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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ bumper tops
Posted by: tat2dphreak Sep 22 2008, 01:53 PM
I'm sure I missed the group buy, or whatever may have came by, but does anyone have the link to the source to buy the fiberglass bumper tops? I need both, bad...
Posted by: jd74914 Sep 22 2008, 02:34 PM
http://www.carlrudolph.com/index.html
Posted by: tat2dphreak Sep 22 2008, 03:26 PM
http://www.carlrudolph.com/index.html
AWESOME!!
thanks! 
Posted by: jd74914 Sep 22 2008, 07:54 PM
No problem. Hopefully they can help you out. 
Having never seen a pair, if you get some could you post up some comments on the quality for other perspective customers?
Posted by: jim_hoyland Sep 22 2008, 09:14 PM
Seen a few of these too:
http://www.bedrisersales.com/rearbumper.html
and
http://www.bedrisersales.com/frontbumper.html
They used to have specials for fron and rear together....
Posted by: carr914 Sep 22 2008, 09:14 PM
I have seen a pair in person. They were OK. I just wish they had incorperated the seam indent .
T.C.
Posted by: arvcube Sep 22 2008, 09:38 PM
those carl rudolph ones don't look that bad....think they'd do a group buy for the cheap bastards like myself?
Posted by: Todd Enlund Sep 22 2008, 11:14 PM
those carl rudolph ones don't look that bad....think they'd do a group buy for the cheap bastards like myself?
Take the lead, man!
Posted by: arvcube Sep 22 2008, 11:40 PM
those carl rudolph ones don't look that bad....think they'd do a group buy for the cheap bastards like myself?
Take the lead, man!
Ok dude. I just sent an email to them inquiring about a possible group purchase. I've never initiated one before. We"ll see what happens!
Posted by: shelby/914 Sep 22 2008, 11:40 PM
I would be interested in a set if there was a group buy. I'm doing a backdate on my '76 and have a set of very very used ones, so either one of these would be better.
Posted by: monkeyboy Sep 24 2008, 10:26 AM
I would be interested as well. Both of mine are shot, and these look like a better solution then replacing the foam ones.
Posted by: watsonrx13 Sep 24 2008, 12:53 PM
When you find out about the group buy, also see what the difference would be for shipping, as it appears that there are several members from around the country that would be interested, including me in FL....
-- Rob
Posted by: Richard Casto Sep 24 2008, 01:23 PM
I would be in for a group buy of a Carl Rudolph front/rear set.
Posted by: rigglet Sep 25 2008, 01:25 PM
Count me in for a front/rear set if we are able to get a group buy going. My original front is in good shape, but my back is completely shot.
Posted by: arvcube Sep 25 2008, 08:22 PM
Well, I received a response from Carl. Nice guy, however, it doesn't look like a group buy will be happening any time soon. Production costs are going up and the current economic situation isn't helping. He even mentioned that they don't expect to be able to maintain the current pricing and anticipate a price increase in the near future. We all may want to order some up before this happens...sorry guys..
Posted by: bembry Nov 2 2008, 06:57 AM
Any updates on the fiberglass bumper pads from Carl Rudolph? How's the fit? If they fit well, I need to get a pair. In don't want to have to drill to make them fit though.
Posted by: biggy72 Nov 2 2008, 10:57 AM
Well, I received a response from Carl. Nice guy, however, it doesn't look like a group buy will be happening any time soon. Production costs are going up and the current economic situation isn't helping. He even mentioned that they don't expect to be able to maintain the current pricing and anticipate a price increase in the near future. We all may want to order some up before this happens...sorry guys..
Sounds like he's getting greedy to me. The expensive parts of those bumper tops are the tooling and the labor, once it's all figured out it really shouldn't be very expensive. they don't use very much fiberglass, resin, or bagging material if he even vacuum bags them. Shipping will go up, but that's not the price of the part. It looks like the price of resin went up a little bit, but not much. I don't know when I'm going to do it yet, but if the price goes up much I'm just going to make a set myself that look like the originals. Mine are really messed up so we'll see how good of a mold I can get off of them.
Posted by: arvcube Nov 2 2008, 02:29 PM
Sounds like he's getting greedy to me. The expensive parts of those bumper tops are the tooling and the labor, once it's all figured out it really shouldn't be very expensive. they don't use very much fiberglass, resin, or bagging material if he even vacuum bags them. Shipping will go up, but that's not the price of the part. It looks like the price of resin went up a little bit, but not much. I don't know when I'm going to do it yet, but if the price goes up much I'm just going to make a set myself that look like the originals. Mine are really messed up so we'll see how good of a mold I can get off of them.
well biggy, if and when you make yours, maybe your boud do a few more. I'm sure there are plenty of folk that would be interested...me being one of them
Posted by: chris914 Nov 2 2008, 04:13 PM
Is there anyone else out there that does fiberglass parts that would do a group buy if more people would say yes?
Posted by: 6freak Nov 26 2008, 08:22 AM
Count me in for a front/rear set if we are able to get a group buy going. My original front is in good shape, but my back is completely shot.
DITTO....I`m in
Posted by: southernmost914 Nov 27 2008, 12:37 PM
I'm in for a front one.
Steve
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