The rear bumper on the Escort was starting to get on my nerves.

1) The overriders are in really poor condition and crumbling apart
2) The plastic sections are worn smooth and marked
3) The bumper metal is distorted and flared at the ends, making the plastic end caps not fit properly
4) The bumper was not painted at the same time as the rest of the car, and the colour is way off and the finish dull in comparison to the rest of the car.

Here is the bumper "before" - a picture hides a thousand sins, but hopefully you can see the poor fit of the end caps and the dull finish





So I popped the bumper off



Removed the rotten overriders and plastic end caps and crash pads.
Spent what felt like forever bending and hammering the bumper into some sort of shape. Sanded and primed with some high build celly



Painted the end caps, crash pad and number plate lamps with K2 black plastic structure paint

Painted the bumper metal with some Halfords Sunburst red (an alright match, not perfect)

Lacquered with Tetrosyl Trade Gloss (BRILLIANT aerosol lacquer, best aerosols I've ever used - comes out like a spray gun finish)

Reassembled and refitted with warm white LED number plate bulbs









Really really happy with the finish considering this is a DIY job. Annoyingly the pictures don't make it look much different, but in the flesh it's a big transformation.

The overriders will probably make a reappearance once I've restored them to a satisfactory finish.