Hello All,

Looking for a a set of Rear Bumper Pads with the studs in good condition.

T.I.A.

 

If you don't find any let me know and I will share with you how I have been repairing my bumper pads

Going from falling off:



To looking and mounting the way they were originally:

 

Please do tell!
One of mine is nearly ready to fall off.

 

Do tell... Why not let everyone know?

 

I didn't mention it because the method was kind of unconventional. It worked well though.

I first cleaned out the stud mounting area and then filled the mounting area with epoxy and then placed a large washer and bolt in the epoxy and then covered the bolt and washer with epoxy. Turns out that too much of the bumper pad material came out with each stud and the epoxy was thin covering the the bolt head and washer. I was concerned that the new "stud" would not be strong enough against any axial movement. I Thought about what I had in the garage that would be strong and be able to fill the area. I decided on Gorilla Glue because it was strong and I knew it would foam up and fill the area. So once it foamed up, I scraped the excess glue off ot the pad to ensure a snug fit:



I then removed the old studs from the bumper and cleaned the bumper's mounting surface:





It worked well but the bumper pad did not fit flush because the metal support inside was rusted was starting to bow the pad material outwards





The front pad had a little more material to work with luckily. I only used epoxy after setting a bolt and washer in the recess. I then filled the complete area with epoxy and used a C clamp to hold the bolt in the center of the recess:



The front pad fit flush luckily. I also took extreme care to remove the nut from the one one good stud. I cleaned it up and greased it and assembly was a snap. The only difference was that the front bumper had to be removed to fully access the pad's stud while the rear pads were easily accessed by reaching behind the bumper.

 

I have my old rear bumper just sitting out in my backyard, you can have one/both the pads if you'd like.

 

mazdaverx7,
Thanks for sharing your repair technique!