherwise any dirt that is on there will be there forever.

I r&r my 97 front bumper cover not long ago. The chrome strip was not very hard to remove...of course, I removed it with the bumper cover off. I started by pushing the ends out from the inside of the bumper cover. The strip is held in by adhesive. You can use a mini flat head screwdriver to pry off in the beginning. Reinstalling the strip, I glued it with 3m adhesive.

Thanks for the info. I am still waiting on GM for an answer, I guess they were busy after the long weekend. The bumper cover is in fact 1 complete piece, with the top section just below the chrome strips painted black. I am waiting on an answer for the price and availablity of the tape/decal. The chrome pieces are ok, just a minor split, not worth replacing at $170 CDN for the centre section.

I'll try and get a fews pics tomorrow and post them, at least she didn't gouge any deep chunks out of the bumper cover. Body gut says he can fix it for $200.00 or so, plus the tape. I'm going to get the hood redone at the same time, few stone chips on the front of it, Seville should look as good as new again. Hopefully my kid learned a lesson, she insisted on parking it in the underground lot at the Hotel that she works at. The place is built on piles, 40' square's, so it's real easy to tag one of these cement columns, and even easier for a driver with only a month or two at the wheel. Thankfully it wasn't a 1/4tr panel. Now she knows why I didn't want her parking it in the underground, lots of people have rubbed up against those columns over the years.