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Posted by: rjkavanagh May 25 2006, 10:53 AM

Guys and Girls,

I hate the California stock bumpers on my "75" What other options are around if I wanted to replace them?

-Rob

Posted by: Chogokin May 25 2006, 11:05 AM

you could go with the fiberglass 916 bumpers... or the older model chrome bumpers

Posted by: SLITS May 25 2006, 11:06 AM

1.) Earlier teener bumpers backdate.....requires drilling & grinding

2.) Fiberglass 916 look-alike front and rear

Posted by: Headrage May 25 2006, 11:08 AM

Or fiberglass early style...

Posted by: Mueller May 25 2006, 11:13 AM

you can also change the "california" '75 bumpers to the more streamlined european '75 bumpers by removing the "tits"

Posted by: SLITS May 25 2006, 11:14 AM

Nerf bars?

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 25 2006, 11:14 AM

cattle horn?

Posted by: tod914 May 25 2006, 11:17 AM

GT bumpers look great

Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 25 2006, 11:25 AM

Anybody figure out roughly how much weight saved with fiberglass early bumpers?

pete

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 25 2006, 11:27 AM

QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ May 25 2006, 10:25 AM)

Posted by: Chogokin May 25 2006, 11:31 AM

my early metal rear with top is only 14 pounds... the front is about the same

Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 25 2006, 02:57 PM

The early ones. The late ones are boat anchors.

So it's roughly 28-30 pounds for the pair of early bumpers (w/o tits, of course).

Is 4-5 pounds each, for a total savings of 20-ish pounds (and all at the ends of the car) by using the replica bumpers a good guess?

And, did anyone ever get around to tryng the new-gen chrome paint on the fiberglass bumpers with rubberized paint on the top sections like we were talking about doing?!?

Posted by: JPB May 25 2006, 06:51 PM

Okay, this is it bro and I got first look at this one and have learned! Go low in the front and high in the rear! A front that drags the dirt from the road is way cool and the rear bumper like a stock one but FG including the rubber on top as one piece. This will make your ride look sweat and look at some ideas in the pics page. I have GT front and rear and wished my rear was higher; the GT rear bumper goes under the fenders, not a good thing. Check it out! Low front, high rear!

Posted by: boxstr May 25 2006, 06:56 PM

A little brushed aluminum rear bumper for those who want to save weight and look like a roll pan.
CCLINROLLME


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Posted by: rhodyguy May 25 2006, 07:29 PM

what the hell is that? how much for the lenses? i'm cornering the market.

k

Posted by: mikez May 25 2006, 07:37 PM

Early bumper w/o tits painted body color.....

Posted by: Mueller May 25 2006, 08:28 PM

QUOTE(JPB @ May 25 2006, 05:51 PM)